About Us

THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS

TheYoungsters

We’re Young. We’re Fun. We’re Repainting Again?!

I’m Sherry. He’s John. We’re 26. Our house is 50. It’s old enough to be our parent, but we treat it like it’s our baby.

It’s our first home, and it’s located in Richmond, Virginia. When we bought it in 2006, we were coming off of a combined 8-years of living in Manhattan. Having 1,350 sq. ft to play with seemed like quite a luxury. The only problem: the house definitely showed its age.

Armed with a little bit of know-how, a lot of enthusiasm and hundreds of hours of HGTV and design magazines to provide inspiration we didn’t waste a second. After 24 months, the list of what we did (and re-did) is too long to bother with (a few highlights: installing a pedestal sink, two toilets, countless new light fixtures, knocking out a half wall, uncovering tile and hardwood under grody carpets, etc). Trust us when we say that it was certainly a lot of work, time, and satisfaction upon completion.

To date we’ve added a slew of new skills to our metaphorical toolbox (need help refinishing your cabinets?) and even some new equipment to our literal toolbox (drywall saw, anyone?). And somewhere along the way we even started helping other people transform their homes as well. Our DIY prowess even carried over to our backyard wedding (it’s only fitting that we got married at home), which morphed into adding creative wedding moodboards to our repertoire. And in June of 2008, we put my Bachelor of Fine Arts and John’s Communications degree to use and opened up our very own shop full of original and affordable prints and photographs for the masses. Now it’s just a matter of finding enough hours in the day to keep up with our ever growing to-do list and keep you posted along the way.

We hope you enjoy our continued adventures (and misadventures) in DIY decor and home improvement!