Yellow Brick Home https://yellowbrickhome.com/home-3/ sweet home chicago Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:58:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://yellowbrickhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-YBHLogo_Gold-square-32x32.png Yellow Brick Home https://yellowbrickhome.com/home-3/ 32 32 Why We Still Love Our Red House Fireplace https://yellowbrickhome.com/red-house-fireplace-update/ https://yellowbrickhome.com/red-house-fireplace-update/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://yellowbrickhome.com/?p=71506 Our thoughts after three years with our Ortal Wilderness Stand Alone Three Sided 25H fireplace. We can’t believe how big of an impact it had on our home. A House Designed Around a Fireplace When we purchased the Red House in 2023, we knew it would eventually have a fireplace. We planned for it. We […]

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]]> https://yellowbrickhome.com/red-house-fireplace-update/feed/ 0 A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Your Own Canvas Float Frame https://yellowbrickhome.com/how-to-diy-a-float-frame-for-a-canvas-painting/ https://yellowbrickhome.com/how-to-diy-a-float-frame-for-a-canvas-painting/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://yellowbrickhome.com/?p=71529 Upgrade a stretched canvas painting by adding a float frame! Here's a simple tutorial.

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]]> https://yellowbrickhome.com/pink-house-james-hardie/feed/ 19 7 Ways We Extend Patio Season into Fall https://yellowbrickhome.com/7-ways-we-extend-patio-season-into-fall/ https://yellowbrickhome.com/7-ways-we-extend-patio-season-into-fall/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://yellowbrickhome.com/?p=56116 We’re sharing the various ways we’ve designed our Chicago backyard as an outdoor living room that can be used well into the cool weather of fall. This resource was originally published in October of 2023. It’s been completely refreshed and updated for today. Our Chicago backyard works hard for us! Over the last 13 years, […]

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