Projects
A Playroom Update: Lighting and Rug
Projects
December 16, 2015
A Playroom Update: Lighting and Rug
It's time for a long overdue playroom update. Back in October, we shared that this would be our next project. A few weeks later and we had almost everything here from the mood board I made: My next task was picking a paint color. I really want to go darker since this is our media […]
December 16, 2015
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Design
Pros and Cons of Open Concept Living
Design
December 14, 2015
Pros and Cons of Open Concept Living
I grew up in Pittsburgh in a very colonial style home where each room was its own room, and there were doorways--wide doorways, but doorways--leading into the living room and dining room and even the kitchen had its own doorway. It always felt charming and intimate to me, but I never knew anything else until […]
December 14, 2015
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Decor
Living Room Update + Sources!
Decor
December 11, 2015
Living Room Update + Sources!
We've been making a few little updates around the house over the past couple months in preparation for two big, exciting things coming up in the beginning of next year. The spaces that were almost there, but not quite--like the living room--got a few finishing touches. Like, our first ever actual coffee table. And new pillows after […]
December 11, 2015
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Toolbox
PSA - Tools on Sale (not sponsored)
Toolbox
December 10, 2015
PSA - Tools on Sale (not sponsored)
Ok y'all, this is not a drill! Though, there are quite a few drills in this post, but crap, no, we don't have time for lame puns because this is limited time only kinda stuff! Remember my gift guide last week that looked like a freaking DeWalt sponsored post? I promise, all my heart, it […]
December 10, 2015
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Decor
Christmas Around the House 2015
Decor
December 8, 2015
Christmas Around the House 2015
I'm not one that enjoys holiday decorations in every nook and cranny of the house. It makes me claustrophobic, and I find Christmas music does more for bringing cheer this time of year than anything. BUT! A few, thoughtful, festive decorations go a long way in making our home feel a little more merry. Here's […]
December 8, 2015
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Design
A Video Tour Inside Our Kitchen Cabinets
Design
December 3, 2015
A Video Tour Inside Our Kitchen Cabinets
Ever since we finished our kitchen a couple months ago, I have been surprised how many of you have requested to see inside all of the cabinets! It made me laugh at first, because I didn't realize that was a thing. But then I noticed our friends and family poking around when they would come […]
December 3, 2015
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Decor
Tips For A Successful Kids' Table
Decor
December 1, 2015
Tips For A Successful Kids' Table
Entertaining and dinner parties are huge this time of year. We've been invited to a few adult-only gatherings and some big family affairs, too! Dinner parties at our place are usually kid-friendly since we have kids and most of our friends have kids, too. So when Wayfair asked me if I would put together some […]
December 1, 2015
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Gift Guides!
A Gift Guide For The Person Who Has Everything
Gift Guides!
November 30, 2015
A Gift Guide For The Person Who Has Everything
It's our final gift guide of the day! Be sure to check out gifts for the kids, gifts for the DIYer, gifts for the home lover, and gifts for the home cook. For our last gift guide, we wanted to round up a few gifts to give people who seem to have everything. These are […]
November 30, 2015
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Gift Guides!
A Gift Guide For The Home Cook
Gift Guides!
November 30, 2015
A Gift Guide For The Home Cook
Onto our third gift guide of the day! Check out the gift guide for kids and the DIYer if you missed them. There are a lot of serious food people out there. People who think if they aren't eating the best thing they've ever tasted in their life for every meal, then they're being mistreated by […]
November 30, 2015
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Gift Guides!
A Gift Guide of Non-Negotiable Essentials for the DIYer
Gift Guides!
November 30, 2015
A Gift Guide of Non-Negotiable Essentials for the DIYer
Happy Cyber Monday! This is our second gift guide of the day, see the first one--gift guide for kids! right here. The idea of being a "do it yourselfer" seems so great, but you can only do things yourself if you have the right tools. Jules and I started down the DIY path with a […]
November 30, 2015
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Gift Guides!
Gift Guide for the Kids!
Gift Guides!
November 30, 2015
Gift Guide for the Kids!
It's gift guide day and we'll be posting one every hour in the morning. Each year, we like to jot down gift ideas over the course of many months that we honestly love or have been a hit in the past and share them right here as our tried and true gift guide. Also, since […]
November 30, 2015
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Decor
Patio Zen
Decor
November 23, 2015
Patio Zen
This year has been a growing year for me. I have taken on a lot of extra freelancing and started to work for a big interior-inspiration website nearly full time. About half way through, I was so overjoyed with all of the opportunities but also feeling a little overwhelmed, too. My sister, Victoria, who still […]
November 23, 2015
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Gift Guides!
My Favorite Cooking Tools
Gift Guides!
November 19, 2015
My Favorite Cooking Tools
You can cook. This has been my whole thing, with every post I've written. Food is not some exclusive club you have to be on some list to get into, and we should never feel intimidated to try something new. It's all a matter of having the right tools, and understanding the basics. A few people […]
November 19, 2015
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DIY
How To Paint the Exterior of Your Home--Yourself!
DIY
November 18, 2015
How To Paint the Exterior of Your Home--Yourself!
Today, I have a long overdue update on the exterior of the Pugmire's home! Back in June, I shared that they had wrote an amazingly catchy song and entered their home in a contest to win an exterior makeover. My favorite line of the song is when they sang, "My favorite color isn't salmon, or […]
November 18, 2015
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Lifestyle
Our Holiday Card Photo Tips + $250 to Artifact Uprising to Send Your Best Cards Yet.
Lifestyle
November 12, 2015
Our Holiday Card Photo Tips + $250 to Artifact Uprising to Send Your Best Cards Yet.
We have teamed up with one of our favorite photo companies, Artifact Uprising, to introduce you to some really fantastic holiday card options and give one of our readers $250 to their site to spend on cards, prints, photo gifts, art--anything you'd like. Everything is so beautiful! Last weekend, we called up our friends, the […]
November 12, 2015
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DIY
The Finished Pantry!
DIY
November 11, 2015
The Finished Pantry!
The pantry is complete and I'm sharing a bunch of photos today! We actually finished it a couple weeks ago, and it has been a dream to have and use. It signifies the completion of a year of hard work and transformation in our home, but specifically this corner of the home. The best way […]
November 11, 2015
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Decor
A Gift Guide for The Home Lover + Giveaway!
Decor
November 9, 2015
A Gift Guide for The Home Lover + Giveaway!
We generally post gift guides closer to Black Friday, but when Lulu & Georgia asked if I would be interested in curating a gift guide for the Home Lover as a part of their 12 Days Of Giveaways, I jumped at the chance. It's taken Chris a few years to realize that the best gifts […]
November 9, 2015
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Art
The Evolution of The Entry + $500 to Minted
Art
November 5, 2015
The Evolution of The Entry + $500 to Minted
Our entry has evolved so much over the two years that we have lived here (check out the full evolution over on Instagram today! @chrislovesjulia), probably more than any other space, and with each tweak it gets functional for us and more beautiful, too. Most recently, we swapped out the mirror for a full length […]
November 5, 2015
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DIY
DIY Modern Traditional House Number Plaque
DIY
November 3, 2015
DIY Modern Traditional House Number Plaque
Over the summer, we swapped out the lights on our garage and added a pretty hanging basket of flowers. While we are continually smitten with the new lights, the flowers ran their course (pretty quickly!) and we were left with a big womp womp. We tried a few other flowers but our garage gets sun […]
November 3, 2015
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Recipes
My Best Chili Recipe: Grilled Pork Chili
Recipes
October 30, 2015
My Best Chili Recipe: Grilled Pork Chili
I can officially say that I have created an "award-winning" chili recipe. Sure the award was a $25 gift card, and the competition was my office's yearly chili cookoff, but don't let the small venue fool you. I think this chili could handle any crowd, and their various tastebuds. It's a little smoky, a little […]
October 30, 2015
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