Post-Thanksgiving, the Design*Sponge at Home book tour is beginning to seem further away, and it’s hard to imagine that Grace and I spent nearly the entire fall (10 weeks) in airports, hotels and Starbucks (Soy Chai Tea Lattes!). The only thing that kept us going was how much fun we had at the events once the getting there part was over. We both felt so appreciative of everyone who took time out of their busy lives to come out and say hi. We made many new friends and also met people we had only spoken to online. One of the highlights of Denver was meeting the couple from one of our favorite wedding videos ever! (If you missed it, grab some tissue and watch this!) Our last two events are this week, so if you’re free, come out and say hello in Philly or Brooklyn. — Amy Azzarito

Image above: Ski-themed Salt Lake City backdrop by Trifecta Design. Images by Peter Chudleigh. See more photos here!

Image above: More of the Salt Lake City backdrop by Trifecta Design. Image by Peter Chudleigh.

See more of Design*Sponge in Denver, Nashville and Virginia after the jump . . .

DENVER, 11/9/11

Image above: At West Elm in Denver. The recycled wood backdrop meant to evoke the Wild West was created by We Are Super Ordinary. Here’s a behind the scenes look at all the work they did!

Image above: West Elm in Denver. Backdrop created by We Are Super Ordinary. More photos on Facebook!

SAN DIEGO, 11/9/11

Image above: Our classy (yay, Anchorman!) backdrop was created by Heather Balliet. More images here!

Image above: Love all the bow ties! Our San Diego backdrop was created by Heather Balliet.

NASHVILLE, 11/15/11

Image above: At West Elm in Nashville with an amazing, colorful backdrop by Chelsea Petaja. More photos on Facebook: Album 1 and Album 2.

Image above: Chelsea Petaja cut out each of these color strips, arranged them and taped them all together. Whew!

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 11/16/11

Image above: At Anthropologie in Richmond. Backdrop created by Lauren O’Neil.

Image above: Backdrop created by Lauren O’Neil. Lauren was inspired by all the cover versions of Design*Sponge at Home.

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 11/17/11

Images above: Norfolk party! Backdrop by Cassie Rangle. Images by Dustin & Whitney of Oh Darling and also of Smilebooth. See more Norfolk party photos here (and here!).

Image above: Amazing map backdrop by Cassie Rangel. (Behind the scenes how-to is here) Image by Dustin & Whitney of Oh Darling and also of Smilebooth.

Image above: Crafting in Virginia Beach at Prince Books. Photography by Meredith Siviter.

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