This took long enough.
About a year and a half ago, in 2012, I got an email from an editor at Good Housekeeping magazine asking about our garage that she’d seen on Houzz. Specifically, had it been published anywhere?
Nope, not yet.
So I took some fresh pictures and sent them too her. Then took some more, ………then a few more. It was hard to capture the same August lighting from the original pictures in a December photo shoot.
Eventually I was able to photograph something they could use.
They sent me a check, and were set to publish in June, then it was pushed to August, then September……then I just gave up. (I was starting to think that it was all just a plot to get me to buy a Good Housekeeping magazine every month. Which I was.)
The other day, I got an email from a reader who was a little irked that Good Housekeeping would just use a picture of our garage and not give us any credit.
What? What? What?
You mean they Actually used it in the June 2014 issue? I ran to the grocery store to buy one….or possibly 10, but who’s counting?
Check it out……below, or on the Good Housekeeping site, or even buy a copy of your own……
What a perfectly styled, well-organized garage. The kind that only exists in magazines. Right?
Well this one happens to exist on the other side of our kitchen door.
I love that there are even some resources to “Steal Our Style”.
As far as giving us credit……
Don’t worry, they did,
If you have a magnifying glass, and you pull the pages apart really wide, and if there isn’t too much binding glue in your copy……….you can see my first professional magazine photo credit.
Now we just sit back and watch our blog traffic skyrocket……..
Oh BTW, Our garage wasn’t always this “Magazine Worthy”.
Wanna see the process? Check out these posts……..
& Did You Think We Gave Up on the Garage?
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Great!!! Love everything that y’all do!! Would it really have hurt them too terribly bad to put your website a little larger? Probably not!!
Probably not, but I knew in advance how tiny it would be……
It’s a beautiful garage. Worth the wait. Think I’ll pin it right now, but will try to find it on your blog so it is directly linked.
Aw thanks, pin it over and over, hehehe
Oh, geez…love the use of the magnifying glass…you crack me up!! Still loving your garage, tho’…
It took about 20 shots before I got a usable one!!!! It’s pretty tiny …..
As an Interior Designer, a few articles ‘conveniently’ have listed homeowners as the designers. Lol. ;,)
Designer, stylist AND photographer here……at least they gave me some credit!
You have an amazing style AND you were given credit! Win Win!
FYI, we also {recently} visited the Red Neck Riviera and LOVED it! {So funny; it was called the same when we were booking/looking. Sold me!
Your garage is awesome. I bet you love spending time in it. One of my favorite features in BHG is when they find designers in different regions and showcase their work. Congratulations!……Vicki
Vicki, is it weird that it is our favorite room? We do all our projects out there, most photo shoots too.
I’ve been coveting your garage since you first posted about it. I think I have printed out every picture you have posted on your blog. Today I painted the door into my house with chalkboard paint as inspired by you.
How great Barbara! Love that we inspired you, and man oh man do I love our chalkboard door……
Congratulations! Still, I think you should’ve gotten more credit. And it’s short-sighted of Good Housekeeping, because people like knowing that this is someone’s actual [house] [garage] [sex dungeon] [whatnot]. At least I do! Nicely done, and now will you come organize MY garage? 😉
Lol!!!! I’ve sent out pictures of the dungeon, but no nibbles yet!!!! I have to re-organize my garage (that pic was almost 2 years ago) before I start on someone else’s……sorry
I originally found your blog from googling “garage organization” in Images or something similar. I have you bookmarked as “Ikea Garage” because of the reuse of the red medicine cabinets. I also have the shelves above the garage door bookmarked. They are the best ones I’ve seen. I love your house and blog. Good Housekeeping sales will spike this month.
Aww thanks, Those red Ikea cabiners were in a friend’s trash pile…I’m a hoarder and fished them out…glad I did. Wished I’d done more of a “how too” with the big shelves, they sure did turn out well… Glad that you found us!
Very cool!! 🙂
I really love it, congratulations guys, you deserve it!
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