This week we tackled the challenge of choosing light fixtures that relate to one another without feeling overly matchy or dull. We touched on this during the podcast (the lighting chat starts around the 20-minute mark) and I promised to share some lighting combinations in the show notes. I then fell into a mood-board rabbit … Read more

*** This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below! *** Good news – the prize pot reached over $500! Even better news: random.org has selected our winner as… Karina (she notes that both teaching and learning to share is hard—just ask her kiddos). Congrats, Karina! Last week we mentioned our curator … Read more

Young House Love turned 10 this fall, so we’re taking a look back at a decade of renovating homes, growing a business, and learning—often the hard way—while doing it all in public on the world wide web. Both in decorating and in business there were defining moments that shaped where we are today. Many of … Read more

The evening after sharing our plans for a mini-update to the master bathroom, Sherry jumped in the car the next day to track down the blue light fixture she’d pinned to her mood board. We found a Shades of Light pendant at a local outlet and, to our surprise, they had two in stock. Both … Read more

Please sing this to the tune of The Brady Bunch theme song. Here’s the story… of two cheap black frames… … found at Target and then spray painted bright white… … then they both looked sleek and fresh… like twin brothers… … they make me want to twirl. Okay, that song rewrite didn’t turn out … Read more

Thought we spent the long weekend lounging and eating burgers? Not entirely. We did fire up the grill, but we also transformed the back patio into a welcoming and useful outdoor room—perfect for grilling, reading, relaxing, and roasting s’mores. We’d mentioned wanting a cozy outdoor spot, and this weekend we finally turned that idea into … Read more

When Jamie and Carmen sent their table and chair makeover our way, we were excited to share their bright, cheerful redo. Here’s the note they sent: Hello Sherry and John! My mom and I always find inspiration on your blog — I bought the Target chair after seeing it in your living room, and your … Read more

Yessiree — more mood board after-pics are here! I can barely contain my excitement about this transformation. Here’s Sara’s note: We love our home office after following ideas from your mood board. The green, white & brown combo is perfect and we can’t thank you enough! And the closet, well, let’s just say I don’t … Read more

***Clara’s here! So this baby pool is officially closed*** Sherry is now three weeks away from her due date (May 19th), so we thought it was the perfect time to launch a little baby pool. As with any traditional pool, we’re asking readers to guess when our baby girl will arrive. To add a YHL … Read more

We’ve had several requests for a monthly roundup to make it easier to find recent projects and see what we’ve accomplished at a glance. While out to dinner (our first night out alone since Clara was born), we joked about assigning cheeky titles to our projects — and thus the idea of monthly superlatives was … Read more