Young House Love Has A Podcast

#183: What's Next, House Vibes, & Yet Another Embarrassing Moment

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're dropping this random pop-in episode to share one of the most embarrassing tales Sherry has ever told on this podcast. Of course it had to happen...

#182: A Big Catch Up Holiday-ish Special (Surprise!)

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

So much has happened since we last picked up the podcast mic, so we have a jam-packed show to catch you up on all the things. We're talking house upda...

#181: How The Other House We Considered Came Back Around

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There were two houses in our neighborhood that we seriously considered, and today we're sharing a truly random occurrence that involves the house we d...

#180: Decorating In The Era Of Zoom

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The sudden boom of video conferencing in all of our lives is giving us a new window through which to view our homes (and the homes of others - from co...

#179: A Funny Byproduct Of Having To Buy Fewer Products

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The perks of downsizing continue to show themselves, including a recent realization we had while shopping for curtains and blinds. It was a pretty dra...

#178: Settling Into Our New House: Expectation Vs. Reality

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We've been in our new house for one whole month, and there are definitely some things that are shaping up differently than we had pictured. So today w...

#177: Bathrooms: A Slippery Slope?

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about how it has been as a family of four who is sharing one bathroom, and what plans we have for adding onto that number down the...

#176: The Part Of Moving To A Smaller Home We Didn't Expect

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're in Florida (!!!) and we've got LOTS to tell you about all that went down on our moving day and throughout our first couple of weeks in our new h...

#175: Our Big Move Is Officially Underway (& We Have Some Predictions)

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

While we're getting settled in our new house in Florida, we've got one last episode for you that we recorded in Richmond. In fact, we took a moment as...

#174: That Time A Psychic Came To Our House

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On the cusp of our big Florida move, we take one last look at how downsizing and living for three weeks without almost all of our worldly possessions ...

#173: The Money Question We Keep Getting Asked

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you've wondered about the money side of selling three houses and downsizing to one smaller home, today we're answering some of your most asked ques...

#172: What Will & Won't Be Done When We Move Into Our New House

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our entire approach to renovating our new house from afar has changed pretty dramatically since February when we first started house hunting, includin...

#171: It Finally Happened!

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We recently hit a long-awaited milestone that we've been working towards for months, and we couldn't be more grateful!! We're sharing all the details ...

#170: The Two Totally Different Ways That We House Hunted

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're taking a deep dive into the two methods that we used to find our Florida house, including how we prioritized our wants versus needs, s...

#169: How Exactly Do You Downsize Your Stuff?!

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As we prepare to move into a house that's less than half the size of our current one, we're taking a long hard look at our belongings to figure out wh...

#168: Our Florida Renovation Kicks Off With (Surprise!) A Plumbing Issue

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We knew our new house in Florida would involve some big repairs, but we didn't anticipate a certain plumbing curveball to get lobbed our way (although...

#167: Have Our Moving Plans Changed? And Are Our House Sales Derailed?

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With everything that's going on right now, we're the first to admit that house stuff feels trivial, but this week we're answering the most common ques...

#166: We Sold Our House!

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our Richmond home is officially under contract (!!!) and it all came together unlike any other house we've sold before. So today we're breaking down h...

#165: The Dumb Thing We Did Before Listing Our House

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're fessing up to an extremely poorly timed project that made our house look WORSE right before it hit the market. Whoops. Plus we share the smorgas...

#164: How We're Getting Our House Ready To Sell

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With our big move only a few months away, what do we need to do to get our house ready to sell? This week we're outlining some of the projects we're t...

#163: Our Next Big Project (It's REALLY BIG)

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Wanna know what our next big renovation project is? Well, it's actually something that we've been contemplating for years but finally have the courage...

#162: What Sherry's Not Buying For An Entire Year

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

That's right, there's a new personal shopping challenge going on at our house - and this time Sherry has committed to skipping any purchases in a spec...

#161: Then Half Of Our Lights Went Out...

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're sharing the mystery of how half of the power in our house suddenly went out when we were just about to leave the country on vacation. ...

#160: And Now For Some Big Duplex News

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's our first episode of 2020 and WE BOY DO WE HAVE NEWS! We're excited to share it because it not only means good things for us, our friends, and th...

#159: Are You A Maximizer or Satisficer?

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever thought about your approach to making decisions? It turns out that humans tend to have two distinct styles (and they even have fancy psy...

#158: Holiday Decorating Around The World

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After hundreds of submissions from Australia to South Africa, we've rounded up some fascinating (and extremely charming) ways that you guys dress up y...

#157: How You Can Achieve Even Your Biggest Financial Goals

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Don't we all want mo money without mo problems? Today we're talking with personal finance expert Tanja Hester about how value-driven spending and sett...

#156: Renovations Are Stressful. Here's What Helps Us.

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's no secret that house projects can be stressful. Sometimes REALLY stressful. So today we're sharing three ways we're keeping a handle on it during...

#155: Can "The Rule Of Age 10" Really Predict Your Future?

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're exploring an expert's theory that your childhood passions (specifically around 5th grade) could hold the key to what you'll love doing mos...

#154: How To Pare Down When Everything Is Precious

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Getting rid of stuff is hard, especially when it comes to kids and their creations. So this week we're sharing the simple trick we use to keep everyth...

#153: Easy Ways To Make Your Day Less Annoying

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You guys submitted your favorite life hacks over the last few weeks, so today we've got an episode bursting at the seams with all of those cheap & sim...

#152: The Haunted Room At Our Beach House

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of Halloween, we're sharing a spooky occurrence at our beach house that we legitimately couldn't explain for a few months (even I, the perenn...

#151: When Is It Worth It To Splurge?

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're sharing how two recent treat yourself moments in our house turned sideways on us and how it shed some light on when to splurge and when to...

#150: Changing Our Minds About Our House (Again)

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our home's exterior makeover didn't stop with painting it white last year, so today we're catching you up on some projects we've completed and what's ...

#149: The Episode That Made Me A Plant Lady

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're sharing how our bathroom reno went from zero to fifty percent (that'll make more sense when you hear what we did) and how we gained a ton of ins...

#148: How We Keep Our Lives & Projects Organized

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

People are always asking how we keep our projects and our household organized ("do you make lists? use an app?! help me!") so today we're outlining th...

#147: Our Summer Of Living In A Smaller House In A Smaller Town

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you move into a smaller house in a smaller town for over two months? That's what we found out this summer when we stayed at our beac...

#146: What It Was Really Like Renting Out The Duplex

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We survived our first summer as Airbnb hosts to 23 different families over the course of the last three months - and, more importantly, so did the dup...

#145: The Home Features People Wish They Didn't Have

17 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're diving into a survey that reveals the top homebuyer regrets - as in what features their homes have that they ended up not loving (and ...

#144: When You Don't Even Recognize Your Own Shopping Habits

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We recently made two big changes to our shopping habits that are having both positive and negative repercussions. So we're sharing what we did, why we...

#143: So We Had Our First Guests At The Duplex...

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After over a year and a half of renovation, the duplex officially hosted its first overnight guests!!! And it was an exciting, emotional, and eye-open...

#142: Our Kitchen Is Grosser Than You Think

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

So it turns out there are some weird spots in the kitchen where germs go to party - so we're learning more about that (and what you can do about it), ...

#141: When You See Another Blogger's Home In Person…

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our recent Chicago meet-up with fellow bloggers Chris Loves Julia, Yellow Brick Home, and Making It Lovely left us with lots of feels (and very full s...

#140: The Most Fight-Inducing DIYs Out There

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Home improvement can be stressful, and we're no strangers to that tension leading to some pretty memorable arguments. So today we're looking at some d...

#139: Our Exterior Makeover Continues...

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Painting our brick house white was just the tip of our home's exterior update iceberg, so this week we're sharing more of our plans - including one th...

#138: Was Ikea Not "Good Enough" For Our Home's Kitchen?

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Installing Ikea cabinets in all three of our beach house kitchens invites the question: why didn't we use them in our home's kitchen in Richmond?! So ...

#137: The Next Home We're Taking On

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We've got a really exciting announcement this week about a new home project we're taking on, including how it came to be, what has us most excited, an...

#136: Maximizing House Joy (For Minimal Money)

01 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're talking to Joyful author and expert Ingrid Fetell Lee about some simple ways to inject joy into your home without breaking the bank. S...

#135: How Many Dollhouses Is Too Many Dollhouses?

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you think our podcast has tackled this question already, JUST YOU WAIT! The universe recently tested Sherry's dollhouse fixation and whether she pa...

#134: Where Have All The Family Photos Gone?

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're sharing how to find the right balance when you're choosing between artwork or family photos for certain walls - and we're revealing where ...

#133: The Fascinating Ways Homes Differ Around The World

11 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly 600 people wrote in to tell us about design norms from their specific country or region, and today we're sharing some of the most popular, inte...

#132: Are We Sabotaging Our Sleeping Spaces?

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What if there were little changes we could all make to our bedrooms and sleeping habits to sleep better and feel more rested in the morning? Today we'...

#131: The Surprising Side Effects Of Going TV Free

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We were both pretty shocked about the results of going completely without television for a while - especially Sherry. So today we're sharing what we l...

#130: Can Science Help Us Make Our Homes Happier?

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Can the colors, furnishings, and accessories that we choose for our home actually make us feel quantifiably happier? Today we dive into the science of...

#129: When It Feels Like Everything's Going Wrong

04 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

House projects don't always go smoothly. We've all been there (heck, we're there right now with the duplex renovation) so we're sharing some new strat...

#128: Finding More Life In Less Stuff

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Minimalism can still feel like an "out there" lifestyle, so this week we're bringing in expert Joshua Becker to share how dipping your toes into the m...

#127: The Real Housewives of Airbnb

21 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're sharing a simple kitchen change that made it WAY more efficient for us (we're kinda kicking ourselves for not doing it sooner). There'...

#126: Is Your Home Making You Grumpy?

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of us want a more organized home, but are we going about it the wrong way? Today we're talking with a home efficiency expert about how rethinking...

#125: A Tale Of Two Kitchens

07 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our holiday was full of fun, family, and a freakish amount of Ikea boxes filling the duplex. So this week we're sharing how we navigated the task of i...

#124: One Small Space And Three Options (HELP!)

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking about a small space that's stumping us at the duplex and we'd love to hear what your family would like to rent most. You'll also h...

#123: Baskets: Friend or Foe?

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We recently realized that storage baskets may be simultaneously helping AND hampering our home organizing efforts (and yes, hampering was a pun). Also...

#122: If We Had To Make A House "Must Have" List…

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you're house hunting, building new, or just daydreaming, you've probably got a mental list of favorite home features that you either love havi...

#121: Do We Make Design Decisions Just For The Blog?

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's a question we've gotten a lot over the years: are you doing this for you or for the blog? It's even one we've asked ourselves - and it hasn't alw...

#120: The Big Fight We Had Over A Microwave

19 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Remember when we got into it over a refrigerator back in Episode #74? Well, the location of an appliance recently had us battling over two different k...

#119: What Almost Derailed Our Painted House Makeover

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Now that we've completed our big brick house painting project, we're sharing all the behind-the-scenes twists & turns of the previous week (believe me...

#118: The Not-So-Calm Before The White Brick Storm

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Amidst all the excitement of getting our brick house painted white last week (!!!) there was some behind-the-scenes stress leading up to the big trans...

#117: The Downside To Decorating One Room At A Time

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We recently passed the one year anniversary of moving furniture to our beach house, so this week we're looking back on how we kept our sanity while de...

#116: How To Get More Style At Home With Less Stuff

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Now that we tested out the process to achieve "Cozy Minimalism" in our house (and loved the result!), we're taking it straight to the source and talki...

#115: The Trouble With Master Bedrooms

15 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After a quick video of Sherry's sparse closet sparked hundreds of questions on Instagram, we're breaking down her process for creating a wardrobe that...

#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

08 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our duplex renovation isn't even close to being done, but we can't help but think about the next house we'll transform - because there will be another...

#113: What You Don't See In Photos Of Our Living Room

01 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our week of living Furniture Free is over and it went… wellllll… differently than we expected. So today we're talking about what we liked, what we...

#112: One Week Of Living "Furniture Free"

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Have you heard of the Furniture Free movement? Well, it piqued my interest so much that we're challenging ourselves to try it for seven days (Sherry r...

#111: Can Minimalism Be Cozy?

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As much as we love to simplify and declutter, we're not aiming for that ultra sleek and sometimes sterile look that's often associated with minimalism...

#110: And Then The Bathroom Started Flooding

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What started as a straightforward sink swap in the beach house master bathroom ended with a big hole in the wall and a face full of water. And the cau...

#109: Just When You Thought The Diamond Door Saga Was Over

27 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We've been on a rollercoaster with those diamond paned doors that we hunted down for our duplex renovation. There was a pretty disappointing low follo...

#108: Science Says These Rooms Are A Waste Of Space

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welp, it's official: new research shows that we aren't using all of the square footage in our homes. But we sure are paying for it (and then paying to...

#107: Are We All Getting Sick Of Watching Big Renovations?

13 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We can't be the only ones noticing that all of the renovations on TV and online seem to be snowballing. Whatever happened to those budget decorating s...

#106: What's It Really Like To Downsize?

06 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Sure it's fun to imagine what it would be like to downsize and live in a significantly smaller space, but this week we're talking to a family of 4 (wi...

#105: Sherry Vs. The Bathtub, Duplex Edition

30 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We seem to have a sore spot with tubs, and the duplex renovation has proven to be no exception. So today we're sharing how a strategic money-saving de...

#104: This Is How You're Annoying Your Contractor

23 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We've turned the tables today and have asked dozens of contractors - including our own! - what THEY wish we, their clients, did differently. We learne...

#103: Regrets From Our Beach House Reno

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It turns out that restoring a vintage stove isn't all cupcakes & rainbows, so this week we're revealing some of the quirks that you can't see from a p...

#102: Are Islands Ruining America's Kitchens?

09 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Islands are a staple of most modern kitchens, but this week we explore why not everyone is a fan (including what we realized is a negative about the i...

#101: Should We Paint Our Brick House White?

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our urge to paint the exterior of our brick house white has been growing lately, but there are still some concerns holding us back. So today we're div...

#100: So We Had To Quarantine The House…

18 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Nothing like an infestation to drive you from your home for a few days, am I right? We're sharing the whole itch-inducing story, including why we had ...

#99: Our Latest (And Grossest) Home Experiment

11 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When you put a lot of time or money into a project, you'll go to great, weird, and sometimes gross lengths to protect it. We've got all the details in...

#98: Why Some Houses We Designed Never Saw The Light Of Day

04 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A few years ago we embarked on a design project with a local company that we were very excited about… but it fell apart for reasons we could've neve...

#97: What We Learned (And Saved) From Our Shopping Ban

21 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our month-long shopping hiatus came to a close last week, so today we're sharing our results! What was the most difficult part? How did it change our ...

#96: Our Complicated Relationship With Stuff

14 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Right in the middle of our own month-long shopping ban, we jumped at the chance to have a deep conversation with the author who started it all: Cait F...

#95: Our House Is Too Big. There, We Said It.

07 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We've recently had a realization that we just don't need as much space as we have. So how'd we end up buying a too-big house? What has made this so cl...

#94: Just When The Duplex Was Going So Well…

30 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Just when we thought the duplex renovation was finally rolling along smoothly, we found ourselves in the midst of an ordeal that required an emergency...

#93: One Month. No Superfluous Shopping. Can We Do It?

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Can we go a whole month without buying anything we don't need? That's the challenge we've handed ourselves as part of a self-imposed month-long shoppi...

#92: The Household Staples We Never Buy

16 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Do you reject certain "household staples?" We do! And it turns out a lot of other people do too - to the point that experts are saying they might some...

#91: When Is A House Change You Made Bad For Resale?

02 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're talking about when you should undo a personal or customized change that you made to your house that might turn off potential buyers (a...

#90: What To Do When A Project Starts To Suck

26 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We all know that deflated feeling when you've lost your mojo for a major project or renovation. So how do you reignite that excitement or energy you h...

#89: A Year Without Shopping

19 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Could you put your wallet on lockdown for 365 days? Sherry shared the story of a woman who did, including why she took on the challenge, the few excep...

#88: Whatever Happened To Privacy In The Bathroom?

12 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Doorless bathrooms? Toilets behind glass walls? Showers and tubs just sitting in the corner of the bedroom? These "open concept" bathroom trends seem ...

#87: Lessons From The Messiest Homes In America

05 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's never fun to get a call saying that you have to tear down something that you just SPENT AN ENTIRE WEEKEND CONSTRUCTING, but that's exactly what h...

#86: How Our Life Together Almost Didn't Happen

26 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're getting personal this week, and sharing some early setbacks and hard choices that almost steered our lives in a totally different direction - no...

#85: What We Got Wrong In Our Beach House Kitchen

19 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week John's fessing up to a design choice that he insisted we make in our beach house kitchen, but we now realize was - shall we say - misguided?...

#84: Things We Can't Agree On Lately

12 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We don't always see eye-to-eye on our projects and decorating decisions. In fact, we're stuck in the midst of some pretty "active" home arguments righ...