Gift Guides!
12 Home Run Gifts for Dads
Gift Guides!
June 14, 2016
12 Home Run Gifts for Dads
Father's Day is on Sunday! Which means there's just enough time to order something for that special guy in your life and his dad and your dad--at least that's how it works around here--and have it delivered by Saturday. A few weeks ago, we bought Chris an Apple watch (which he couldn't love more) from […]
June 14, 2016
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Design
Ep. 7 Chairman of the Mood Board + My favorite Style Quizzes!
Design
June 13, 2016
Ep. 7 Chairman of the Mood Board + My favorite Style Quizzes!
Sorry for my absence over the past week. I had a few posts ready to publish while we were away, but we were, literally, working on the kitchen in Pittsburgh non-stop and I wasn't in a place to answer questions or even hit publish. So, we'll save those for this week! The good news is […]
June 13, 2016
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Lifestyle
Ep 7: Chairman of the Mood Board
Lifestyle
June 13, 2016
Ep 7: Chairman of the Mood Board
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 7: Chairman of the Mood Board Show Notes: In this episode, we dive into how to start a design or remodeling project. The first thing is the planning sessions. Julia breaks down her process and gives some helpful hints about how to give your space the design it deserves. […]
June 13, 2016
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Lifestyle
Ep 06: To Theme Or Not To Theme?
Lifestyle
June 7, 2016
Ep 06: To Theme Or Not To Theme?
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 06: To Theme Or Not To Theme? Show Notes: On this episode we tackle kids rooms. Should they be themed? What works? What doesn't? Even if you don't have children, you learn stuff about Chris and Julia and things about their childhood rooms and we also discuss superheroes for […]
June 7, 2016
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Lifestyle
Kid Rooms: To theme or not to theme
Lifestyle
June 6, 2016
Kid Rooms: To theme or not to theme
Butterflies | Sheets | Greta's first big girl room before and afters Episode 6 of The Chris Loves Julia Podcast went live Monday morning and it's my favorite episode yet! A little background about the episodes: we go over to Preston's studio and talk for almost 2 hours about a topic. It's completely unscripted besides the […]
June 6, 2016
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Decor
28 Things for Your Home that Won't Break the Bank
Decor
June 4, 2016
28 Things for Your Home that Won't Break the Bank
We live in a very small city in the middle-of-nowhere Idaho. It's where Chris grew up and where we happily call home now. There are two grocery stores, about 15 fast food options, Brigham Young University-Idaho, countless potato fields and a Super Walmart. Everything else is about 30-40 minutes away so we're used to working with […]
June 4, 2016
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday 009
Casual Friday
June 3, 2016
Casual Friday 009
Funny story from this week. Greta is fiercely independent and social. She loves playing with friends and making new friends and inviting everyone she sees over for dinner. We love her for this and I'm even a little envious of her social skills at such a young age. We have pretty strict rules to protect her that […]
June 3, 2016
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Idaho Rambler
Our Finished Deck!
Idaho Rambler
June 2, 2016
Our Finished Deck!
Our deck is done! Our deck is done! We've been enjoying our outdoors for, what feels like, the first time since we moved here over 2 years ago. Today, I'm excited to share with you a bunch of photos, cost breakdown (while we paid for the sub-structure and labor, Trex supplied the decking, but we'll add […]
June 2, 2016
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Projects
How to Renovate a Kitchen in 6 days + All the Details
Projects
June 1, 2016
How to Renovate a Kitchen in 6 days + All the Details
It's crazy to think about leaving for Pittsburgh in just 3 days! We take off Friday to renovate an entire kitchen for Frigidaire Professional, on camera, in a handful of days (read more about how that came to be here). We did our own kitchen renovation in 7 weeks, which felt good and fast and something […]
June 1, 2016
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Inspiration
On Open Concept Living + Multi-Purpose Spaces
Inspiration
May 30, 2016
On Open Concept Living + Multi-Purpose Spaces
Hope you're having a good Memorial Day! We have a day of yard work ahead of us followed by a big BBQ with some friends--our first one on our deck! Whatever you're doing today: paying respects to loved ones who've passed, yard work, a road trip to some dreamy cabin, a day at the lake--we […]
May 30, 2016
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Lifestyle
Ep 05: Shanty 2 Chic w/Whitney and Ashley: Open Concept Meets Multi-Functional
Lifestyle
May 30, 2016
Ep 05: Shanty 2 Chic w/Whitney and Ashley: Open Concept Meets Multi-Functional
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 05: Shanty 2 Chic w/Whitney and Ashley: Open Concept Meets Multi-Functional Guests: Whitney and Ashley from www.shanty-2-chic.com Show Notes: We chat with Whitney and Ashley from the amazing website Shanty 2 Chic and talk about their show, Open Concept on HGTV. We also talk about multi-functional spaces and rooms and […]
May 30, 2016
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday 008
Casual Friday
May 27, 2016
Casual Friday 008
The deck got finished yesterday evening! Well, mostly finished. We found we were missing the bottom of the railings, but the deck part is d-o-n-e and we are beyond thrilled with the way it turned out. Our house sat on the market for a long time in part due to the small backyard and it […]
May 27, 2016
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Decor
Thoughts on Picking the Right TV for Your Home and Family
Decor
May 26, 2016
Thoughts on Picking the Right TV for Your Home and Family
Weird topic for a post, right? What are we, CNET? Odd it may seem, though, we've had dozens of requests for a post on how we chose our TV and why. I feel a bit out of my element talking about this, because I'm definitely not an expert. Heck, we hadn't bought a TV for 7 years […]
May 26, 2016
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Mood Boards
13 Things To Add to Your Outdoor Space this Summer
Mood Boards
May 25, 2016
13 Things To Add to Your Outdoor Space this Summer
Since we're focusing on our outdoors a lot this summer--the deck is wrapping up!--I've been doing a lot of hunting around for furnishings. We have most of our bigger items picked out, but accessories can add so much personality to a space. Or, they can update a tired patio on a smaller budget. Here are a few things […]
May 25, 2016
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Decor
Little Workhorses Around our Home
Decor
May 23, 2016
Little Workhorses Around our Home
Over the past couple months, as the larger areas of our home have finally taken shape and we really start using them as we have only dreamed of in the years since moving in, I have been especially mindful of the tiny little workhorses that help each room function, or have made our lives easier, or maybe just […]
May 23, 2016
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Inspiration
Finding Your Home Style
Inspiration
May 23, 2016
Finding Your Home Style
How would you describe your home style? What about your personal style? Are the two related? The fourth episode of The Chris Loves Julia Podcast is live (links for listening at the end of the post!) and we tackle this question we get all the time in a way that only three best friends (when two […]
May 23, 2016
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Lifestyle
Ep 04: A Beautiful Mess w/Elsie Larson. Wardrobe Style = House Style
Lifestyle
May 23, 2016
Ep 04: A Beautiful Mess w/Elsie Larson. Wardrobe Style = House Style
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 04: A Beautiful Mess w/Elsie Larson. Wardrobe Style = House Style Guest: Elsie Larson from www.abeautifulmess.com Show Notes: We chat with Elsie Larson from the incredible site, A Beautiful Mess. She gives us her favorite tips for finding your home design style and how it relates to your clothing style, music […]
May 23, 2016
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday 007
Casual Friday
May 20, 2016
Casual Friday 007
We had the Pittsburgh kitchen's reno timeline shrink a little bit. Originally we thought we'd have 9 days to execute the renovation, but that actually included 2 travel days. So that's really only 7 days. But then, there will be 2 days of styling, shooting and filming commercials of the final space. So then it […]
May 20, 2016
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Projects
Deck on Deck!
Projects
May 19, 2016
Deck on Deck!
Our yard is probably the most intimidating/embarrassing thing about our whole house, but after years of planning, it's finally time to do something about it. It's divided into, what I can only describe as, three triangles. When we were putting in our fence a couple years ago, we drew up this quick mockup of the property. […]
May 19, 2016
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Chris Cooks
Five Great Smoothie Recipes!
Chris Cooks
May 18, 2016
Five Great Smoothie Recipes!
Chris makes our whole family smoothies almost every single morning for years and years! By now, he has them down and I thought it would be fun to share a few of our go-to recipes he has come up with. We used to go through blenders every couple months and finally invested in a Blendtec in 2012 […]
May 18, 2016
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