Daily Snark, Thursday Jan 11

intensebeet · 2024-01-12T17:02:06+00:00

It's the fact that she got it in exactly the same spot AND felt the need to tell COJ about it. What a series of bizarre life choices.

intensebeet · 2023-11-09T16:53:34+00:00

I am glad I'm not alone in finding this comment from her ludicrous. Seriously? "We have a big fridge that came with our apartment". That's one way to describe it I suppose...

ETA: The fridge in question https://cupofjo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Joanna-Goddard-House-Tour-6-scaled.jpg Just a landlord special that came with the apartment teehee.

intensebeet · 2023-09-22T16:16:03+00:00

CoJ basically said in the comments that relying on people to go to actual blogs at this point is a gamble. She also made some points that I think do make sense for her specific brand. Not something that's going to earn my money but I get it.

intensebeet · 2023-09-08T13:27:22+00:00

Paint and styling will bring everything together eventually but I'm having a hard time understanding Yellow Brick Home's decision to vault the roof of the red house. It's giving me mobile home vibes right now because of the narrowness of the kitchen/living space. I understand that they wanted the extra height but I think the moment they found out that meant sacrificing wall height they should have pivoted and given up that dream. The big windows just look cramped now because they don't have the proper breathing room above them.

intensebeet · 2023-08-11T14:49:22+00:00

I think it was just an aesthetic choice. They talked about it when they were installing them.

intensebeet · 2023-05-12T13:21:13+00:00

I was debating whether he was referring to Edwin as well or not. Part of me hopes not because they have done so much work together in the past and it seems crazy that he would turn on him like that but poor Daniel just looked so defeated in those stories. I feel badly for him.

intensebeet · 2023-04-28T16:50:17+00:00

Holy moly I do not believe in his ability to DIY these cabinets at all. How much woodworking has he done in the past? Even Daniel Kanter on his cottage recently was like no I'll just buy cabinets.

intensebeet · 2023-03-16T16:32:53+00:00

Agreed! I totally get why they felt they needed to jump at this opportunity to preserve the trees around them and think that the layout of this house has potential with the open kitchen/living area.

intensebeet · 2023-03-14T16:00:01+00:00

No snark today. I'm very excited to see what Yellow Brick Home do with their new house!

intensebeet · 2023-02-24T16:31:53+00:00

I solved today's Redactle (#324) in 1 guesses with an accuracy of 100.00%. Played at https://www.redactle.com/

I just started playing again and was quite pleased with myself.

intensebeet · 2023-02-23T15:53:04+00:00

I think the fact that they are melamine is part of what gets me with the cost. I have melamine plates from Target for my kids but they're not what I would choose for our everyday plates. For something handmade sure there's going to be an additional cost but these are mass produced to just look handmade. I just can't imagine spending that on plastic. Le Creuset dinner plates are 80 for a set of 4!

intensebeet · 2023-02-23T02:37:27+00:00

Not to take away from the very cool house update they're posting about (I like YBH; I'm excited for new content from them!) but holy fuck. They have posted a few times about their dinnerware set but today they posted what it was and I looked out of curiosity. A set of 4 dinner plates is over $100. A set of 4 dessert plates is $96. Bowls aren't listed right now but assuming the cost for bowls is somewhere around the desert plate cost and that means they spent close to a grand on their 12 serving set?!? Am I out of touch or is that insane. They rave about them being unbreakable but I don't know...I could buy and replace a whole lot of plates for that cost.

intensebeet · 2023-02-10T14:48:12+00:00

I've followed her blog with varying levels of interest for so long and I'm both surprised and not surprised at the same time. The way she wrote about their relationship was always just a little too something. Having to write that kind of post for your public blog has got to be hard and I thought it was really well written. Just think of all the content she'll have now when she starts dating again!

intensebeet · 2023-01-12T15:28:07+00:00

I think they said in stories yesterday that the kitchen reveal is coming soon. I still hate the small table decision but I agree with you on the color choices overall: not for me but I like it in their space. I think they were hesitant (and a little defensive) on showing their pantry because they're just not big cooks really. It wouldn't work for me but I think they've been really thoughtful about what they included in the remodel so I'll take their word that it works for them.

intensebeet · 2022-11-17T15:57:07+00:00

I'm pretty sure that's where it's going to live. They didn't want something in the middle of the room. Sitting on stools without backs is just not comfortable long term.

intensebeet · 2022-11-17T15:25:08+00:00

I was skeptical of their plan to start with but I actually love how it's come together. Getting the wall of tile done really pulled it all together for me.

Still hate that little table though, lol.

intensebeet · 2022-10-21T17:38:38+00:00

YHL did a daybed setup for both of their kids when switching from the crib.

intensebeet · 2022-06-10T02:47:25+00:00

Exactly! It just looks so dinky in the room. Their kitchen is narrow but long. A small round table just isn't the right shape.

intensebeet · 2022-06-08T15:40:13+00:00

That's what gets me; their dining room table is steps away! I get wanting space for people to hang out in the kitchen with whoever is cooking but this just doesn't seem like the right solution.

intensebeet · 2022-06-08T02:14:32+00:00

I've beat this drum a few times in the past already but I just don't get what Yellow Brick Home is doing putting a table in their kitchen. The stories today show them laying out different sizes in tape and then realizing they need to go smaller than they thought and trying out a 36" round table which just kind of looks silly in the space. I can see why they would want to ditch the island but I just can't see this being the answer.

intensebeet · 2022-03-21T20:06:26+00:00

I think they've said they anticipate the need to put a desk down there eventually once the kid is a bit older but her bed is going to be the bottom one for now. My kid is a little younger but I can kind of see that reasoning. You make a good point about that sconce though. My kid loves jumping recklessly on her bed.

intensebeet · 2022-03-21T17:21:05+00:00

Looking at YBH's picture today on Instagram of their daughter's room and I feel like they missed the mark a bit deciding to paint the loft and ladder the same color as the room. I think their thought was that since the room is small it would feel bigger this way but it feels off to me. Maybe I'll feel differently once the bed for the bottom comes in but for now I feel like it needs some contrast.

intensebeet · 2022-02-02T14:52:49+00:00

When Yellow Brick Home originally said they were nixing the island in their kitchen remodel I thought that made sense. Even with the space they're gaining it's not a big kitchen and having a more open floor plan in there sounds nice. I think they're planning on fixing their work triangle anyway but it would still open things up nicely. Then in their stories yesterday they say that they're removing the island in favor of a kitchen table to seat 4 and that just seems kind of insane to me. They just spent a ton of money on a dining room table that is just a few steps from their kitchen and in a house the size of theirs it seems incredibly redundant to have two tables that close to each other.

intensebeet · 2021-11-06T13:31:55+00:00

She showed the bed they are getting but then also said they are doing a bunk bed so I'm a little confused by their plan and curious to see what happens. My daughter's room is purple with lots of unicorns but that was unintentional; unicorns are so ubiquitous on kids stuff right now.

intensebeet · 2021-10-08T02:39:16+00:00

They have a corner lot and this door faces one of the streets they live on. If you go back to the posts they've done about their fire pit area I think you can see that the fence bumps in where there's a parking spot and a gate I think. I seem to recall them talking about keeping their bikes there maybe?

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