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Clara Petersik & Will Bower hang out and shoot the breeze. As a first date, we'd say it went pretty well.

Celebrating John's 31st birthday on our book tour stop in Houston, TX.

Thanksgiving is over which means it's time to put up the Christmas tree! Here's a quick look at the process of putting up our artificial Christmas tree to get you in the holiday spirit.

With the basement painted, the next step in its transformation is to figure out what storage solutions we want to introduce. And for that, we turn to graph paper and some miniature, 2D Ikea furniture. Oh, and John's girly hands.

Clara counts along with this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkXfvA...

Since our six-month old probably won't remember much about her first house, we shot this video tour of how she enjoyed life in this home before we move.

A short video of our Bagster dumpster getting picked up.

Sherry from Young House Love and Katie from All Bower Power find inspiration from a Nashville shop, Social Graces, and share some projects you could try yourself at home.

Stenciling the walls of the office were a big job, but I got into a groove and learned some tricks. Here's what seemed to make it work well and go a little faster...

YoungHouseLove.com's Sherry takes you on a full tour of their one-story, brick ranch home in Richmond, VA. For more fun house tours (and some insane before and afters) check out www.younghouselove.com.

Putting together our new Karlstad sectional from Ikea wasn't a quick process, but it at least looks like it was thanks to time lapse - an a momentary lapse in camera battery power.

Sherry of YoungHouseLove.com and Katie of BowerPowerBlog.com sift through a Georgia Goodwill for affordable yet awesome finds.

A video trip around the outside areas of our property, since we've heard that it's a bit complicated to understand. Now you get to (sort of) walk it yourself.

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Sherry's taking you inside every last dresser drawer and clothes hanger in our bedroom to show how she keeps a minimal wardrobe for a simple, uncomplicated closet.

More details and clothing sources here: https://www.younghouselove.com/minima...

We turned an old basket into a light fixture. Here's how...

Real more: http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/08...

Instead of picking up toys and clothes and shoes for a pristine house tour I just walked around the house and recorded the real deal. Here it is in all of its average everyday glory.

Sherry from Young House Love and Katie from All Bower Power take a look around Nashville's Hotel Preston for a little bit of DIY inspiration that anyone can take back home.

Don't forget to check out Part Two for the whole giddy trip.

Moments after meeting, Will Bower and Clara Petersik do their darndest to figure each other out. Love at first sight? We think so.

You've asked how we travel with our pooch, so we took some time out of our Dallas Road Trip to show you. Check out what works for us when it comes to finding a dog-friendly hotel and making sure our dog is a well-behaved guest.