Now that the clocks have fallen back for Daylight Saving Time (and if you have kids, they likely woke earlier—congratulations?), here are the show notes for Episode 23 of Young House Love Has A Podcast. This week’s episode was recorded from a hotel room in Baltimore. We respond to three listener calls about home-related updates: how projects have held up over the years, whether moving from a small ranch to a bigger two-story house felt strange, and other follow-ups. Sherry nearly predicted a 2017 Color of the Year, John gets unexpectedly emotional talking about another podcast, and we explain why filming DIY projects always adds pressure. In honor of Election Day, our quiz even takes a slightly political detour.
You can download this episode from iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn Radio, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Use this page to revisit any links, notes, or photos we mentioned on the show.
What’s New
- Above is a photo from our architecture tour of Chicago. It shows the stunning Chicago Cultural Center and its enormous Tiffany glass dome—plus some bloggers happily snapping pictures.
- Below is Sherry’s photo of our modest recording setup in a Baltimore hotel room. Highlights include a bathmat used as a sound-dampening layer and a bed doubling as a makeshift computer stand.
Update
- We revisited our “What’s Not” quiz from Episode 17, where we speculated on Benjamin Moore’s possible Color of the Year for 2017.
- Benjamin Moore ultimately chose Shadow for 2017. We mentioned that pick during the show and discussed how close our guesses came.
What’s Not
- If you’re browsing sofas or researching historical facts, we pointed listeners toward a couple of resources during the episode—useful starting places for shopping or a quick refresher on U.S. vice presidents.
Listener Calls
- The photo above shows the before-and-after of our stair runner installation. We described how it changed the stairway and linked to the exact rug and our original installation post to help anyone who wants to replicate it.
- If you’re new here and curious about our three homes, we outlined tours of each: the first house, the second house, and our current house—so listeners can see how our style and projects evolved.
- We also mentioned rough floor plans for each home in older posts, which provide helpful context about room layouts and how we approached renovations.
- Below is a shot of the kitchen runner we adore—its easy-clean quality (egg tolerance, if you will) only made us love it more. The runner originally came from Ballard Designs and has held up well in daily life.
We’re Digging
- We’re both big fans of the Daily Calendar from Social Print Studio—an easy, tactile way to celebrate small daily moments.
- We also recommended the Reply All podcast and highlighted two standout episodes: “Boy in Photo” and “The Cathedral.” Their storytelling and investigative approach moved us and inspired conversation on the show.
P.S. If you’re trying to remember an item we mentioned in a past episode, we referenced a master list of everything we’ve recommended across episodes—an easy place to rediscover favorites we’ve dug through the years.
West Elm sponsorship note: West Elm’s Design to Impact program is something we mentioned on the show. They offered a discount code for listeners to use. We also talked about a video we watched about basket weavers in the Philippines that resonated with our conversation that week.
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