Ep. 20 Sherry & John Petersik of Young House Love

Back in 2007, Sherry & John Petersik started a blog called YoungHouseLove to chronicle their lives as they fixed up their home.  Fast forward to 2015 and they are now on their 3rd home, have 2 children, garnered 1.1 million Pinterest followers, 156 thousand Facebook fans, 111 thousand Instagram followers, created their own signature hardware line at Home Depot, and their 2012 book, Young House Love, made it on the New York Times Best Sellers List.  While in Salt Lake City during their tour for their new book, Lovable Livable Home, John & Sherry kindly took the time to Skype into The Hermann London offices to chat with Adam Kruse and Shannon St. Pierre about accidentally becoming successful bloggers, their favorite types of DIY renovations, and what to expect when they come to St. Louis on Friday, October 2nd for the book tour.  The interview can be read on the blog-http://hermannlondon.com/?p=26091  Email questions to [email protected] Host - Adam Kruse https://hermannlondon.com/realtor/adam-kruse/ Co Host- Shannon St. Pierre Guests-Sherry & John Petersik http://www.younghouselove.com/  Host - Adam Kruse http://www.hermannlondon.com/adam-kruse/  ITUNES-http://goo.gl/rs1q9X Website http://hermannlondon.com/ Producer - Joey Vosevich Theme Song by Trastornobeats 0:29 -The pros and cons of life on the road for a book tour 1:13 -How did YoungHouseLove.com begin 3:47 -Have Sherry & John done renovations for other people 4:57 -How did Sherry & John discover that they liked fixing up homes 7:36 -What are biggest lessons that Sherry & John have learned 10:30 -Is it hard to convince friends that they can also renovate their own homes 12:26 -Do Sherry & John ever use the help of other designers 13:52 -What are Sherry & John’s favorite projects 15:16 -What automated house gadgets do Sherry & John like 18:03 -How did Sherry & John get started with designing their own lines of products 21:55 -What the new book, Lovable Livable Home, is about 23:14 -Sherry & John are coming to the St. Louis County Library Headquarters on October 2nd 23:50 -Who lives under Sherry & John’s roof 24:08 -Where is Sherry & John at their best 24:42 -What are Sherry & John’s favorite blogs and podcasts 25:18 -What are Sherry & John’s guilty pleasure 25:37 -Who is Sherry & John’s mentor and how have they thanked them