Casual Friday
Casual Friday
Casual Friday
December 16, 2016
Casual Friday
JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. It's hard to believe there's essentially one work week left of the busiest, most surprising year of our lives. Although I've been blogging for nearly 8 years, it has changed so much every year and there have been many times where I […]
December 16, 2016
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Decor
A Guest Room Update + Our Favorite Things to Include
Decor
December 15, 2016
A Guest Room Update + Our Favorite Things to Include
This post is sponsored by The Bouqs Co. Enjoy 20% site wide, for a limited time, with the promo code at the bottom of the post! Over the last few days, we've been working to get our guest room in shape for our family that is arriving this Friday for the holidays! You can see all the […]
December 15, 2016
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Gift Guides!
The Complete CLJ 2016 Gift Guide: 149 Items for Everyone on Your List
Gift Guides!
December 14, 2016
The Complete CLJ 2016 Gift Guide: 149 Items for Everyone on Your List
Over the last couple weeks, we have compiled and shared 7 different gift guides, including a total of 149 gift ideas. With just 11 days until Christmas (!!), we put them all together right here so you can finish your shopping once and for all--isn't that the best feeling? Gifts for Him Gifts for Her Gifts […]
December 14, 2016
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Decor
Christmas Around the House
Decor
December 12, 2016
Christmas Around the House
We're excited to share with you a little peek into Christmas around our house. It's not a part of any official tour, nor was I asked to decorate my house--it's just what we like to do to make this time of year especially magical for our girls. We have 2.5 trees (in the playroom we […]
December 12, 2016
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday
Casual Friday
December 9, 2016
Casual Friday
A couple weeks ago, we got to make Christmas cookies with the girls and yesterday we shared our favorite recipe and a few photos over on Crate and Barrel's blog. Over the years we have learned it's not about the way the cookies taste (they WILL have too much frosting), or how they look (really, […]
December 9, 2016
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Gift Guides!
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts for the Home Cook
Gift Guides!
December 7, 2016
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts for the Home Cook
Most of you know by now that Chris does all the cooking around here. It's a real passion of his and his wish lists are always made up of almost exclusively cooking equipment that he's been eyeing. So we worked on this gift guide together to bring you all the best things to get the people […]
December 7, 2016
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Gift Guides!
CLJ Gift Guides: 31 Affordable Stocking Stuffers for Everyone!
Gift Guides!
December 7, 2016
CLJ Gift Guides: 31 Affordable Stocking Stuffers for Everyone!
We have more gift guides for you today! Starting with these stocking ideas and later today, we'll be sharing gifts for the home cook. Growing up, our stockings usually consisted of an orange in the toe, candy and some fruity shampoo--a luxury to have your own shampoo for a little while in a family of […]
December 7, 2016
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Toolbox
A Simple, Little Gadget that Changed our Lives + A simplehuman giveaway!
Toolbox
December 6, 2016
A Simple, Little Gadget that Changed our Lives + A simplehuman giveaway!
This post is sponsored by simplehuman. Chris has always been hyper-aware of cross-contamination in the kitchen. He wears gloves when handling raw meat. We have a touch faucet so he can turn on the water--with his elbow!--and we now have a sensor soap dispenser from simplehuman. (We love it so much, at the end of […]
December 6, 2016
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Mood Boards
A Quick Turnaround Project!: The Guest Room Plans
Mood Boards
December 5, 2016
A Quick Turnaround Project!: The Guest Room Plans
In this week's podcast (live now, right here!) we talk a little bit about some upcoming projects we're gearing up to tackle, including the guest room. Our previous guest room, that is now the girls' bunk room, was thrown together in 2 weeks before my sister came to stay with us. It served us well […]
December 5, 2016
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Lifestyle
Ep 26: Buying Houses That Aren't For Sale, and Babies On Airplanes
Lifestyle
December 5, 2016
Ep 26: Buying Houses That Aren't For Sale, and Babies On Airplanes
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 26: Buying Houses That Aren't For Sale, and Babies On Airplanes Show Notes:In this episode the gang reunites after three long weeks apart because of the holidays and vacations. Julia discusses her trials and tribulations in a birthday glass blowing class and The Marcums give their top tips for flying […]
December 5, 2016
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday
Casual Friday
December 2, 2016
Casual Friday
We left last Monday night, the 21st, for Florida to spend Thanksgiving with Chris's brother and family. It was an amazing time filled with food, that warm sun, swimming, and, yes, we took the girls to Disney World, too. We got home Wednesday night and these two went straight for their bunkbeds. There were a few questions […]
December 2, 2016
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Idaho Rambler
A Half-bath refresh
Idaho Rambler
December 1, 2016
A Half-bath refresh
Earlier this year, I was asked to be a part of IKEA’s Ambassador program, which was the easiest “yes!” If you’ve been reading for any amount of time, you probably have caught on, we’re long-time IKEA fans. Not only did we use their cabinets for our kitchen (and the Pittsburgh kitchen), there is an IKEA […]
December 1, 2016
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Gift Guides!
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts for the Empty Nesters
Gift Guides!
November 28, 2016
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts for the Empty Nesters
"What are we going to get our parents" is a topic of conversation between Chris and I and all of our friends during the holiday season. Because they always just want something like...a letter. (It's true, my mom always asks for a letter.) And while I love writing her a nice long card every year, it's also […]
November 28, 2016
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Gift Guides!
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts For Him
Gift Guides!
November 26, 2016
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts For Him
We've covered gifts for the home lover, gifts for her, and gifts for kids and now we're ready to share our gift picks for the guys in your life. Chris is the youngest of 7 boys in his family and over the holiday, we polled everyone to hear what their favorite gifts have been--meaning, these […]
November 26, 2016
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Gift Guides!
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts for Kids
Gift Guides!
November 25, 2016
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts for Kids
There's probably been one thing that your child (or niece or nephew or grandchild, etc) has been asking for (for Greta, it's this robot kitty--since she's allergic to real kitties) but there is nothing better than seeing a child's face on Christmas morning when you produce the most unexpected, best presents they'll love forever. Here […]
November 25, 2016
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Gift Guides!
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts for Her
Gift Guides!
November 25, 2016
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts for Her
Whether it's your best friend, sister, cool aunt or daily gym buddy (anyone that gets your butt to the gym every morning deserves a gift), these gifts are perfect for the women in your life this holiday season--they work for your own wish list, too. ;) I'm including the original price, but everything on this list is on […]
November 25, 2016
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Gift Guides!
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts for the Home Lover
Gift Guides!
November 24, 2016
CLJ Gift Guides: Gifts for the Home Lover
Earlier this week, we flew to Florida to celebrate Thanksgiving with Chris's brother and his family. It's been warm and lovely and we're having the best time. Our house sitters are sending us daily Charly updates (she is loving the snow we're getting back home) and in between activities, Chris and I have been putting […]
November 24, 2016
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Lifestyle
Our Christmas Cards + An Artifact Uprising Giveaway!
Lifestyle
November 23, 2016
Our Christmas Cards + An Artifact Uprising Giveaway!
A few weeks ago, we drove 40 minutes up the road to Ashton, Idaho with our friends, the Pugmires, and we took our family photo for our Christmas Card. It's something we do every year, and it's such a fun tradition that keeps the whole family photo thing more casual and whole lot less stressful when […]
November 23, 2016
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Decor
A Few Updates in the Entry
Decor
November 22, 2016
A Few Updates in the Entry
To know me, is to know our entry will never be done. It's alway evolving. So, don't take this post as, the entry reveal. This is more of a--we've made a lot of great updates in the past couple months and here is what it looks like now. The first big change was this long vintage runner […]
November 22, 2016
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DIY
Building a Custom Standing Desk Using IKEA Cabinets
DIY
November 21, 2016
Building a Custom Standing Desk Using IKEA Cabinets
If you've been reading for the past few months, you're probably at least a little familiar with the standing desk we've been working on for our office. Well today we're gonna share how we did it, and it was actually pretty easy. Especially since IKEA did most of the hard stuff. You may be wondering […]
November 21, 2016
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