Giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Roger and Laurene who said, "Fresh basil for a good pesto!" Lately, we have been very picky about our giveaways. We want to make sure it is something that we're really excited about--so in turn, you'll be excited about. That being said, get excited. Today, a John Boos Butcher […]
Sunday night, I developed some severe, sharp pain in my lower abdomen. By morning, I couldn't stand. The pain! My family care doctor did an evaluation and sent me right to the hospital. She was certain I had appendicitis. (Insert yesterday's instagram here) They did a CT scan and didn't find appendicitis but did find […]
In order to make our personal deadline for the kitchen of April 13th, we kicked it in high gear this weekend. Our countertops are ordered (we'll share those details soon) and we checked a few other projects off this weekend that we're anxious to share with you this week. When we updated our pantry door […]
Greta's closet is complete (!!) and we're stoked to share with you the outcome with lots and lots of pictures today. That's the same closet. That's the sa-ame closet! I'm going to say we helped it rise to its full potential. I'm also going to say that "before" photo is embarrassing. I am hanging my […]
Read between the lines. I got it! If you follow me on Instagram (do!!@chrislovesjulia) you saw that I was debating picking up this, apparently, very popular rug from Ikea that was marked down to half off of $250 in the as-is section. $125 is a great price for a nearly 6'x8' rug--especially a hand-woven wool one! […]
I did this painting last January with every intention to sell it and then I hung it in our dining room and loved it for a whole year. The massive 87"x60"painting is now officially for sale. See all the details here. Psst. I have been busy with commissions, but more traditional-sized paintings are also in […]
We have been married almost 4.5 years and we just bought our sixth couch to replace this one (that is still needing a new home): We knew this Klippan wasn't going to be a forever couch, or even a 10-year couch when we bought it--but I never imagined we would be on number six. Granted, […]
The last time we visited Greta's closet, it was just after we painted it a bold pink--Benjamin Moore's Peony. While it certainly looked good, Greta's clothes have been hanging out in our closet and we were ready to get some function back in place. And this weekend, with an Easy Closets closet system we did. […]
Aaaaannddd we have hardware!! Can you believe it took us nearly two years to get to this point? I will tell you it took absolutely no seconds at all to get used to opening our cabinets and drawers with handles. The original plan was to get bin pulls for the drawers and knobs for the […]
At the end of last year (you may remember from this post), I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and started drug therapy. My thyroid levels were "very bad" and we (us encouraged by the doctor, of course) are pretty sure that hypothyroidism has been the cause of my infertility for the past 2+ years. We aren't sure […]
In addition to painting our base cabinets this weekend, we also took 20 minutes to update the back of the peninsula. (Note: The new countertops will have a waterfall edge so that is why the side of the peninsula is not painted.) A couple people noticed that the peninsula didn't used to be planked like […]
It has been an insane few days over here in the kitchen, with some major progress made. This weekend, our kitchen got a dose of navy blue: Behr's Midnight Dream to be exact. I picked up 40ish different navy swatches from a variety of brands (I try not to be a brand snob when it […]
Well. Here we are. Talking about eyebrows. Which is extremely off topic here on the blog, where we prefer to spend our days talking about the kitchen reno or finishing up Greta's room--but is quite the hot topic on Instagram. "You have the best eyebrows!" They say. I am telling you, somewhat embarrassed and awkwardly, […]
When Katie and Sherry announced their Pinterest Challenge for this season, I knew it was time to tackle a project I pinned awhile ago and was anxious to do in our kitchen--we even included it in the mood board for our current kitchen reno here. Originally inspired by Sarah's pantry door over at Thrifty Decor […]
Remember this mess that was Greta's closet? Of course that was taken before the paint job (nice color choice, guys!): Although tearing everything out and painting it really helped the aesthetic, the whole point of this closet revamp was to make it more functional. Well, it took us a few weeks to get it figured […]
We made it. It's happening. The kitchen renovation has officially kicked off and we're starting with sharing our newest appliance (and the last one on our shopping list)--the range hood. You see, when we did our cosmetic kitchen revamp to tide us over until we could get started on this real one, we painted our […]
You know what is silly? Doing a kitchen update before demo has even started in there--but here we are. We have almost everything ordered--and some things have even arrived--but there have been a few changes to the original plan to catch you up on: First up, the backsplash. We were really excited about a moody […]
There is one question--maybe even a concern--that we have been getting a lot of lately: Where are all of Greta's toys?! Sometimes it is out of genuine curiosity and sometimes it is a little condescending, but either way it shows up in some form (my inbox, facebook, a comment, instgram, etc.) at least once a […]
Last week, I busted the single shelf and clothing bar out of Greta's closet to prep for paint and her closet makeover. The shelf and bar came out pretty quickly, but I was reminded of how bad the walls were in the rest of her room when we moved in. Answer: ba-ad. In addition to […]
That tragic story from two days ago, goes something like this: On Greta's last day of two-dom, we ran to the Benjamin Moore store in the morning (this was after she covered my entire lamp with my lotion from Hawaii) to pick up a quart of "Peony" and supplies to paint her closet. When we […]
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