The walls of Clara’s big-girl room are finally dry, and the few pieces of furniture we have—mainly a daybed, an old side table, and two small thrifted wooden chairs—are back in place. Here’s how the room looks now. Not quite magazine-ready, but a huge improvement, and we’re thrilled with the progress. The new wall color … Read more

Seeing this cheerful $22 lamp from HomeGoods made me smile—it’s one of our favorite Sue The Napkin colors and the shade we’ll use as inspiration for the whole house. I had to make it mine. It’s even cuter in person, though the wood paneling behind it doesn’t do it any favors. I knew the lamp … Read more

OK, it’s day two of our organizing week and we’re focusing on the sink drawer project we mentioned yesterday. This post isn’t a step-by-step play-by-play with the before and after images (that comes this afternoon). Instead, it’s a clear, practical system that helps us manage Clara’s ever-growing stash of toys and kid stuff. We get … Read more

Ladies and gents, the moment we’ve been waiting for is here. After countless late-night coding sessions and a few too many snackless hours, we built a simple mood board gallery you can browse by color or by room. You’ll find it under the new Mood Board tab in our site header. Visit the Mood Boards … Read more

They say inspiration can come from anywhere, and Sheena’s story certainly made us smile. Here’s her letter: Hey John and Sherry (and Clara and Burger too!) I wanted to thank you for the unintended inspiration. After reading about Clara’s dollhouse, I fell in love with the fabric-sample-turned-rug pattern in the tiny room and had to … Read more

Every so often we get a chance to share something that could genuinely help the planet — even if only one in ten readers adopts the suggestion. This is one of those moments. Please pass this information along to friends and family. We owe this useful insight to my very sharp younger brother Dan (affectionately … Read more

This impressive niche-to-bookcase makeover from Mike and McGee proves that paying attention to every corner of your home can add both function and style. Here’s their note about the project: We recently renovated a space in our Austin, Texas home. We removed an awkward art niche and recessed light fixture and replaced them with a … Read more

Living here has taught us one clear thing: we spend a lot of time outdoors. Between breaks from at-home learning, weekly s’mores at the fire pit, sitting on the front porch to watch neighborhood dogs, and working on the second-floor deck on especially nice days (I’m writing this post from up there right now), our … Read more

In April we announced three winners of our Behr paint giveaway, and now one of them has shared photos of her freshly transformed room. It’s always gratifying to see how winners put their prizes to use. Below is an excerpt from Kim’s blog post about her laundry room and entry hall makeover, which used a … Read more

Now we’re making serious progress on the bathroom renovation. Since partially demo-ing the room last week, we’ve moved fast and nailed down the final floorplan and tile selections. It’s a huge improvement and I wanted to walk you through the decisions we made, what we considered, and why we landed where we did. First, here’s … Read more