#115: The Trouble Alongside Bedrooms

After a swift video of Sherry’s sparse closet sparked hundreds of questions on Instagram, we are breaking down her process for creating a wardrobe that saves space, money, and energy. So if you want to tame your overflowing closet, cut your clothing budget, or take the stress out of getting yourself or your kids dressed each morning – this episode is for you. We are also sharing an unconventional solution to filling those empty corners in your bedroom. Plus John pushes back on a recent social media controversy.

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WHAT IS NEW

• This will be our view for another couple of weeks now that our exterior brick painting has been pushed back to the end of October (cue the sad trombone). This photo is a few weeks old, but things are still looking remarkably green around here!
• Sherry’s putting together a big journal post about her closet/wardrobe for later this week – and I figure it is easier to have everything in one place, but here is a swift peek at her side of the closet, which is what people saw briefly in Instagram Stories lately (you can watch those here)

• In that post she’s also going to share a few distinct combinations of the items in her “uniform” to demonstrate what she means by narrowing the type, cut, and color of the clothes you buy – and then mixing things in distinct ways to make it feel like you still have distinct looks… even if many of them are made up of the same plain components.

• We also recorded a video tour of every last hanging bar and drawer – so you can see what goes where (and how much of each thing there is) when that post goes up later this week.

Listener Question

• Speaking of dressers… you can see in the photos from this post about our new bed how we have various dressers situated in our bedroom. There are the two white painted dressers that act as nightstands, and the antique wood dresser across from the bed that we got as a hand-me-down from John’s dad.
• That bedroom post is also the one where we detail how we get our low-cost Ikea curtains looking good to assist fill our walls.

• And here is the third dresser (the one that stores our kid’s artwork, sentimental school papers, and fabric) that sits on the other wall.

• We also mentioned objects like large floor mirrors, like this one we have had in our bedroom for ages. It is in fact one of the items that made our 10 things we have owned for 10 years list! If you have not read that post, it is a good one full of classic home items that have gone the distance for us and lasted an whole decade (or more!).

Event Announcement

• Come hang with us. We are so glad to have a West Elm store back in Richmond with the opening of their new Carytown location, so we will be at their Grand Opening party on Thursday, October 25th from 6-8pm. There will be free food, drinks, music and 15% off any purchase in store with a portion of proceeds going to ART 180, which is a local charity that helps young people connect with art. Please RSVP if you plan to come so they are sure to get sufficient food!

We are Digging

• That is a photo from last November (again, things are still fairly green around here for now) but it is visible proof of why I – and I know plenty of you folks – ENJOY the fall season, despite what Sherry said in this controversial Instagram post (although she did have a lot of people agree with her).
• And here is Sherry rocking that new clay mask she mentioned, which she mixes with her go-to apple cider vinegar. I am no face mask expert, but it is 100% natural clay (with no additives or fragrances) and it is apparently the “world’s most powerful facial.” Sherry has already done in a few more times since recording the podcast and cannot stop raving about it.

• If you want more info on the “beauty routine” that Sherry mentioned – involving none other than apple cider vinegar and coconut oil – here is a post that covers every “woo woo”detail.

And if you are looking for something we have dug in a past episode, but do not remember which show notes to click into, here is a master list of everything we have been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we have recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Annie Selke for sponsoring this episode. You can score 15% off your order with the code YHL15. Plus, you can visit annieselke.com/YHL to get a look at their new fall collection.

Thanks for listening, folks!

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