DIY
A Family Photo Gallery Wall in the Upstairs Hall
This post is sponsored by Framebridge. Our upstairs hallway has been begging for art since, well, we moved in. I knew I wanted to fill the whole hallway with family pictures eventually — a true memory lane. But I decided to take it one segment at a time and start with this portion in between […]
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December 9, 2020
DIY
A lesson on listening to your (lake) house
Our whole team lives in different types of homes and home circumstances so I thought it would be fun to occasionally peek in on their homes. My sister, Victoria, is our brand manager and a renter, living in Washington. When the pandemic hit, she and her partner moved out of their Seattle apartment and into […]
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December 7, 2020
Decor
10 Spots Around the Home that Might Benefit from a Runner!
Every rug in our new line has at least 3 different sized runners. They are my favorite way to squeeze in a little softness and pattern under foot! Plus, they are SUPER AFFORDABLE! And while a hallway might be the most obvious place, we came up with 10 spots around the home that would benefit from a runner! 1. […]
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November 12, 2020
DIY
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 […]
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October 22, 2020
DIY
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 […]
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October 14, 2020
DIY
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 […]
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October 7, 2020
DIY
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 […]
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October 6, 2020
DIY
How To: Laying Peel and Stick Tile over the Bathroom Floor!
We have been doing a quick phase 1 renovation of the girls' bathroom (read more about the plans here!) over the last week and it's coming along so well! We painted the countertops last week using the same countertop paint (and color--Putty!) as we used in our kitchen in our first house nearly a decade […]
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September 28, 2020
Decor
Hanging Ceiling Mount Curtains in the Dining Room
I did something in the dining room and it kind of changed everything. A few weeks ago, we hung some art on either side of the arched door and it filled in the space fine, but it actually sparked a different idea--a better idea. Why don't we hang curtains on that wall?! And so we […]
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September 24, 2020
DIY
How I create a Home Color Palette + All the paint colors in our home so far
I feel like I've been painting non-stop for a year, to be honest. And when I think about what's next to be painted, I always think about what is already painted, what color and where. And then I try to tie it in in other areas of the house so everything speaks to each other. […]
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September 23, 2020
DIY
Six Budget-Friendly Things That Completely Transformed Andi's Kitchen
Today we're excited to have our Visual Media Producer (and my sister!), Andi, share how she transformed her kitchen on a dime over the last few months! Take it away! We are coming up on one year living in our first house! And to be honest, it really feels like a non-stop year of arranging, […]
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September 8, 2020
DIY
Progress + Paint in the Girls' Office!
In case you missed it, we're currently tackling the girls' office! Which, I suppose, is just a normal home office that you might find in other homes, but we have designated it for the girls' use for virtual learning and homework, etc. You can check out our plans and the mood board and lots of […]
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August 31, 2020
DIY
Before & After: The Pugmire Living Room with Article!
Chris Loves Julia readers will get a $50 discount off a purchase of $200 or more at Article. (Offer is valid until September 30, 2020). Discount will be automatically applied at checkout and will work for orders in both Canada and the United States. When our friends, the Pugmires, moved into their house six years […]
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August 24, 2020
DIY
The good, the bad, would we do it again?
Every year, we like to do these kinds of posts to basically "review" our own stuff for you after a period of time. Projects, purchases, things you're curious about. Over the weekend, I put a question box up on Instagram Stories and the curiosities came flooding in! Thank you for being so invested and following […]
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August 18, 2020
DIY
We rearranged the Living Room!
I have come to realize, pretty recently, that I like to build up each room to a certain level and them move on to another room and improve that to around the same level, all the way around just nudging each one up a few notches. It's fun and I feel like our money goes […]
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August 13, 2020
DIY
Painted Cabinets + Wallpaper!: A DIY WIN & Fail in the Playroom.
Surprise!! We've been busy in the playroom the past week! And it's looking like a really cheery space. But before I write any more of this post, I should let you know--this post doesn't end well. We were really pumped about the playroom and the direction and the progress we've made and now? Now things […]
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August 12, 2020
DIY
Windows, Siding, Roof - Progress on the Exterior!
While we've been working on our own DIY projects, the outside of our house continues to move forward, and we're so excited to share some progress! The biggest item - our roof! We've been without any real covering on our roof since middle of June now. There have been a couple rainstorms since then, which […]
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August 11, 2020
DIY
Our Smart Garage!
This post is sponsored by LiftMaster A few weeks ago, we shared phase one of our garage makeover. As we got our storage and organization fixed up, and our cars parked inside, we really started thinking about upping the security. For how much we use our garage, it's kind of a blind spot when you're […]
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August 10, 2020
DIY
The Playroom Makeover has begun + Mood board!!!
Excited to be back from a long weekend with family (and then a days of server issues! blergh!). We jumped right into a playroom makeover and I'm so excited about this direction. "Playroom" is a generous term, it's more of a toy room. Or play space. One of the very first spaces I organized when […]
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August 6, 2020
DIY
Our Almost-Black Painted Playset!
This week, we worked on a 3-day playset refresh in our backyard and we're all so excited with how it turned out. Our girls are always playing on this playset that was left here (and possibly built by) the previous owners. We gave the playset in our last house a refresh to match our home and we […]
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July 30, 2020
