UPDATE: This post isn’t updated with recent tour info, so click here to see our official regularly-updated tour page.
It’s heeeeeere. That fateful day when we finally get to reveal the finalized tour dates for our book, fresh from our publisher’s mouth (er, email).
A few things to note are:
1. If it were humanly possible we would parasail/glacier climb/spelunk to every last crevice of the globe to thank each one of you personally for reading our blog. But given all the factors that go into planning and executing one of these things, we’re extremely grateful to be able to slide through all of the places they’ve scheduled us – especially since this was originally going to be a much smaller tour.
2. For anyone who’s bummed that we won’t in their city, we actually have a mac daddy giveaway planned for this coming Monday (why yes it does include flying one lucky winner and a friend to Richmond for the November 8th signing… amongst other awesome things like delicious meals and shopping sprees). Photo courtesy of the Richmond Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.
3. There’s always the possibility that our tour could be extended again down the line (depending on how things go, more dates could be added). Heck, our Austin stop wasn’t even initially planned but pre-orders at BookPeople were so popular that they invited us out. Thanks people of Austin! So to anyone in a city that isn’t on the tour, you know we’ll keep you posted the second anything changes, which is definitely a possibility (ex: there’s talk of coming to the ATL area in Feb).
4. As for the blog while we’re away, we’re sure it’ll be a bit of a juggling act but we’re dedicated as always to keeping things fun around here. So we’ve squeezed in some extra projects (surprise!) that we’ll be unveiling while we’re touring. We’ve also lined up a pretty darn amazing gaggle of house crashings (check out a few sneak peeks below). Speaking of which… if you have an awesome casa in one of the cities that we’ll be visiting, please email us photos so we can possibly crash your house! And of course there will be window shopping and other travel adventures as well as some ridiculous/dorky video footage of some of our events/stops/flights, etc – you know we like to virtually take you guys with us wherever we go…
5. Clara and Burger will travel with us for some parts of the tour and will stay back with the grandparents for other more intense legs. They don’t exactly love planes, unfamiliar rooms, and missing naps/bug-hunting adventures, so we’re trying to shield them from as much of the insanity as possible. Leaving them behind for some parts of the tour will no doubt make us a little sniffly (neither of us have ever spent a night away from Clara, and Burger even came on our honeymoon!) but we’ve gotta do the best thing for them, even if it’s the hard thing for us.
6. We just learned that the folks who are making this tour possible and hosting us at each destination (ex: independent book stores, West Elm, Flor, etc) love when you buy a book at the event for us to sign. So if you’ve pre-ordered one already and would like us to sign it, we’re happy to do that (and so grateful that you did!) but it would be awesome to show some love to the host for getting us out there by purchasing a book at the event for us to sign as well. With the holidays around the corner, maybe you can gift the one you got on pre-order? Or ebay it for $100 (what? our signature is only worth 40 cents?). Or just use it as a decorating prop while you read the other one, like so:
Fun fact about the shot above: that’s not actually our book. It’s called a “dummy copy” and it’s basically just our cover printed out and wrapped around a completely blank book since ours are still off in Indiana being printed (right here in the USA, baby). We’re supposed to get our first preview next week, which will surely make us squeal like the Chippettes. John included (he fancies himself a Jeannette – I’m totally an Eleanor).
Update #1: Some folks are worried that books won’t be available for us to sign if the tour stops in your city before the book officially comes out on the 6th. The good news is that there will be stacks of books being sold at every single event (both at independent book stores and places like Flor or West Elm). Yay! But I better start practicing my signature since it’s nothing but a messy squiggle that looks different every time… ack.
Update #2: We wish we had more control over what cities we were stopping at! It really is all about who invites us where. So it really has nothing to do with how big a city is, it’s all about if a certain vendor or bookstore works with the dates/times/etc. The great news is that it definitely sounds like the tour might get extended, so stay tuned for those details as soon as they’re finalized!
Now, for those looking for more details about our stop in each city – here’s a deeper breakdown of each event (note that some of ’em require an RSVP).
- CINCINNATI: Saturday, October 20, 10:00 A – Books by the Banks Festival, Duke Energy Convention Center. Talk, meet & greet, and signing. More details here.
- NEW YORK CITY: Thursday, November 1, 6:30 PM – FLOR, 142 Wooster Street; Book Party, Signing & Raffle (we’re unveiling and raffling an exclusive FLOR rug of our own design!) with wine, popcorn, cookies, and soda. More details here.
- WILTON, CT: Friday, November 2, 9:30 AM – Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road. Talk & Signing. For details, call the event partner, Elm Street Books, at 203-762-3950.
- BOSTON: Wednesday, November 7, 6:00 PM -West Elm, 160 Brookline Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- RICHMOND, VA: Thursday, November 8, 7:00 PM – R*Home for the Holidays at The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 West Main Street. Talk, Signing & Silent Auction: we’re offering up some of our favorite finished projects from the book to support the The School of Richmond Ballet. Wine & Hors d’hoeuvres will be served. Tickets here. Update: we’re working on a second Richmond event as well, details to come.
- CHICAGO: Saturday, November 10, 1:00 PM – West Elm, 1000 W North Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- TORONTO: Monday, November 12, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 109 Atlantic Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- MINNEAPOLIS: Wednesday, November 14, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 3879 Gallagher Drive, Edina, MN. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- HOUSTON: Thursday, November 15, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 3910 Westheimer Road. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- DALLAS: Saturday, November 17, 11:00 AM – West Elm, 5307 East Mockingbird Lane. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
- WASHINGTON, DC: Wednesday, November 28, 6:30 PM – FLOR, 1037 33rd Street NW. Book Party, Signing (we’re raffling an exclusive FLOR rug of our own design!) with wine, popcorn, cookies and soda. RSVP here.
- AUSTIN: Tuesday, January 8, 7:00 PM – BookPeople, 603 North Lamar Boulevard. Talk & Book Signing. To reserve your copy and RSVP, call 512-472-5050.
- MIAMI: Wednesday, January 9, Time TBD – Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables. Talk & Book Signing. To reserve your copy and RSVP, call 305-442-4408.
- FORT LAUDERDALE: Thursday, January 10, Time TBD – Books & Books at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, 1 East Las Olas Boulevard. Lunchtime Talk & Book Signing. To RSVP call (954) 262-0255.
- GRAND CAYMAN ISLANDS: Friday, January 11, Time TBD – Books & Books Grand Cayman, The Town Centre at Camana Bay, Grand Cayman. Talk & Book Signing. More info here.
- TACOMA, WA: Friday, January 25, 1:00 PM – Tacoma Home & Garden Show. Talk & Book Signing. More info here.
- PORTLAND: January date TBD, 6:00 PM – Rejuvenation, 1100 Southeast Grand Avenue. Talk & Book Signing. For more info call (503) 238-1900.
***Please come. And bring your friends/parents/ceramic animals. And be as awkward as possible. I’m telling you guys, no one will be more nervous and sweaty than me. No one.
UPDATE: This post isn’t updated with recent tour info, so click here to see our official regularly-updated tour page.
Ginny @ goofymonkeys says
Bummer, no stops near me.
Would it be too stalkery to plan a road trip to coincide with a stop in another city?? No?? OK, I’ll see what I can do.
Kim says
Oh noooo, Philly didn’t make the cut! Guess I’ll be making my way to NYC or DC :)
Julia says
I read your site every morning and I can’t wait to meet you all! Soooo excited that you are coming to Texas!!
Lisa says
hee-hee -I LOVE how “Wilton, CT” is stacked up with Boston and Austin and Houston. It’s like we’re the chihuahua city of the tour! Burger-ville! (I live in Connecticut….Wilton is a wee little town relatively speaking…)
Mel says
Hooray for Houston! I can’t wait! I wish you could crash our house, but it’s a disaster so you can’t. Haha. Maybe after your next book!
Lauren says
Haha, called BookPeople “Is this about the Young House Love event? We’ve already had at least 20 calls…” :D So exciting!
YoungHouseLove says
LOL! That’s too funny. I’m picturing that being said with an eye roll for some reason and then I was like “wait, why are they rolling their eyes at me!?” and then I realized this little situation was all in my head.
-John
Laura says
Would love for you guys to make a stop in Philly!
Kami Buchanan says
I’ll see you at the Dallas signing! Love ya’ll! Can’t wait to get my book and get it signed by two of my favorite people!
Cher says
Grand Caymen! I go all the time. Let me know if you are looking for some fun things to do down there. Hopefully you are bringing Clara on that trip. She will love it. We have taken our daughter since she was a little one. It is one of her favorite places.
Jasmine L. says
Noooooo…..say it ain’t so. I live in Chicago and was so excited to see if you all would make it to my city. Well, I see that you are but it just so happens to be on the very weekend that I will be out of town. :-( I guess my mom will have to go as my representative. So if you see some super friendly woman standing in front of you with a video camera asking you to say hi to her daughter, please just humor her. Congrats on the book and the tour. I will definitely be supporting you two.
tara says
My fingers were crossed for Minneapolis!!! Yay!! I will be the one with the wide-eyed, deer-in-headlights look stammering to get a sentence out while you sign my book. Congrats on all the success!!
PS Grand Cayman?? Awesome! I was there last year – it’s beautiful! If you have time you should make it to Stingray City to play with all the (stingless) sting rays!!
how2home says
This is SO exciting! You guys are coming to Toronto on the day of my birthday! It’s totally meant to be :) We’re so excited to meet you in person!! Can’t wait :) This just made my day!!
Alyssa says
What an amazing schedule for you two (and burger and Clara!) I’ll be thinking of you and hoping that either Madison or Milwaukee WI get added to the list:) Just wondering, when Clara is with you will she attend the singing parties or will you bring someone with to babysit? I could picture her stealing all the attention!! Ha! I’d have to bring Dallas and he would want HER autograph. Again, Congratulations guys! What an amazing life story you’re creating. This is by far the most exciting chapter….no pun intended!
YoungHouseLove says
We’re not actually bringing Clara or Burger to any events just because we don’t want them to get overwhelmed. But they’ll be there in spirit!
xo
s
Christy says
Woohooo Portland!! I’ll see you here!
Desiree C. says
Oh. My. Word. I’m so FREAKING EXCITED YOU’RE COMING TO THE MINNEAPOLIS AREA!!! Holy cow! You won’t regret it.
Unless it’s snowing.
No, it’ll be good. My friend and I will be there with ceramic animals. I cannot wait. EEK!!
Mel says
So glad to see you’ll be making it to Canada :)
Enjoy the journey. Looking forward to seeing it all through your eyes.
Ann Marie says
Wow! As if the holidays are not busy enough! You guys are amazing. I hope you get a nice mini vacation out of the Cayman Islands stop! Or maybe hit up Hawaii again when you are on the west coast!
Ann Marie says
P.S. I don’t want to suggest that us blog readers are dirty or anything, but since I am a nurse may I advise you to bring plenty of Purell. You will be shaking tons of hands and It will be flu season! I’m not a germaphobe…just a nurse.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- thanks Ann Marie! Great tip!
xo
s
EvY says
I know you guys like math and numbers so just thought I’d mention a few things I was googling…
ft lauderdale: 168,528
tacoma population: 200,678
portland population: 593,820
boston population: 625,087
austin population: 820,611
chicago population: 2,707,120
population of los angeles, ca: 3,819,702 (that 3 is a million)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, we wish we could choose where we go! The only stats that seem to matter are which bookstores call our publisher and offer to host a tour, and of all those people in Cali, no one has called yet. Here’s hoping!
xo
s
Misty says
No Kansas City :( I want to fly to Richmond to see you guys! Well, I WANT to fly to Grand Cayman to see you guys, but Richmond comes in a close second, with you coming to KC as my third choice. I’ll keep my fingers (toes, legs, eyes) crossed until you announce the winner of that trip. Congratulations on such an exciting time in your lives!!
Zoe says
I’ll be in Paris when you’re in Richmond :( – feeling totally gutted about that…
I suppose I’ll just have to crash at my sister’s place for your DC spot! Best of luck!
Amanda K says
yay! as a local, i was pretty sure you’d have a signing in richmond…but is there a possibility of a signing in richmond that doesn’t cost $15?
(i know i’m stingy, it’s for a good cause and all…i’m just wondering)
YoungHouseLove says
We’re working on the possibility of a second (free) event! We have paid to go to R Home for the past four years though so it’s super fun. Great food, speakers, and fun things like wreaths that are decorated and an auction of our book stuff and fun little vendor booths!
xo
s
Jackie says
Oh please come to St. Louis! I’ve been waiting for this announcement and I’m so disappointed that STL is not one of the cities. :(
carrie eastman says
WIsh you guys were coming to North Carolina!!
Loey says
So how come the trip for two wasn’t to the Cayman island stop to meet you?!! What a nice perk. And if you win the trip to Richmond does that mean a personal tour? Wish you were stopping in Cleveland!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- that would be fun!
xo
s
val says
Nashville! Nashville! Nashville!
Clearly I need to go befriend a bookstore owner and convince them to ask you to come here. I’m pretty sure you would love it.
Kidding aside, I’m so proud of you guys and I can’t wait to read all about your adventures!
Susie says
Wait your book is being published in Indiana but no Indy stop. Sad face. Here’s hoping to make it to Chicago! Just to point out…Indy is get praise for becoming a more bicycle friendly city and has the largest Children’s Museum. Just sayin’! Best of luck on the tour!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! Here’s hoping it gets added!
xo
s
Jillian says
Please, please add a California stop!! So bummed I didn’t see a stop in my neck of the woods, was really looking forward to it!
Miranda says
Yay! So exiting! My 30th birthday is on Nov 8th, so I’m pretty sure I’m meant to win! :)
Gray says
Praying you do end up adding Atlanta…those of us in the Southeast are feeling pretty neglected! But I just moved from ATX – it is awesome and BookPeople is such a fun local bookstore! Make sure you spend some time on SoCo-South Congress! It’s quirky and fun and they have some shops that I am positive will inspire some fabulous new ideas!
Wendy says
I think the new West Elm that just opened in Durham, NC totally needs to host a stop!!! Dang it! And the Cayman Islands? Really? How’d yall sneak that one in there? That will be a tough one I’m sure…hee hee hee
YoungHouseLove says
How crazy is that? When they called our publisher and asked to host us she said she couldn’t say yes fast enough!
xo
s
Susan says
OMG, OMG, OMG!!! How exciting for you guys!!!! Yes, I’m bummed that you’re not coming to MI but more excited that this is happening to you two creative and hard-working folk!!
Meaghan says
I am so excited for you guys! Congrats! My fiancé and I are trying to work out the logistics of going to see you, and it looks like it might at your first stop in Cincinnati (even though it’s about 12 hours from where we live in Ottawa!) Will be totally worth it though :)
Courtney says
Yay, I’m so excited you’re coming to DC! Will Clara and Burger be tagging along? Also, I noticed you changed the Clara/Burger pic in your header to a screenshot from the blogiversary video. I like it!
YoungHouseLove says
They’ll probably stay at home for that particular trip since it’ll be much easier to pop in and out of town without an entourage. :)
-John
kirsten says
PORTLAND made the list! YES! Even though we’ll have to wait for January to see you guys, we’ll take ir:)! See you guys then!
Patricia says
And one more comment for the… Win. It’s not really a win. Anywho I just noticed that the picture of Clara and Burger is new? Is that from the Q&A video of them?
YoungHouseLove says
Yes! John grabbed a screen shot and replaced a super old pic of them out on the patio when Clara was just a little bean.
xo
s
lena says
I vote for Boulder! You guys would love this city!!
India says
Wow, so amazingly excited for you guys! And as for me, I’m just so glad it’s on Amazon so I can get it here to Australia =)
Are you guys pinching yourself? I totally would be! xx
YoungHouseLove says
Ahh, yes. And feeling all giddy and sweaty and nervous and excited.
xo
s
Adria says
Yes!! Can’t wait to see you in Austin… though the Grand Caymans sounds awful nice. Maybe I can convince the hubby that it’s time for our first post-baby vacation? ;)
Jen H says
OK, so I didnt ready all 400 comments to ask my question, so im sorry if you already answered it. I understand the concept behind scheduling tour locations based on stores that received a lot of pre orders. However, when the scheduled the locations do they take into account places where tons of people pre ordered your book online? Or do they figure that those poeple already bought the book so they dont worry about it?
Im in utah, sad to see your not coming, but congrats on the book, the tour, and all the goodness. Im also happy to see you are taking time off for the holidays in december fro the tour.
Happy travels!
YoungHouseLove says
I think it’s all about finding book stores and vendors who want to host us, so what’s in it for them after paying to fly us out there and throwing a party for everyone coming is that they get book sales out of it, so I do think they only account for the sales they see or the requests they get as a store. Does that make sense? Hope it helps!
xo
s
Christy says
I’m Soooooo excited for you guys! This is so amazing to see the final leg of your journey and dream happen! I am also slightly bummed though, since I just moved from Washington, DC back to New Orleans and I’ll miss the tour! Gah the injustice!
So if you decide to extend your tour, I’m just going to through out a shout out for NOLA (New Orleans) and keep my fingers crossed. :)
I can’t wait to hear all of your hilarious stories from the tour. Thanks for being such a great blog and inspiration. So inspiring in fact, that I used your blog to help me build a deck!
Courtney says
YEAH! Can’t wait to see you in Portland…hopefully it isn’t rainy! You should check out the Oregon Zoo while you are in town.
Chelsea says
Yay!! See you guys in Houston!! I’m so excited!
Brooke says
Grand Cayman and not Phoenix?! I is disappoint, but oh, you lucky ducks! Congrats!
Allyson Smith says
YES!!! I’m definitely making the trip from Indy to Cincy to meet you guys! And since my pre-ordered book isn’t being delivered until November, I will just have to buy another one to be signed…. i’ll keep the signed copy for myself, and the other one will make a great gift! :)Can’t wait!
Kendra says
Shout out for Dallas! My husband wanted me to wait to put the book on my Christmas list, so I’m excited to have an excuse to get it early. :)
dena says
poor things – having to travel to the caymans ;)…i notice there are no southern stops…i’m thinking charleston!!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, we’d love to be invited there! Just waiting for a bookstore or vendor to give us a call and offer to host us! Wish we had more control over where we go!
xo
s
Lauren says
I am SO excited to meet y’all at R*Home for the Holidays and bid on some of your projects! My parents will be in town (my dad is running the marathon that weekend, I’m running the half) so I’m totally bringing them along! ( :
Lauren says
Tickets purchased! And I just told my mom, she’s super excited too! Yay can’t wait!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Lauren!
xo
s
Dina says
Yay! Can’t wait to see you in NYC!
Feel free to house crash our pad. We’re typical NYC renters plus a ton of DIY, but I like to think we have a stand out place compared to most city dwellings… At least most under $5000/month!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! Send us pics (we have contact info on our sidebar next to our smiling faces). So excited!
xo
s
Erin says
Yeah! Already RSVPed for Chicago! I knew you would be coming here! I had a feeling….which is why I didn’t pre-order a book. I wanted to buy it at the bookstore you would be at. Since it’s West Elm, I’m assuming I can just buy it off Amazon now, right? I don’t need to buy it from WEst Elm since they are not a book store.
YoungHouseLove says
Actually West Elm is selling them at the event and would love if you bought it there! Same with Flor, they’re hosting the event so they will have a big stack of books there that they hope people will buy!
xo
s
Martha says
Really hoping Portland TBD turns into to “after January 26.” I’m in Hawaii for work through the 26th and will be sad to miss it!