Idaho Cottage
2 Years of Making Our Modern Cottage
Idaho Cottage
April 13, 2021
2 Years of Making Our Modern Cottage
At the beginning of every year, we make a list of all the projects we plan to tackle that year, and in 2020 (even though we had only been in our house for about 6 months) we made a pretty hefty project list. We came to a realization that we don’t want to be renovating this house […]
April 13, 2021
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DIY
Our Loloi Rugs are Restocked!!!
DIY
April 12, 2021
Our Loloi Rugs are Restocked!!!
When we launched our rug line with Loloi in November, we were all blown away by how fast you all sold them out--everywhere!! So I'm really happy to announce there's a huge restock available now right here! Jules is restocked in all patterns and colors and sizes, so is Alice and some of the Rosemaries (more coming!) Run […]
April 12, 2021
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DIY
Casual Friday: What we're doing on our new house before moving in, fav sunnies under $25, the playroom, backyard inspo and more!
DIY
April 9, 2021
Casual Friday: What we're doing on our new house before moving in, fav sunnies under $25, the playroom, backyard inspo and more!
See all the playroom sources here. Chris and I are flying to Raleigh as you read this (well, if you're reading this on Friday morning-afternoon)! We close on our new house in May and we are meeting with a contractor to go over just a couple of projects we'd like to have done before moving […]
April 9, 2021
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Projects
Before and after and in between: The Entry has been through it all! And is finished!!
Projects
April 7, 2021
Before and after and in between: The Entry has been through it all! And is finished!!
The entry is the one space in our home that has been under a constant renovation ever since we moved in. From updating the floors to the banister. The upstairs looks dramatically different thanks to a wall (that's our new closet!). It got a new (old) HUGE door that was originally on the back […]
April 7, 2021
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Lifestyle
From where we started to now: How We Plan All of our Social Media Content
Lifestyle
April 7, 2021
From where we started to now: How We Plan All of our Social Media Content
This post is sponsored by PLANOLY I started Chris Loves Julia back in 2009. And from 2009 to 2016, I worked on it as my full time job. Writing posts 5 days a week. Taking all the photos. Editing. Scheduling content to go live on the blog and planning my Instagram posts when that finally […]
April 7, 2021
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Design
All The Paint Colors in Our House (and why paint colors you see online might look different in person!)
Design
April 6, 2021
All The Paint Colors in Our House (and why paint colors you see online might look different in person!)
Have you ever spotted a paint color you love online and tried it in person and it doesn't look the same? There are so many reasons this could happen. We get asked several hundred times a day "What paint color is that?!," so we thought it would be fun to do a complete post with all the […]
April 6, 2021
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DIY
Well, we finally finished the Fauxdenza in the Dining Room!
DIY
April 5, 2021
Well, we finally finished the Fauxdenza in the Dining Room!
An entire year ago, we hung a "fauxdenza" in the dining room as part of a video project for GM that actually never ended up seeing the light of day because Covid hit. We hung our first floating credenza ("fauxdenza") made from upper Ikea cabinets back in 2012--you can read about that right here--and to […]
April 5, 2021
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday: Best of March
Casual Friday
April 2, 2021
Casual Friday: Best of March
March was the busiest month of life and work, I think ever? We made some major decisions and announcements about moving across the country and then all the subsequent projects that came with that. The funny thing is, dozens of times a day I still get asked, "Wait?! You're moving! You guys just finished this […]
April 2, 2021
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Art
New DIY Art for the Living Room!!
Art
April 1, 2021
New DIY Art for the Living Room!!
Sources I loved the framed trees on the mantle in the living room, but for the sake of simplifying in preparation to sell, I thought one large canvas would be better to really show off the scale of the fireplace. Large art can be expensive so I decided to tackle this one myself. I'd thought […]
April 1, 2021
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DIY
Before and After: Our Small changes, Big Impact Laundry Room Redo
DIY
March 31, 2021
Before and After: Our Small changes, Big Impact Laundry Room Redo
When we decided that we were going to move, there were many spaces that weren't "done" in our house and we accepted they wouldn't be under our watch (we're definitely not moving for "content"). But most of the spaces in our home, we had at least done something to (I call these phase 1 makeovers) and our […]
March 31, 2021
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Decor
Essential Decor: 6 reasons you can never have too many BENCHES!
Decor
March 30, 2021
Essential Decor: 6 reasons you can never have too many BENCHES!
Sources We did a furniture reconfiguring in the entry now that the entry side is all finished (doors still need painted and we're missing a few baseboards in the office), and some people were very concerned that we got rid of our bench. Not true! We moved it around to the garage entrance of the […]
March 30, 2021
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DIY
10 Home Staging Takeaways from our House Hunting Trips!
DIY
March 29, 2021
10 Home Staging Takeaways from our House Hunting Trips!
Sources Back in February, we spent 2 separate weekends house hunting in Raleigh and it was such an eye-opening experience. Not only were we discovering an area for the very first time and, with that, admiring a new kind of architecture and landscape, but peeking into dozens of homes gave us so many ideas of […]
March 29, 2021
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Decor
Casual Friday: Why are we still doing projects?, Spring Sneakers, a fun game, and more!
Decor
March 26, 2021
Casual Friday: Why are we still doing projects?, Spring Sneakers, a fun game, and more!
This week we worked on painting our laundry cabinet, cleaning up the entry (the office/entry reconfiguration is 99% done!) and moved a few pieces of furniture around and placed a couple things that were ordered back in November. You can see the full list of things we'll be working on before moving right here. While sharing, we […]
March 26, 2021
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DIY
The Honey x Chris Loves Julia Capsule Collection!!
DIY
March 25, 2021
The Honey x Chris Loves Julia Capsule Collection!!
This post is in collaboration with Honey! I was helping my friend shop for hardware for her cabinets last week, and after she put them in her cart, she went to go search for a promo code, and I stopped her in her tracks! "Do you really not have Honey installed?!" In two clicks, we […]
March 25, 2021
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Lifestyle
A Day In The Life
Lifestyle
March 24, 2021
A Day In The Life
Sources 5:15 am: My alarm goes off and I have to roll out of bed immediately or I'll fall back asleep. I get on my workout clothes in the dark and tie my hair up, down my pre-workout (this Tiger's Blood one is my FAV!), and get my sweat on. I usually run and then […]
March 24, 2021
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Design
We Tested 30 Hand Soaps to find the best of the best!
Design
March 22, 2021
We Tested 30 Hand Soaps to find the best of the best!
You can find our bathroom sources here! It's the great spring soap experiment! We bought 30 different hand soaps (a lot of them recommended by you) and put them to the test. I love a beautiful hand soap. I think it can really enhance the look of a room, but also, there's nothing better […]
March 22, 2021
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Inspiration
Casual Friday: The new house's style, spring dresses, an incredible kitchen, light in a home and more!
Inspiration
March 19, 2021
Casual Friday: The new house's style, spring dresses, an incredible kitchen, light in a home and more!
This was one of my favorite houses in Raleigh that we looked at, as far as the exterior went. Unfortunately the spaces inside and the backyard weren't right for us, but I'm so happy to see someone else snatched it up. It felt so cottage-y and traditional and cozy. All of my favorite things. One […]
March 19, 2021
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Lifestyle
We're moving to.......!!!
Lifestyle
March 18, 2021
We're moving to.......!!!
A couple weeks ago, we announced the difficult decision we made to leave our dream home here in Idaho – the house we thought was our “forever house;” the house we are inching more closely to finishing every day – for a warmer, more temperate climate where I can get better care and hopefully have […]
March 18, 2021
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Design
Then and Now: A Closer Look at Two of Our Living Rooms, and what I'm looking for in our Future Living Room?
Design
March 17, 2021
Then and Now: A Closer Look at Two of Our Living Rooms, and what I'm looking for in our Future Living Room?
We started a then and now segment here on the blog once our primary bathroom was finished. Just a fun little side-by-side comparison of our current primary bathroom and our previous one and breaking down the similarities and differences. Today I thought it would be fun to take a closer look at our living rooms, […]
March 17, 2021
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DIY
Reader Poll: How should we stage our office to sell?
DIY
March 16, 2021
Reader Poll: How should we stage our office to sell?
One of the major selling points of this house was the large bonus space right off of the entry. We designated it for the Chris Loves Julia office as soon as we saw the house. And over the last two years, as our team has grown, it has shifted into a lot of different configurations […]
March 16, 2021
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