Last weekend we took a short day trip to Farmville, a small town about an hour from Richmond that sits in the heart of rural Central Virginia. Our main reason for the outing was a family bike ride on the newly opened High Bridge Trail State Park, a rails-to-trails conversion near Farmville that offers a … Read more

Happy Halloween! No tricks here — just treats: the show notes for Episode 22 of Young House Love Has A Podcast. This week we talk about what to do when you lose momentum on a home project (and confess a task that’s been stalled for months). We also interview HGTV’s Nicole Curtis about restoring old … Read more

We’re back with a quick and easy window-frosting tutorial, as promised last week. Our basement windows offered zero privacy, but we didn’t want heavy blinds that block light. Window frost film was the ideal solution. We’d used a similar film on our original bathroom window after moving in, and although we later replaced windows and … Read more

In 1980 NASA began researching ways to supply clean air in enclosed environments. After years of study, researchers found that certain houseplants can measurably improve indoor air quality. It’s remarkable to consider that something as simple as a potted plant can help filter the air you breathe. Beyond aesthetics, many common houseplants have been shown … Read more

If your garage is currently overflowing like ours was, you’re in luck. Monkey Bar Storage is offering a prize package worth more than $1,000 in garage storage and organization solutions. The package includes eight feet of modular grid shelving, a selection of hooks and hangers, and your choice of three specialty racks tailored to your … Read more

Figuratively and literally, our bathtub drain backed up—and we need your help. Last week the drain in our tub began to slow, which wasn’t surprising given years of experience with shower drains and three sisters who taught me that hairballs are inevitable. Still, after one post–basement-painting shower the situation went from a minor trickle to … Read more

We’ve already covered how houseplants can improve indoor air quality. Recently we expanded our own collection—adding English ivy to join our Boston fern and Burro Tail—and it made a noticeable difference. Introducing more natural air purifiers into the house felt like a small but effective upgrade. Alongside plants, we replaced the air filters for our … Read more

Someone asked me recently for details about how we organized the beach house kitchen. We photographed and filmed the space last summer to share with you, but when I went to send the link I realized we never actually wrote up the post. So these photos have been sitting on the camera for months as … Read more

Warning: what you’re about to read may cost you $59.99, but it will likely leave you 59.99% giddier. The capiz chandelier in our bedroom attracts plenty of compliments and the inevitable “Where did you get that?!” We first noticed this beautiful fixture after Domino magazine praised it for both its look and its value — … Read more

Blogging can feel like a perpetual hamster wheel: we build, buy, install, or try something, write about it, then move on to the next project. That means we don’t always circle back to older topics, so readers often ask for updates on things from the archives. Here’s a long-awaited round of follow-ups—this is the second … Read more