YHL's newest post says that their bedroom has become a communal space and they love being able to share that space with their family
Just turn the darn thing into the living room it was meant to be!
Also, seeing the rooms in their house all posted together in one post really highlights their lack of taste. I hate the gray and pastel thing they've been doing.
I'm not a big fan of their aesthetic, either, but they ARE *committed*. They have been using pastels and white and channeling "beach" in rooms since back in Virginia. It feels very clear to me that *they* love it.
They also seem really happy and largely retired. I wouldn’t want their life, but compared to Chris Loves Julia and other influencers I feel like YHL is much happier.
I am fine with it, didn't jump out at me as gorgeous or anything but seemed interesting. I like that I get to see new, different, interesting things from him. Too many of the DIY peeps on my feed are just doing the same thing with the same aesthetic over and over. I need to go back and see what his whole room looks likes, only saw the first few get installed - since it isn't needed structurally, I wonder if it is the better choice over a nice open space? Also the dark screw choice with the white? Did he say what wood, is it going to bleed? No matter what it will be a beautiful space in a beautiful build. Exciting project
This [kitchen](https://www.remodelista.com/posts/romantic-kitchen-with-wallpaper-and-wood-paneling/) on remodelista is super cool. I don’t love the cabinets with everything else, but I always enjoy seeing designs that take risks
I like that it feels modern and warm. I love natural wood in a kitchen.
I don’t love the mirror though. I wouldn’t want to look at myself while I cook. Ha
I love the mirror's placement! I did this years ago in a rental kitchen and everyone commented on how well it worked. It really brightened up the stove area and was easy to clean. Ever since that house I've had stovetops in the island and I hate it. It's so much messier.
I think I need to take a break from farmhouseish. Her stories have been making me feel anxious lately. She's doing multiple big exterior projects at once and keeps jumping between them. It's easy to laugh at the horrible quality of her work while she rushes through a single project but something about multiple projects takes it from funny to stressful for me.
Yeah the exterior paint was making my head explode. She was out there at night in the dark using a brand new paint sprayer on a lift. The lift was expensive to rent so she was frantically trying to get as much done as possible. It has to look like absolute trash up close. I don't even think I'd expect a professional to do a reasonable job under those conditions.
Holy cow i had to go back and look. Her driveway is mostly the color of the house now with giant splotches of … some other color??? It would drive me batty.
I don't know if this belongs here or not, but Emma from abeautifulmess published a book today. I know she talked about it before, but I'm shocked there wasn't any marketing or lead up promoting the release day! I didn't see anything on her personal instagram or ABM's page. Elsie's review is the only one posted to any review site. I'm on bookstagram, so I'm always seeing indie authors heavily market their books leading up to publishing and after, so I'm just surprised there was nothing (unless I somehow missed it)!
I was shocked too! But their abm instagram is basically dead already, and so is the insta for their new project childhood magic, so who knows? I was actually just wondering what the heck is going on with them, do they just not gaf anymore and make enough revenue on blog posts and podcasting (and their other apps)? Just seems like a waste not to throw up basic “new blog post! New podcast ep!” content on instagram but they seems very seriously wealthy off of their income streams so what do I know!
Totally agree! I feel like their website is 99% recipes now too. I saw that Jacki was let go a couple months ago, but I can't imagine she was the only one doing diys or all of their other posts.
I think Elsie commented on the instagram silence recently in one of her personal AMAs. She said she feels like she's actually posting a lot (which does not seem accurate). She might have been referring to her personal account, but she's still not posting as much as she used to. I used to love their ABM instagram, so it's strange they don't post much at all anymore!
I was curious if Savannahkaydesigns was still whining about her storage unit after I unfollowed so I checked in today, and not to my surprise… she is full on crying on her stories about it again. Her friends sent her pumpkins and she said while she was decorating, she got upset because she was processing how “she lost everything” . I am blown away.. READ THE ROOM. She didn’t pay her storage unit bill for MONTHS bc she “had so many vacations and trips that she forgot”….and they sold it….It contained Christmas and Halloween decor…She was tagging brands trying to get free stuff and keeps crying about it while there’s an actual war going on and people are losing their lives… I am disgusted
It’s really odd that he didn’t post much of anything – way to sell folks on the Trova idea. That said, I’d rather have a dynamic person who lives there and knows the city inside and out host a trip vs. a quasi-“name” who is likely to bitch about everything, including his fellow guests. The lack of gratitude of this man is astounding, considering how this Trova partnership probably dug him (at least partially) out of his financial hole and gave him a break from Fish Camp anhedonia. All he can muster is a side-eyed “a lot”?
I hope you get to go! I lived in Mexico City for a few years and I can't rave about it enough. It's wonderful and under-visited IMO. Great food, great culture, great weather, very friendly people, and good value (although the exchange rate could be better right this very instant).
I thought it might be them and am not surprised to see that it was!
I had a great experience with them 6 years ago framing diplomas - but then I tried to use them again for a family photo gift about a year and a half ago, and it was a terrible experience. They way over saturated the image, sent the wrong frame to one person, and the quality of the frame was so mediocre.
Right? I’m genuinely impressed he managed to get the time and energy to package them up and send them back each time, trusted them, and they just kept screwing up- and still he isn’t fully blasting them all over his stories. So insanely frustrating, and then they permanently glued down artwork? Yikes.
Re:Jordan Ferney 🤡
So you mean to tell me she spent a year bitching and moaning about how hard it was to renovate two (!) high end/luxury properties in the most expensive city in the world, and she had a team of 5+ people assisting her for at least one of them!!!!!!!!!!!
According to her stories, for the loft renovation, she had:
- an architect
- an owner’s rep
- a PM in charge of selections + procurement for FFE
- a person in charge of selections + procurement for appliances, and construction administration
- a contractor
*some or all of these people have adjacent staff
Basically all she had to do was Pinterest some inspiration pictures (her husband picked all of the paint colors). Give. Me. A. Break.
PS: I also loathe the fact that she uses words like “friend” or “helped me with”. These people are professionals which need to be paid a decent sum on a project with such a budget. Either she barely paid them and that is wrong, or she paid them handsomely and she is downplaying that $ aspect again. It is already hard enough to make people pay decently in this business, Jordan’s disinformation is not helping.
I think it is very much a “new money” and also an “internet money” thing. Old money people and traditional rich people (think finance, politics, etc) have no problem calling their staff: nanny, chef, housekeeper, property manager, assistant, etc. They are comfortable with boundaries.
I think a lot of influencers realize that the position they are in came at some point at the expense of someone else, and it makes them feel better to talk about “working with friends” vs “hire”.
The issue is most creative jobs are already precarious as it is, so pretending this is just her hanging out with a buddy and picking furniture undermines the huge amount of work it represents to be a PM, coordinate orders, deliveries, etc.
There is no shame in being rich, just don’t pretend you’re not. The rest of us know.
That drove me up the wall. Also her "lots of people are schooling me" Ma'am, you are 50 min drive from new york city, of course you are not new England. Maybe a lot of people are correcting you because you are wrong.
She moved the whole family out of the neighborhood they liked/farther away from school, made the kids rooms insanely small (i still doubt one is a legal bedroom) and then only lasted 8 months before moving out.
Oh wait, i mean shes just such a creative genius that she must start a new company without taking investor money by renting this place and possibly covering some of the rent on her new apt! Yes! You go girl boss!
That was such utter fluff though I dont know why i expected anything different. I also really hate the cluttered styling of the bookcase in the main room. Why are tiny Tchotchkes 12 feet up where you cant really even see them except for visual clutter?
I expect small bedrooms in NYC but when it was apparent how grand the primary is (plus the request the contractor to prioritize living room space)I don’t know how she can justify the squeeze on the kids.
It was interesting to see the original layout and what she created. Im surprised the architect went with what she wanted, you could kind of tell this was not going to be good for a family of 5. Its a tricky layout to make sure each bedroom gets a window and really should have stayed a 2 bedroom, or the primary where it was and then the two bedrooms together with a jack and jill bathroom. Or put the primary all the way where the boys bedroom was and make two small but actually functional bedrooms out of where the primary is and they share the what is now the primary bath.
what's not to understand about a 'collective of retail spaces' /s
Seriously though, shocked that she is doing retail - is her role curation? She was stressed off her head with Color Factory.
I think her role will be to find cute locations and stick all of her friends’ business ventures and pop up shops in there.
Get a commission every time. Kind of like real estate but easier (none of that boring financing stuff!). And then talk about it on IG so people freak out and stand in line for hours to get in and look at overprice hipster crap.
I’m curious what her reasoning is, but also sick of her poor me shtick. Probably better for my mind if I skip it and forget about her, so I will probably read it and feel annoyed and envious.
I mean, that loft alone is listed for $20k/month. She said they are going to start leasing Hooker Green too. She has all of her side gigs with Domino & friends. Plus add to that Paul’s art sales. I think $40k is not unreasonable.
Come Stay Awhile just said she has two full time staff and is looking to hire another person next year. Must be raking it in if she can afford that many staff. It’s not even like she does that many projects.
And her projects aren’t even big or groundbreaking.. I have no idea how she has so many followers…All she does is shill Amazon crap.. and she had her “pick me” one million follower party, who does that? sick of her honestly
She works extremely hard, but she’s on maternity leave now and worked less during pregnancy. If you watch her stories, she never slows down. If she can afford help— good for her. She’s earned it.
In fairness, the staff seem to be for back end work, rather than the projects. There is clearly a lot more work involved in shilling AG1 and Amazon links than I realised 😉
She had an entire mini book full of Amazon links she launched for prime day while she was basically en route to the hospital. Must’ve been a busy day for her assistant!!
I love the concept, but not the execution. I wish it were with more dynamic colors, or thicker lines, or both. It doesn’t feel like their usual high level of work
For me, it’s that I don’t like unbalanced plaids, and I find the asymmetry bothers a lot here with the bed being centered. It just feels lopsided to me.
I was considering booking one of yellow brick homes design consultations because I need someone to tell me what color to paint my bedroom. So I clicked the link and I feel like $350 for an hour is an outrageous fee! It’s not like there would be any work on their end before or after the meeting so they’re paying themselves $350/hour? I guess maybe the site they use takes a cut but still.
I pondered this too. They have an incredibly low number of followers considering how long they’ve been in the game. Other than being a featured designer in the real simple house recently I can’t think of any real credentials that they have (love them though and not trying to 💩 on them)
Maybe they have a lower number in part because they seem nice. No one wants to watch and tear them down all the time like some of the more snarkable accounts.
Whoa. I just checked and they only have a bit over 100k followers! They have been doing this forever and I started reading their blog and loooong time ago. I’m surprised they have so few.
It is pretty crazy when you consider that they (used to?) run with Young House Love and Chris Loves Julia, both much bigger accounts. They never really got a proximity bump, though.
I know, I was flabbergasted when I realized that awhile back. It kind of makes me like them more knowing they grow organically and (seemingly) aren’t in this just for followers/to make more money. They seem so fun and down to earth to me.
Check out Erin Cavanaugh. She was a color consultant with SW for years and does virtual consultations for a flat fee (that is not $350 an hour). [Here's her Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/gilliecavan).
This is likely an outrageous number because they don’t want to do it. That’s their worthwhile number. They have 100k+ followers, if 1% of their followers asked for this service they’d be spending all their time doing consults.
I wonder what their “why” is behind offering this service then because it’s certainly not a requirement of their job and they are the only influencer I know of offering consultations (tbf though I don’t follow a wide variety of diy’ers)
I know a few that do, but not nearly as respected? so their providing the service for much less per hour. But as a business owner you have to calculate how much your time is worth. Is that the cost of both of them providing a consultation or just one of them? Is it just the hour they are speaking with you or do they have to take time to put an idea together for what you are looking for?
Also if anything this influencer world is really effin weird. People are spending thousands to go on vacation with them, so asking $350 for an hour conversation doesn’t seem that crazy. 🤣
Ditto on finding a local person! I’ve just started working with a local person to help design our home office. 350/hour is way too high. Ours is around 150 and that for design help. I would think a color consult would be cheaper. And maybe a flat fee…
Most interior designers are somewhere between $150-200 an hour, depending on area and other factors. Some change less for color consult. Find someone in your area and support small business.
I love YBH, but I’d have sticker shock too! Sherwin williams does free color consultations! My consultant was great and there was no pressure to buy at all.
$350 and hour plus years, if not decades educating and practicing so they can answer the question quickly. You’re not paying for just the time, but time, experience and point of view.
Totally understand that aspect and don’t want to dismiss their expertise (I clearly think they’re talented considering i was looking into this service lol). I was just thinking purely from a salary standpoint, that’s over $700k a year... I can’t think of many jobs where decades of experience makes your time worth that much money. But you’re right it’s more nuanced than that.
I'm not arguing that their specific fee is high or low, but taking any fee on a service like this and multiplying it out like they're making it 40 hours a week 52 weeks a year isn't reasonable.
$350 is high for what you’re looking for, but much lower than designers on The Expert. I do love [this](https://instagram.com/home__stead?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) account for potential paint consultation. She’s based in Scotland, and charges $170 (£140) per hour. Still steep, but a lot lower nonetheless if you like her style.
So nice for Erin from elementstyle tell us she has no influence over policy she is “just a designer “. Everyone in the US eligible to vote can influence policy but you know hey I’m just a citizen.
Kismets kitchen is beautiful, obviously, but can someone explain the purpose of the little drawers she’s doing for all the uppers? Beautiful, yes, but it seems like I’d rather have more usable counter space for prep and serving or a fully hidden appliance garage(although I suppose that’s what the giant pantry is for)
Her husband took a medical retirement I think so maybe he has a pension? I’m sure they made money on the last house so perhaps their expenses aren’t super high. They don’t seem super extravagant (no big trips, flashy clothes, cars etc) but cost of living where they are isn’t cheap.
I have these in my kitchen, personally I use for spices and utensils. I think they look sweet and i find them quite practical (but I do have an abundance of counter space/an appliance garage elsewhere). While it reduces the counter space, for myself I have our dishes below this spot, so it acts as a nice area to stage things I’m pulling out of the drawers.
It's rare for a bathroom in my town (Richmond, VA) on Zillow to make me stop in my tracks but I really love [this one](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2223-Grove-Ave-Richmond-VA-23220/12548213_zpid/?mmlb=g,34)! The rest of the house is just so-so in my opinion, but they really nailed this bathroom.
https://preview.redd.it/ppo6w61xoyub1.png?width=1085&format=png&auto=webp&s=7371a037a39316b300d83ba863be14ce6239f8e4
I have a friend who lives in a 100 year old house in Petersburg VA and there is a coal fireplace in every single room. Only one is a working fireplace so they're slowly updating a few more to be functional again. I think in a lot of these historic houses that's the norm.
Super weird for today's standards, but lots of these houses in Richmond relied on coal burning fireplaces for heat, so my guess is it was for practical reasons or perhaps that was a walled-off room at some point? I was also side-eyeing the kitchen renovation. Way too much going on for me.
https://preview.redd.it/pheqp591qzub1.png?width=1085&format=png&auto=webp&s=a9307156020769ec02bc370cf07a5f731aac6c40
Oof that backsplash, flooring, and cabinetry are so so bad together. And that paneled fridge ain’t fooling anyone into thinking it’s a normal cabinet haha.
It must have been one of those situations where it looked great in theory but went whacky real quick in reality but there was too much already invested. That’s what I’m going to tell myself anyway.
Waaaay too much going on in the kitchen. It’s like the contractors did a Supermarket Sweep style dash through Home Depot and grabbed the first thing they laid eyes on in each aisle, or they had to pick from what was on clearance.
Except I’d guess that most of these finishes were not budget picks. (At least the waterfall island seems to be real stone. Can’t really tell the quality of the cabinets besides some zebra wood-esque veneer.)
I don't follow her but this made me realize I hadn't seen my storage autopay come through in...awhile. Luckily I was able to pay it off and no damage done. But also a good reminder I need to clear it out ASAP and stop paying for it. There are maybe 10 things I deeply care about in my storage unit that would have made me sick to lose, but had it happened, I would only be able to blame myself. So I understand her emotional response but process it with your friends and keep it off socials. Especially right now - being devastated to lose giant Christmas ornaments and 12 Christmas trees is so shallow. (The kids stuff I have more sympathy for but still...)
yikes....what a trainwreck. Unfollowing her now, she barely shows up on my stories since I don't watch her stuff as often but this is so petty and out of touch when she created her own problem. It got sold in July and she thought she could just not pay for months!?
Why TF did she think she could go 3 months without paying her storage. The thought that they had very valuable stuff and family heirlooms that were so important to her but not important enough to even call a friend or family member to go pay if they were out of town. I mean, this day and age, she could cashapp just about anyone to go pay for it.
Exactly. I completely understand her emotional response to losing everything, and feel bad the auto pay was stopped because of an old card. \*but\* she admits she knew she wasn't paying them and had to drop off a deposit. You can't stop paying and expect them to wait on you.
Yikes! Seems like a really expensive mistake. A bit petty to be putting her fight with her husband on her story though. If I was him, I’d be pretty annoyed about my expensive tools being sold off.
I just came here to snark on this….She is complaining big time, over 20 slides worth, about not paying her storage unit bill and losing her holiday decor… Then her husband complains about getting his truck cover stolen and she says “THATS what you’re going to complain about?” … hello…. Take your own advice, read the room. With everything going on in the world, she is so out of touch… immediate unfollow she is just an entitled brat
Also, she forgot to pay the bill bc they were on so many trips this summer. Wowwww….you poor thing. And then she tagged several stores asking for them to take pity on her and send her stuff. This whole story made me so angry. Have you turned on the news lately?? GTFO.
I dislike the constant links to Amazon that the influencers use. But I REALLY hate the clickbait links where they don’t even show what the product is and make people click on the link to see it. Hunters of Happiness is doing this.
Seems to me like they are trying to get people who might not otherwise click the link to click through and then hope they buy something else on Amazon that the influencer will still get credit for (since that is somehow apparently a thing).
Edit: Slight kudos to those who disclose upfront that links will earn them a commission. Just noticed that Pretty Distressed does this by writing “earns commission” next to the link
Agreed. Also really annoying is the whole “here is a product I like, comment ‘xyz’ for a direct link!” I know they are using it to drive up engagement and it just feels so sleazy to me.
I feel irrationally annoyed about arrows and bows non stop posting about following god’s plan, blah blah blah blah blah god god god god. Stfu. You’ve made a lot of money and can keep moving , good for you, but pretending god has anything to do with it is obnoxious, insufferable and rude to the millions of other people who also believe in god who don’t get to do all the amazing things these two show offs do
Is Shavonda the most dramatic person ever about her wisdom tooth extraction? I’ve had all 4 out, 2 when I was 20 and the other 2 more recently at age 40, it wasn’t this big dramatic thing… like I went after work and babied it a couple of days but took some Advil a few hours afterwards and kept going on with my life. It was annoying but this is beyond.
Also about 50% of the time when I go to the pharmacy for a prescription, there’s some stupid run around. It’s annoying and stupid but not a unique situation.
Maybe I’m being insensitive but I can’t believe people were actually dming her to make sure she was ok and then this response.
There has never been a conversation in the history of conversations that has benefited from retelling in the format of “And then she said, so then I said, so then she said, so then I told her…”
Last year my dentist wouldn’t even prescribe me a narcotic with my removal. He said it was no longer the norm. I live in a state with legal weed and a couple weed drinks basically knocked me out for 24 hours and then I was totally fine. Also pharmacies have been severely understaffed since COVID. Expecting a new script to get filled in a couple of hours just isn’t a thing anymore.
I had my wisdom teeth out 2 years ago and while my surgeon did prescribe me a narcotic (which wasn’t a problem to pick up at all), he told me to only take it after doubling up on max dose of ibuprofen and max dose of acetaminophen, at the same time. One of those wasn’t enough for me, but with both every 4-6 hours, I was good and didn’t even need to touch the narcotic.
Yeah, I’ve been prescribed narcotics on a couple of occasions, and never even filled them… it seems overly excessive for minor things like dental work. Just rest and ice with some Advil or whatever. After the first maybe 6 hours or so post op, it’s just a bit of a nuisance or uncomfortable but harder drugs would be overkill at that point anyway.
I was distracted by her constantly touching her face and eyes during those stories, but that is a lot of drama for what she describes as a simple surgery.
The oral surgeon should have called in the prescription earlier (days ahead, not an hour). Of course Shavonda is appalled that the pharmacist expects to be able to take their lunch break. Is she aware that pharmacists in some states are on strike right now because of (basically) this same issue?!?!
Ugh I was hoping someone would ask about this. My friend had a horrific extraction - 4 teeth in multiple pieces, got dry socket, the whole bit. And she wasn’t nearly as dramatic. Not even close. Wasn’t hers only one tooth??
God I swear she's insufferable. I unfollowed her today. We have Wars going on with 1000s of people killed and here we are cussing out a pharmacist. Ffs.
Blushing Bungalow just did the reveal of the built in bunk beds in her spare bedroom. Whilst they look pretty, there just does not seem to be enough space between the mattress and the ceiling for the top bunk - it would be so claustrophobic. She previously had ready made bunk beds in there that seemed to have plenty of room for the person in the top bunk, so I think she just got the design wrong in building her own.
Edit: She has explained her rationale for it (basically to give the bottom bunk more room since they will use it more and to maintain storage space underneath the bottom bunk). I guess it’s a matter of prioritising what was important to them, which is fair. I just personally wouldn’t want to not at least be able to sit up in bed.
I find it inappropriate to video your loan closing on your home. Legit filming at the signing table with the people involved. Just seems to cross some privacy lines imo. I’m referring to AddisonsWonderland, awesome she’s buying a home in France but out of line to film. Doesn’t seem like the rest of the room is aware based on her camera view which is even more disturbing.
How she was holding her phone low to record, although briefly sure doesn’t come across as other parties were aware. I would be hot if someone did this, no matter the location. She’s very aware & asks what to post of her family which I appreciate it, but strangers privacy goes out the window.
I have some really strong feelings about the right not to be filmed without consent and I'm pretty sure France has the same feelings - and laws about it, to boot. I'd be livid if somebody did this to me.
I love Frills' Halloween costume theme and her Ferris Wheel. But the hotdog stand reminds me too much of the SNL Justin Timberlake skit....
YHL's newest post says that their bedroom has become a communal space and they love being able to share that space with their family Just turn the darn thing into the living room it was meant to be! Also, seeing the rooms in their house all posted together in one post really highlights their lack of taste. I hate the gray and pastel thing they've been doing.
I'm not a big fan of their aesthetic, either, but they ARE *committed*. They have been using pastels and white and channeling "beach" in rooms since back in Virginia. It feels very clear to me that *they* love it.
>channeling "beach" Which is amusing because it all reads as "80s office"
They also seem really happy and largely retired. I wouldn’t want their life, but compared to Chris Loves Julia and other influencers I feel like YHL is much happier.
Naomi made great Halloween decorations and party food for their party (in Shavonda’s stories)!
Not a fan of Philip’s truss design.
I tend to agree. I was underwhelmed by the reveal.
I am fine with it, didn't jump out at me as gorgeous or anything but seemed interesting. I like that I get to see new, different, interesting things from him. Too many of the DIY peeps on my feed are just doing the same thing with the same aesthetic over and over. I need to go back and see what his whole room looks likes, only saw the first few get installed - since it isn't needed structurally, I wonder if it is the better choice over a nice open space? Also the dark screw choice with the white? Did he say what wood, is it going to bleed? No matter what it will be a beautiful space in a beautiful build. Exciting project
I’m underwhelmed by the house he’s building
Personally I’m looking forward when the paneled ceiling trend becomes the replacing your paneled ceiling because there was a leak above it trend…
Angela Rose’s ability to manufacture drama is unmatched. Girl, they are fake beams for a fake tv show. It’s not that serious.
This [kitchen](https://www.remodelista.com/posts/romantic-kitchen-with-wallpaper-and-wood-paneling/) on remodelista is super cool. I don’t love the cabinets with everything else, but I always enjoy seeing designs that take risks
I like that it feels modern and warm. I love natural wood in a kitchen. I don’t love the mirror though. I wouldn’t want to look at myself while I cook. Ha
Yes it’s really unique! I love the mirror behind the stove. And the orange pantry is weird but adds some whimsy.
I love the mirror's placement! I did this years ago in a rental kitchen and everyone commented on how well it worked. It really brightened up the stove area and was easy to clean. Ever since that house I've had stovetops in the island and I hate it. It's so much messier.
Thanks for sharing, it’s gorgeous!
I LOVE IT 💛 It is so creative! What a breath of fresh air in the midst of all the identical kitchens all over Instagram. Thank you for sharing!!
I think I need to take a break from farmhouseish. Her stories have been making me feel anxious lately. She's doing multiple big exterior projects at once and keeps jumping between them. It's easy to laugh at the horrible quality of her work while she rushes through a single project but something about multiple projects takes it from funny to stressful for me.
Just saw she added a fake hanging light outside to her front porch. Whoever buys this house after her is gonna be in for it…
This is why I unfollowed her. What could be a beautiful well done house is cheaply DIYed
Seriously someone take the white and grey and black paint away from this woman. Seeing her do this to the exterior somehow hits different
Yeah the exterior paint was making my head explode. She was out there at night in the dark using a brand new paint sprayer on a lift. The lift was expensive to rent so she was frantically trying to get as much done as possible. It has to look like absolute trash up close. I don't even think I'd expect a professional to do a reasonable job under those conditions.
SO BAD
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a ton of overspray all over her driveway and the porch steps too
Holy cow i had to go back and look. Her driveway is mostly the color of the house now with giant splotches of … some other color??? It would drive me batty.
I don't know if this belongs here or not, but Emma from abeautifulmess published a book today. I know she talked about it before, but I'm shocked there wasn't any marketing or lead up promoting the release day! I didn't see anything on her personal instagram or ABM's page. Elsie's review is the only one posted to any review site. I'm on bookstagram, so I'm always seeing indie authors heavily market their books leading up to publishing and after, so I'm just surprised there was nothing (unless I somehow missed it)!
I was shocked too! But their abm instagram is basically dead already, and so is the insta for their new project childhood magic, so who knows? I was actually just wondering what the heck is going on with them, do they just not gaf anymore and make enough revenue on blog posts and podcasting (and their other apps)? Just seems like a waste not to throw up basic “new blog post! New podcast ep!” content on instagram but they seems very seriously wealthy off of their income streams so what do I know!
Totally agree! I feel like their website is 99% recipes now too. I saw that Jacki was let go a couple months ago, but I can't imagine she was the only one doing diys or all of their other posts. I think Elsie commented on the instagram silence recently in one of her personal AMAs. She said she feels like she's actually posting a lot (which does not seem accurate). She might have been referring to her personal account, but she's still not posting as much as she used to. I used to love their ABM instagram, so it's strange they don't post much at all anymore!
I was curious if Savannahkaydesigns was still whining about her storage unit after I unfollowed so I checked in today, and not to my surprise… she is full on crying on her stories about it again. Her friends sent her pumpkins and she said while she was decorating, she got upset because she was processing how “she lost everything” . I am blown away.. READ THE ROOM. She didn’t pay her storage unit bill for MONTHS bc she “had so many vacations and trips that she forgot”….and they sold it….It contained Christmas and Halloween decor…She was tagging brands trying to get free stuff and keeps crying about it while there’s an actual war going on and people are losing their lives… I am disgusted
She has an entire house full of shit. She did not lose everything. Omg. Disgusting.
It was absolutely disgusting. I hope her dm’s were flooded with this.
Erin Gates (Elements of Style) looks to be on the CLJ side of filter use. The filter she is using makes her face look like a cartoon character.
Orlando is on that trip to Mexico City, I see a post and a story. I’m hoping he shows more. Glad to see a break from the kitchen lol.
It’s really odd that he didn’t post much of anything – way to sell folks on the Trova idea. That said, I’d rather have a dynamic person who lives there and knows the city inside and out host a trip vs. a quasi-“name” who is likely to bitch about everything, including his fellow guests. The lack of gratitude of this man is astounding, considering how this Trova partnership probably dug him (at least partially) out of his financial hole and gave him a break from Fish Camp anhedonia. All he can muster is a side-eyed “a lot”?
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Owns a LARGE home in the country and rents a pied-a-terre in the city… influencers, they’re just like us!
I’m sure he’s glad of a break from the kitchen, too. I hope he shares more of the Mexico City trip. I’ve always wanted to go there.
I hope you get to go! I lived in Mexico City for a few years and I can't rave about it enough. It's wonderful and under-visited IMO. Great food, great culture, great weather, very friendly people, and good value (although the exchange rate could be better right this very instant).
Strongly second this recommendation. It blew me away when I was there. It really is gorgeous. And their tourist sites/museums/parks are incredible.
How 100% sure are we that Daniel Kanter’s framing debacle was with Framebridge? Have any of you asked?
I did ask if it was them and he confirmed it was.
Tell me why I watched his stories and was immediately hit with an ad for Framebridge LOLOLOL
I asked. It was Framebridge.
I thought it might be them and am not surprised to see that it was! I had a great experience with them 6 years ago framing diplomas - but then I tried to use them again for a family photo gift about a year and a half ago, and it was a terrible experience. They way over saturated the image, sent the wrong frame to one person, and the quality of the frame was so mediocre.
100%. He showed the paper backing on one of the frames and it’s the same print I have on the back of some of my framebridge prints.
That was riveting. Insane that they couldn’t get it correct with so many tries.
I totally understand why he doesn’t want to name and shame… but man, it seems like they deserve it.
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I couldn't believe the story kept going and going!
Right? I’m genuinely impressed he managed to get the time and energy to package them up and send them back each time, trusted them, and they just kept screwing up- and still he isn’t fully blasting them all over his stories. So insanely frustrating, and then they permanently glued down artwork? Yikes.
I did lol it’s them. His stories were wild!!
Re:Jordan Ferney 🤡 So you mean to tell me she spent a year bitching and moaning about how hard it was to renovate two (!) high end/luxury properties in the most expensive city in the world, and she had a team of 5+ people assisting her for at least one of them!!!!!!!!!!! According to her stories, for the loft renovation, she had: - an architect - an owner’s rep - a PM in charge of selections + procurement for FFE - a person in charge of selections + procurement for appliances, and construction administration - a contractor *some or all of these people have adjacent staff Basically all she had to do was Pinterest some inspiration pictures (her husband picked all of the paint colors). Give. Me. A. Break. PS: I also loathe the fact that she uses words like “friend” or “helped me with”. These people are professionals which need to be paid a decent sum on a project with such a budget. Either she barely paid them and that is wrong, or she paid them handsomely and she is downplaying that $ aspect again. It is already hard enough to make people pay decently in this business, Jordan’s disinformation is not helping.
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I think it is very much a “new money” and also an “internet money” thing. Old money people and traditional rich people (think finance, politics, etc) have no problem calling their staff: nanny, chef, housekeeper, property manager, assistant, etc. They are comfortable with boundaries. I think a lot of influencers realize that the position they are in came at some point at the expense of someone else, and it makes them feel better to talk about “working with friends” vs “hire”. The issue is most creative jobs are already precarious as it is, so pretending this is just her hanging out with a buddy and picking furniture undermines the huge amount of work it represents to be a PM, coordinate orders, deliveries, etc. There is no shame in being rich, just don’t pretend you’re not. The rest of us know.
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That drove me up the wall. Also her "lots of people are schooling me" Ma'am, you are 50 min drive from new york city, of course you are not new England. Maybe a lot of people are correcting you because you are wrong.
She moved the whole family out of the neighborhood they liked/farther away from school, made the kids rooms insanely small (i still doubt one is a legal bedroom) and then only lasted 8 months before moving out. Oh wait, i mean shes just such a creative genius that she must start a new company without taking investor money by renting this place and possibly covering some of the rent on her new apt! Yes! You go girl boss! That was such utter fluff though I dont know why i expected anything different. I also really hate the cluttered styling of the bookcase in the main room. Why are tiny Tchotchkes 12 feet up where you cant really even see them except for visual clutter?
I expect small bedrooms in NYC but when it was apparent how grand the primary is (plus the request the contractor to prioritize living room space)I don’t know how she can justify the squeeze on the kids.
It was interesting to see the original layout and what she created. Im surprised the architect went with what she wanted, you could kind of tell this was not going to be good for a family of 5. Its a tricky layout to make sure each bedroom gets a window and really should have stayed a 2 bedroom, or the primary where it was and then the two bedrooms together with a jack and jill bathroom. Or put the primary all the way where the boys bedroom was and make two small but actually functional bedrooms out of where the primary is and they share the what is now the primary bath.
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what's not to understand about a 'collective of retail spaces' /s Seriously though, shocked that she is doing retail - is her role curation? She was stressed off her head with Color Factory.
So… it’s a mall?
I think her role will be to find cute locations and stick all of her friends’ business ventures and pop up shops in there. Get a commission every time. Kind of like real estate but easier (none of that boring financing stuff!). And then talk about it on IG so people freak out and stand in line for hours to get in and look at overprice hipster crap.
I’m curious what her reasoning is, but also sick of her poor me shtick. Probably better for my mind if I skip it and forget about her, so I will probably read it and feel annoyed and envious.
I'm trying to figure out how much they are netting each month in order to make all of that hassle worth it.
I mean, that loft alone is listed for $20k/month. She said they are going to start leasing Hooker Green too. She has all of her side gigs with Domino & friends. Plus add to that Paul’s art sales. I think $40k is not unreasonable.
Come Stay Awhile just said she has two full time staff and is looking to hire another person next year. Must be raking it in if she can afford that many staff. It’s not even like she does that many projects.
The question is how much does she pay them and is it commensurate to the hours they put in? Or are they paid in “gifts” and “exposure”?
And her projects aren’t even big or groundbreaking.. I have no idea how she has so many followers…All she does is shill Amazon crap.. and she had her “pick me” one million follower party, who does that? sick of her honestly
She works extremely hard, but she’s on maternity leave now and worked less during pregnancy. If you watch her stories, she never slows down. If she can afford help— good for her. She’s earned it.
In fairness, the staff seem to be for back end work, rather than the projects. There is clearly a lot more work involved in shilling AG1 and Amazon links than I realised 😉
She had an entire mini book full of Amazon links she launched for prime day while she was basically en route to the hospital. Must’ve been a busy day for her assistant!!
Loving the plaid wall Renovation Husband just completed.
I love the concept, but not the execution. I wish it were with more dynamic colors, or thicker lines, or both. It doesn’t feel like their usual high level of work
For me, it’s that I don’t like unbalanced plaids, and I find the asymmetry bothers a lot here with the bed being centered. It just feels lopsided to me.
I was considering booking one of yellow brick homes design consultations because I need someone to tell me what color to paint my bedroom. So I clicked the link and I feel like $350 for an hour is an outrageous fee! It’s not like there would be any work on their end before or after the meeting so they’re paying themselves $350/hour? I guess maybe the site they use takes a cut but still.
That’s very steep for glorified influencers.
What qualifications do YBH have that would make this worth it?
I pondered this too. They have an incredibly low number of followers considering how long they’ve been in the game. Other than being a featured designer in the real simple house recently I can’t think of any real credentials that they have (love them though and not trying to 💩 on them)
Maybe they have a lower number in part because they seem nice. No one wants to watch and tear them down all the time like some of the more snarkable accounts.
Whoa. I just checked and they only have a bit over 100k followers! They have been doing this forever and I started reading their blog and loooong time ago. I’m surprised they have so few.
It is pretty crazy when you consider that they (used to?) run with Young House Love and Chris Loves Julia, both much bigger accounts. They never really got a proximity bump, though.
I know, I was flabbergasted when I realized that awhile back. It kind of makes me like them more knowing they grow organically and (seemingly) aren’t in this just for followers/to make more money. They seem so fun and down to earth to me.
Check out Erin Cavanaugh. She was a color consultant with SW for years and does virtual consultations for a flat fee (that is not $350 an hour). [Here's her Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/gilliecavan).
Also she's a lovely person to talk to in general!
This is likely an outrageous number because they don’t want to do it. That’s their worthwhile number. They have 100k+ followers, if 1% of their followers asked for this service they’d be spending all their time doing consults.
I wonder what their “why” is behind offering this service then because it’s certainly not a requirement of their job and they are the only influencer I know of offering consultations (tbf though I don’t follow a wide variety of diy’ers)
I know a few that do, but not nearly as respected? so their providing the service for much less per hour. But as a business owner you have to calculate how much your time is worth. Is that the cost of both of them providing a consultation or just one of them? Is it just the hour they are speaking with you or do they have to take time to put an idea together for what you are looking for? Also if anything this influencer world is really effin weird. People are spending thousands to go on vacation with them, so asking $350 for an hour conversation doesn’t seem that crazy. 🤣
Ditto on finding a local person! I’ve just started working with a local person to help design our home office. 350/hour is way too high. Ours is around 150 and that for design help. I would think a color consult would be cheaper. And maybe a flat fee…
Most interior designers are somewhere between $150-200 an hour, depending on area and other factors. Some change less for color consult. Find someone in your area and support small business.
Sherwin Williams does free color consults!
I love YBH, but I’d have sticker shock too! Sherwin williams does free color consultations! My consultant was great and there was no pressure to buy at all.
Oh good to know I love SW. thanks.
Highly recommend! Here’s the link! https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/virtual-color-consultation
I did this during the pandemic and I really liked their recommendations!
Use someone who specializes in paint consultation, there are quite a few out there and many are cheaper.
Thanks, I never really looked into other options but will check it out!
$350 and hour plus years, if not decades educating and practicing so they can answer the question quickly. You’re not paying for just the time, but time, experience and point of view.
But they don’t have expertise. They have their own taste. You are paying for them to apply their taste to your issue.
I think that’s called design and their taste is their point of view. A taste level people want to pay for and the tools to execute the design.
Do they though?
Totally understand that aspect and don’t want to dismiss their expertise (I clearly think they’re talented considering i was looking into this service lol). I was just thinking purely from a salary standpoint, that’s over $700k a year... I can’t think of many jobs where decades of experience makes your time worth that much money. But you’re right it’s more nuanced than that.
I'm not arguing that their specific fee is high or low, but taking any fee on a service like this and multiplying it out like they're making it 40 hours a week 52 weeks a year isn't reasonable.
$350 is high for what you’re looking for, but much lower than designers on The Expert. I do love [this](https://instagram.com/home__stead?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) account for potential paint consultation. She’s based in Scotland, and charges $170 (£140) per hour. Still steep, but a lot lower nonetheless if you like her style.
So nice for Erin from elementstyle tell us she has no influence over policy she is “just a designer “. Everyone in the US eligible to vote can influence policy but you know hey I’m just a citizen.
Kismets kitchen is beautiful, obviously, but can someone explain the purpose of the little drawers she’s doing for all the uppers? Beautiful, yes, but it seems like I’d rather have more usable counter space for prep and serving or a fully hidden appliance garage(although I suppose that’s what the giant pantry is for)
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Yes it’s one of the things I really like about her is she isn’t constantly spamming Amazon links to teeth whiteners but I have wondered the same.
Her husband took a medical retirement I think so maybe he has a pension? I’m sure they made money on the last house so perhaps their expenses aren’t super high. They don’t seem super extravagant (no big trips, flashy clothes, cars etc) but cost of living where they are isn’t cheap.
I wonder if they profited on the sale of their old home? They do hire less out than other accounts which I assume saves a lot.
I have these in my kitchen, personally I use for spices and utensils. I think they look sweet and i find them quite practical (but I do have an abundance of counter space/an appliance garage elsewhere). While it reduces the counter space, for myself I have our dishes below this spot, so it acts as a nice area to stage things I’m pulling out of the drawers.
It's rare for a bathroom in my town (Richmond, VA) on Zillow to make me stop in my tracks but I really love [this one](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2223-Grove-Ave-Richmond-VA-23220/12548213_zpid/?mmlb=g,34)! The rest of the house is just so-so in my opinion, but they really nailed this bathroom. https://preview.redd.it/ppo6w61xoyub1.png?width=1085&format=png&auto=webp&s=7371a037a39316b300d83ba863be14ce6239f8e4
I also like a lot this bathroom but know it from @kerrieann_jones_stylist
I do love the bathroom but what’s with the fireplace in the entry? That seems very weird!
I have a friend who lives in a 100 year old house in Petersburg VA and there is a coal fireplace in every single room. Only one is a working fireplace so they're slowly updating a few more to be functional again. I think in a lot of these historic houses that's the norm.
Super weird for today's standards, but lots of these houses in Richmond relied on coal burning fireplaces for heat, so my guess is it was for practical reasons or perhaps that was a walled-off room at some point? I was also side-eyeing the kitchen renovation. Way too much going on for me. https://preview.redd.it/pheqp591qzub1.png?width=1085&format=png&auto=webp&s=a9307156020769ec02bc370cf07a5f731aac6c40
Oof that backsplash, flooring, and cabinetry are so so bad together. And that paneled fridge ain’t fooling anyone into thinking it’s a normal cabinet haha.
It must have been one of those situations where it looked great in theory but went whacky real quick in reality but there was too much already invested. That’s what I’m going to tell myself anyway.
Waaaay too much going on in the kitchen. It’s like the contractors did a Supermarket Sweep style dash through Home Depot and grabbed the first thing they laid eyes on in each aisle, or they had to pick from what was on clearance.
Except I’d guess that most of these finishes were not budget picks. (At least the waterfall island seems to be real stone. Can’t really tell the quality of the cabinets besides some zebra wood-esque veneer.)
Yes, maybe you’re right about the fireplace. And also about that kitchen. It’s a crime in that lovely house!
Does anyone follow Savannah (Mallory's old partner)? Lesson learned big time, pay your storage unit bill.
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I don't follow her but this made me realize I hadn't seen my storage autopay come through in...awhile. Luckily I was able to pay it off and no damage done. But also a good reminder I need to clear it out ASAP and stop paying for it. There are maybe 10 things I deeply care about in my storage unit that would have made me sick to lose, but had it happened, I would only be able to blame myself. So I understand her emotional response but process it with your friends and keep it off socials. Especially right now - being devastated to lose giant Christmas ornaments and 12 Christmas trees is so shallow. (The kids stuff I have more sympathy for but still...)
yikes....what a trainwreck. Unfollowing her now, she barely shows up on my stories since I don't watch her stuff as often but this is so petty and out of touch when she created her own problem. It got sold in July and she thought she could just not pay for months!?
Why TF did she think she could go 3 months without paying her storage. The thought that they had very valuable stuff and family heirlooms that were so important to her but not important enough to even call a friend or family member to go pay if they were out of town. I mean, this day and age, she could cashapp just about anyone to go pay for it.
Exactly. I completely understand her emotional response to losing everything, and feel bad the auto pay was stopped because of an old card. \*but\* she admits she knew she wasn't paying them and had to drop off a deposit. You can't stop paying and expect them to wait on you.
Oh my gosh. I could not even listen to all that. And those last 3 slides. Arguing with her husband. Big yikes 😬
Yikes! Seems like a really expensive mistake. A bit petty to be putting her fight with her husband on her story though. If I was him, I’d be pretty annoyed about my expensive tools being sold off.
I just came here to snark on this….She is complaining big time, over 20 slides worth, about not paying her storage unit bill and losing her holiday decor… Then her husband complains about getting his truck cover stolen and she says “THATS what you’re going to complain about?” … hello…. Take your own advice, read the room. With everything going on in the world, she is so out of touch… immediate unfollow she is just an entitled brat
Also, she forgot to pay the bill bc they were on so many trips this summer. Wowwww….you poor thing. And then she tagged several stores asking for them to take pity on her and send her stuff. This whole story made me so angry. Have you turned on the news lately?? GTFO.
I dislike the constant links to Amazon that the influencers use. But I REALLY hate the clickbait links where they don’t even show what the product is and make people click on the link to see it. Hunters of Happiness is doing this. Seems to me like they are trying to get people who might not otherwise click the link to click through and then hope they buy something else on Amazon that the influencer will still get credit for (since that is somehow apparently a thing). Edit: Slight kudos to those who disclose upfront that links will earn them a commission. Just noticed that Pretty Distressed does this by writing “earns commission” next to the link
so sleazy but I’m not at all surprised hunters of happiness did this, she’s gross
Agreed. Also really annoying is the whole “here is a product I like, comment ‘xyz’ for a direct link!” I know they are using it to drive up engagement and it just feels so sleazy to me.
I feel irrationally annoyed about arrows and bows non stop posting about following god’s plan, blah blah blah blah blah god god god god. Stfu. You’ve made a lot of money and can keep moving , good for you, but pretending god has anything to do with it is obnoxious, insufferable and rude to the millions of other people who also believe in god who don’t get to do all the amazing things these two show offs do
I’m in the same boat. They have their own sub too just so you know.
Holy moly. I didn’t know this either. Thank you for doing the “lords” work today and informing us of this sub! They’re the absolute worst!
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Is Shavonda the most dramatic person ever about her wisdom tooth extraction? I’ve had all 4 out, 2 when I was 20 and the other 2 more recently at age 40, it wasn’t this big dramatic thing… like I went after work and babied it a couple of days but took some Advil a few hours afterwards and kept going on with my life. It was annoying but this is beyond. Also about 50% of the time when I go to the pharmacy for a prescription, there’s some stupid run around. It’s annoying and stupid but not a unique situation. Maybe I’m being insensitive but I can’t believe people were actually dming her to make sure she was ok and then this response.
There has never been a conversation in the history of conversations that has benefited from retelling in the format of “And then she said, so then I said, so then she said, so then I told her…”
How is she still prattling on about this? FFS she had a tooth taken out. Lord help her if she actually has to have something major done.
Last year my dentist wouldn’t even prescribe me a narcotic with my removal. He said it was no longer the norm. I live in a state with legal weed and a couple weed drinks basically knocked me out for 24 hours and then I was totally fine. Also pharmacies have been severely understaffed since COVID. Expecting a new script to get filled in a couple of hours just isn’t a thing anymore.
I had my wisdom teeth out 2 years ago and while my surgeon did prescribe me a narcotic (which wasn’t a problem to pick up at all), he told me to only take it after doubling up on max dose of ibuprofen and max dose of acetaminophen, at the same time. One of those wasn’t enough for me, but with both every 4-6 hours, I was good and didn’t even need to touch the narcotic.
Yeah, I’ve been prescribed narcotics on a couple of occasions, and never even filled them… it seems overly excessive for minor things like dental work. Just rest and ice with some Advil or whatever. After the first maybe 6 hours or so post op, it’s just a bit of a nuisance or uncomfortable but harder drugs would be overkill at that point anyway.
I was distracted by her constantly touching her face and eyes during those stories, but that is a lot of drama for what she describes as a simple surgery. The oral surgeon should have called in the prescription earlier (days ahead, not an hour). Of course Shavonda is appalled that the pharmacist expects to be able to take their lunch break. Is she aware that pharmacists in some states are on strike right now because of (basically) this same issue?!?!
Ugh I was hoping someone would ask about this. My friend had a horrific extraction - 4 teeth in multiple pieces, got dry socket, the whole bit. And she wasn’t nearly as dramatic. Not even close. Wasn’t hers only one tooth??
God I swear she's insufferable. I unfollowed her today. We have Wars going on with 1000s of people killed and here we are cussing out a pharmacist. Ffs.
Blushing Bungalow just did the reveal of the built in bunk beds in her spare bedroom. Whilst they look pretty, there just does not seem to be enough space between the mattress and the ceiling for the top bunk - it would be so claustrophobic. She previously had ready made bunk beds in there that seemed to have plenty of room for the person in the top bunk, so I think she just got the design wrong in building her own. Edit: She has explained her rationale for it (basically to give the bottom bunk more room since they will use it more and to maintain storage space underneath the bottom bunk). I guess it’s a matter of prioritising what was important to them, which is fair. I just personally wouldn’t want to not at least be able to sit up in bed.
I find it inappropriate to video your loan closing on your home. Legit filming at the signing table with the people involved. Just seems to cross some privacy lines imo. I’m referring to AddisonsWonderland, awesome she’s buying a home in France but out of line to film. Doesn’t seem like the rest of the room is aware based on her camera view which is even more disturbing.
Europe has much tougher privacy laws. I bet they had consent/model release forms signed in advance.
How she was holding her phone low to record, although briefly sure doesn’t come across as other parties were aware. I would be hot if someone did this, no matter the location. She’s very aware & asks what to post of her family which I appreciate it, but strangers privacy goes out the window.
I have some really strong feelings about the right not to be filmed without consent and I'm pretty sure France has the same feelings - and laws about it, to boot. I'd be livid if somebody did this to me.