Before leaving for Mexico, we carefully (and hurriedly) set our “out of office” auto replies, secured our pet sitters, wiped down furniture, laid down fresh plastic sheeting on daily use items (such as our printer, studio desk and filing carts), ushered miscellaneous chairs, ottomans and decor into the safety of our second spare room and […]
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Prep and Paint (Sort of)
Things we shouldn’t do until our contractor completes the drywall repair – well, the drywall we’ve ripped out… but also the ceilings we’ve taken down and the floors we’ve ripped up: Nail anything into the walls. Our home will still be shifting (ever-so-slightly) until they complete the support beam installation. This means that any built-in […]
Become a Sponsor for Yellow Brick Home
We’re Kim and Scott of Yellow Brick Home, a husband and wife team that looks forward to collaborating with businesses whose creative approach and aesthetics align with our own and whose products or services we would use ourselves. We focus on the place we love to call home, and we cover a range of topics […]
Full Length
Aside from a $9 Target mirror I scrimped for in college (which was unfortunately dubbed a fat mirror; you know the kind), I’ve never owned a legitimate full length mirror. This realization is usually met in (mock) horror by my girlfriends, which I’ve never understood until last night. After an Ikea day last week, Scott […]
Our Favorites, Thank Yous and Holiday Warm Fuzzies
As another year wraps up and we eagerly await spending the next week with our best buds and families, we couldn’t help but think back to all that has happened in the last year. Really, isn’t it sort of amazing to think about how much your life can evolve in just one year? Have you […]
A Sudsy Update
As we mixed the third batch for our DIY Suds, we realized that (shame!) we should have been keeping you updated. Because, well, that’s 3 batches since February. And with each re-occurring batch, we spend nothing but a buck for the Fels Naptha soap. So, that would mean we’ve spent a total of $12 on […]
On Turning Two, Part 2: It’s Personal
We tackled the easy stuff about our casa and city in part I, right here. But you wanted to know more about us, so let’s get personal, yeah? Q: I’d like to know how you and your honey met. Spill it! Kim: It was summer. I was with a friend, and we had just gotten […]
Adventures In Wallpaper: Reveal
It’s been almost 2 months since we first spilled the beans about venturing into the great, wide world of wallpaper. Of course we were a little nervous that we may have fallen victim to the fast growing home decor trend, but you know what? Consider us on that bandwagon. The more we anticipated our Saturday […]
Prime Patio
Living in Chicago, you learn to appreciate every extra square foot of prime real estate space. An extra inch here and there in an itty bitty floor plan can easily lead to the happy dance. Have a random nook in a not-quite square bedroom? Use the space to hide your laundry baskets, hang some coat […]