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New Book: “Frank & Sherri’s House Colors”
True tales from the houses of second chances — and the proven business model behind them
It’s almost here — twenty true stories from ten years of building homes for people the world had decided were disposable. We disagreed, we kept receipts, and we wrote down the embarrassing parts. This is the good: more than 1,000 people housed since 2015 in eight recovery homes we own in the Seattle area. This is the funny: the stove we were too polite to open, the lender who accepted a Home Depot card as proof of funds, the seller who simply said okay. And this is the we-thought-we’d-seen-everything: a miniature horse that is, under federal law, a service animal.
We’re Frank and Sherri, founders of Kate’s House Foundation®. Every story is true, every house is real, and this page is where the book’s color photos, videos, and episodes live — the parts a printed page can’t hold.
WHAT’S HERE
The color versions of every photo in the book · the karaoke ballroom footage we referenced under oath · house tours · each story told out loud on the podcast as episodes release · and the free class where the lessons behind these stories actually get taught.
Or simply join the free community at my.frankandsherri.com and watch for a season. There’s no hurry here. Crockpot, not microwave.
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Leave your email and we’ll write to you the day “House Colors” releases — and along the way, new episodes and the stories that didn’t make the book. A note when there’s something worth reading. That’s the whole arrangement.
The Color Versions
In the book, every house is gray. But our houses are named by their colors — so here’s the cast in person, chapter by chapter, and here’s why they have names.
PrologueThe Golden Girls
Where it all started — the Red House, actually red, the former priest who asked for the address, and the first three women who became the Golden Girls.
Ch. 1The Freezer Compromise
The proposed trade: the freezer’s outlet for the car’s. Motion denied. House rule created.
Ch. 2The Washing Machine Was Right
The actual trench through the actual floor at the Blue House, three weeks before the moms moved in.
Ch. 3The Bowling Ball Standard
Institutional plumbing swallows this. A 1940s bungalow does not. Orientation now covers the difference.
Ch. 4The Pablo Effect
Repairs, double hamburgers, and the only maintenance schedule our residents have ever cheered for.
Ch. 5Proof of Funds, Home Depot Edition
The reserve account in question. It worked. You’re allowed to ask.
Ch. 6She Said Okay
G2 — the second gray house, the eleven-second question, and the seller who said okay.
Ch. 7The Coffee House (in Three Acts)
A Chief Medical Officer, business casual, a brand-new Tesla, and a kitchen full of cockroaches. He asked for the address and nothing else.
Ch. 8The Whole Block
Sherri calls it a vision. The neighbors call it a rumor. Our accountant calls it Tuesday.
Ch. 9The $900 Bedroom
$900 of lumber and paneling, one proper egress window — the cheapest square footage you’ll ever add.
Ch. 10The Beach Chair Method
Finding your next neighborhood without leaving the chair. The secret indicator is a Starbucks.
Ch. 11A Dog… or a Miniature Horse
Under federal law, a service animal is a dog — or this. We just measure the doorways.
Ch. 12The Torture Chart
We built the perfect chore chart. Our residents voted it down. The houses have never been cleaner.
Ch. 13Tires Squealing
Another operator delivering a “wonderful referral” to the newbies. You can almost hear the high-fives.
Ch. 14Learn to Herd Cats
A real line from our symposium program — and the most accurate job description in shared housing.
Ch. 15Hello, Congress. It’s Us.
Congress mailed the homework to everyone who’s ever opened an LLC. The database is literally named BOSS.
Ch. 16Not a Spring Chicken
“I’m 65. I’m not a spring chicken.” By the end of the call she had a house picked out.
Ch. 17Our Webmaster from “California”
He said California. He was in Abu Dhabi. Four years later, still the best hire we never met.
Ch. 18Eight Hundred Doors
Zero to 800 “doors” in four years. Her words: “I forgot my children’s names.” We chose eight beds instead.
Ch. 19Five and a Half Weeks
The elevator, Kauai, and the trivia nobody won — the answer wasn’t even a whole number.
Ch. 20Everybody Got It That Way
Yes, the ballroom video exists. Nobody planned it that way. Everybody got it that way.
If the stories made you wonder
Some people read the book and simply know a little more about how the world can work. Some join the free community and watch for a season. Some show up at a monthly meeting or the free class and start asking the questions that feel impolite and are simply unfamiliar. Both are good, and there’s no hurry — the mission is one thousand quality homes, and it’s built one right season at a time.
Questions? Write to us at frankandsherri@sharedhousingsolutions.com — a real person answers. Usually Sherri. Occasionally Frank, if the houses are behaving.