Lifestyle
Weekend Sales! October 24, 2020
Lifestyle
October 24, 2020
Weekend Sales! October 24, 2020
shelves, cabinets, baskets Did you know that we have an Amazon Storefront? You can shop all of our Amazon finds here, from our favorite coffee table books, to our budget curtains we use again and again. I saved some great deals below! Amazon: Home Deals! (Check out our Amazon Storefront here!) JavaScript is currently […]
October 24, 2020
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday: A Big Music Room Update, Budget "Vintage" Frames, Failure, Books and More!
Casual Friday
October 23, 2020
Casual Friday: A Big Music Room Update, Budget "Vintage" Frames, Failure, Books and More!
If you are subscribed to our Love Letter, then last night you saw a sneak peek at some updates in the music room! Months ago, I ordered two of these boucle chairs for the basement (to sit opposite the sectional) and we got an email about 6 weeks later stating that due to Covid, they […]
October 23, 2020
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DIY
4 ways Windows & Doors transformed our spaces
DIY
October 22, 2020
4 ways Windows & Doors transformed our spaces
This post is sponsored by Pella Soon after we moved in, I remember looking out our bedroom windows at a slanted roof (it was a bandaid-colored soft-ish covering) overlooking our property and thinking, "I wish we could go out here!" We haven't talked about the new balcony off of our bedroom much, but the vision […]
October 22, 2020
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Design
Video: Our Fall Exterior House Tour 2020!!
Design
October 21, 2020
Video: Our Fall Exterior House Tour 2020!!
We're VERY close to being finished with our exterior and sharing a bunch of before and after images, but despite being in-progress, we wanted to keep with our tradition of filming an exterior and interior house tour in the fall. (Interior house tour forth-coming!) We were about a week too late filming, because we kept […]
October 21, 2020
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Idaho Cottage
Before and After: The Girls' Office Reveal!
Idaho Cottage
October 20, 2020
Before and After: The Girls' Office Reveal!
Over the last couple months, we've been working on the girls' office/homework/art room and we're excited to share some after photos with you today!! We get a lot of interesting comments when we say it's the "kids' office" because it's pretty grand of a space. But it's actually just the home office (very common in […]
October 20, 2020
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Decor
The Best of: Bubble Light Chandeliers (and my favorite way to add modern touches to a room!)
Decor
October 19, 2020
The Best of: Bubble Light Chandeliers (and my favorite way to add modern touches to a room!)
Over the last week, I've been a little under the weather (negative Covid test, no worries there!) and I took some time to rest which translated into some time to think. I thought about how far we've come over the last year or so in this house. I thought about where we're headed and a […]
October 19, 2020
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Recipes
28 Recipes Perfect for Fall Weather
Recipes
October 18, 2020
28 Recipes Perfect for Fall Weather
Though I love making and sharing new recipes, I also don't want to forget about some of my favorites from the past. Today we're sharing 28 recipes perfect for the cooling weather - some shared recently, others from several years ago (when we had fewer dietary restrictions in our home). Pick a few and add […]
October 18, 2020
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Decor
Our new window shades are an EXPERIENCE
Decor
October 14, 2020
Our new window shades are an EXPERIENCE
This post is sponsored by Blinds.com. It's a little mind boggling to most (including us!) that we've been without blinds since we moved in. We knew we were replacing windows so we didn't want to invest in window coverings until the sizes were right and so we've been waking up with the sun (or before […]
October 14, 2020
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DIY
All about our wood floors
DIY
October 14, 2020
All about our wood floors
How did your story with Stuga start? The first time that we used Stuga was at our cabin in the Idaho mountains, and we picked them, honestly, for how good they looked. They looked so good, were so unique, and durable. I mean, if they can be laid in a cabin where we’re coming in […]
October 14, 2020
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Lifestyle
The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals 2020!
Lifestyle
October 13, 2020
The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals 2020!
It's Prime Day! This year it's two days-- October 13th and 14th! We are watching out for the best deals and sharing them in real time on Instagram stories and updating this list below as well. You can get exclusive Prime Member coupons here. Follow along @chrislovesjulia and keep checking back here if you aren’t […]
October 13, 2020
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Art
How to Look At, Collect, and Decorate with Abstract Art
Art
October 12, 2020
How to Look At, Collect, and Decorate with Abstract Art
Lately, we've been moving the art around in our house a lot. We moved the Kader Boly "Mirgration" piece from the hallway to the dining, and the Victor Ryan "Midnight II" piece from the mantle to the hallway. I love how rearranging art gives a room fresh life, sometimes making it seem like a completely […]
October 12, 2020
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Recipes
Turkey Sausage & Potato Soup (dairy-free, gluten-free, grain-free)
Recipes
October 11, 2020
Turkey Sausage & Potato Soup (dairy-free, gluten-free, grain-free)
There's something about a big bowl of soup on a cool day that just feels so right. And one of my wife's favorites has always been creamy potato soup. Of course the classic version is made with cream and milk, thickened with flour, amped up with bacon and topped with cheese. We're not doing dairy, […]
October 11, 2020
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Lifestyle
Weekend Sales! October 10, 2020
Lifestyle
October 10, 2020
Weekend Sales! October 10, 2020
Lulu & Georgia is having their huge Anniversary Sale! Get 25% off everything with code CELEBRATE. This navy sofa is a showstopper. We have the same one in moss in the girls' office that we can't wait to show you. This green bench could go anywhere. It's functional and cozy. I'll share some more Lulu […]
October 10, 2020
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday: New art, Fall jackets, My new fav game, our Sim House, Budget Vintage Frames and more!
Casual Friday
October 9, 2020
Casual Friday: New art, Fall jackets, My new fav game, our Sim House, Budget Vintage Frames and more!
Art | Art light | Area Rug | Shearling Bench | Music cabinet | record player | music room light | sconces Remember the art that I was thinking of for the living room?? Well it got here, and is incredible (and currently 25% off!) and fit turns out, it's so much better in the front […]
October 9, 2020
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Projects
All the Details on Our New Composite Shake Roof!
Projects
October 8, 2020
All the Details on Our New Composite Shake Roof!
The roofing featured in this post was heavily discounted by Brava Roof Tile. The first time we pulled up to what would eventually become our house, one of the things we noticed initially was the roof. It's very tall. With so much visual space demanded by our roof when you drive up, we knew it […]
October 8, 2020
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DIY
How we layered stain to take a wood countertop from dark cherry to a white oak look!
DIY
October 7, 2020
How we layered stain to take a wood countertop from dark cherry to a white oak look!
We still have a few finishing touches to put on the girls' office (see all the plans here!), but over the last week we tackled a really fun DIY that transformed the dark cherry stained wood countertop that was there into a white oak looking one that matches our floor a little better. And today, we wanted to […]
October 7, 2020
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DIY
The Little Girls' Bathroom Phase 1 Reveal!
DIY
October 6, 2020
The Little Girls' Bathroom Phase 1 Reveal!
We generally don't do back to back reveals, but consider yourself spoiled, because TODAY we're showing you the phase 1 makeover we did in the little girls' bathroom!! (If you missed yesterday's playroom reveal, check it out here.) Last week, we put the pedal to the metal to focus on tying up a few project […]
October 6, 2020
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Idaho Cottage
The Playroom is Finished!
Idaho Cottage
October 5, 2020
The Playroom is Finished!
We have a lot of large projects going on that are kind of out of our control as we're depending on contractor's timelines. But! We also have a LOT of small projects in the works that we started and have complete control over and last week I said, "Let's tie all of these up!" The […]
October 5, 2020
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Recipes
The Ultimate Candy Corn Snack Mix
Recipes
October 4, 2020
The Ultimate Candy Corn Snack Mix
The second fall hits, I mix up a bowl of this candy corn snack mix. And the next day I whip up another bowl, because the first is gone by then. Here's the deal, I'm not a fan of candy corn. Never have been. So I know how silly it sounds for me to claim […]
October 4, 2020
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Lifestyle
Weekend Sales! October 3, 2020
Lifestyle
October 3, 2020
Weekend Sales! October 3, 2020
Welcoming October with all things pumpkin. Check out our DIY Hi, Pumpkin Doormat post. You can get the buffalo plaid rug on sale here! Check out these other great sales happening this weekend! Amazon Home: Home sale JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. Blanquil: Get the BlanQuil Lite […]
October 3, 2020
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