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A Modern, Kid-Friendly, Family Gallery Wall in the Dining Room
I knew once we freed up this wall in the dining room by changing the barn door into a pocket door, it would be the perfect place for some family pictures. However, when I mentioned the idea to Chris--especially the part when I described it as a 9 frame grid taking up the wall floor to […]
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May 31, 2017
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A Rug and Dresser for the Nursery (and Beyond!) | One Room Challenge Week 4
It's time for another update on our One Room Challenge, where we're making over our nursery for our 3rd little girl due this summer. Week 4! How did we get here?! So far, we have added loads of pretty trim in week 2 and dreamy wallpaper in week 3. And if you missed the before, […]
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April 26, 2017
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The Be All, End All of Cloud Wallpaper | One Room Challenge Week 3
If you're just tuning in, we're making over our nursery in 6 weeks as part of the One Room Challenge (check out the before here). It's week 3, and just like last season when we participated, we're doing it and sharing it in real time. Meaning, the progress you see, is right where we're at. Last […]
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April 19, 2017
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25 REALLY Cute Crib Sheets
I'm so glad that one crib sheet is not enough, because even if it were...it could NEVER be. There are too many cute crib sheets out there to only buy one. And while I'm mostly content with white sheets in my own room, give me all the cutest patterns for the baby's. They add personality and a splash […]
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April 18, 2017
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The 11 Best Candles for Spring
Last week, when it was still cold and snowy here, I picked up this Water Lotus candle from Target (it comes in the cutest bowl container!) and it has such fresh and bright scent to it. With the first day of Spring next week (!!), we're decluttering, cleaning everything top to bottom, shedding heavy throws from the […]
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March 16, 2017
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4 Ways to Maximize That Unorganized Corner
Every other week, Chris and I head over to the studio in Preston's home to record our podcast. He's done an amazing job giving it a cool vibe, but there was one corner that has been hard to ignore: His studio is his office and he has been using these two carts to house a […]
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March 2, 2017
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2017: The Good, The Bad, Would We Do It Again
Every year we like to revisit a few things in our home - things that we get asked about a lot - and talk about how we feel about them day-to-day. We think it's a good way to hopefully answer some questions for our readers and keep things real for all of us. So let's kick […]
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March 1, 2017
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Living Room Refresh, and A Lighting Hack!
Shortly after we added the darker plank wall to the living room, I started craving something lighter on the floor. Although we still really LOVE our indigo Baxter rug, we rolled it up and put it in storage for now (maybe it will be a fall/winter thing? We'll see.) and unrolled this beautiful, moroccan-inspired, budget-friendly rug […]
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February 20, 2017
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Real Life: What's on Our Kitchen Counters
We've done a tour of what's inside all of our kitchen cabinets (way back here), and although you're probably used to catching peeks at what we keep on our kitchen counter, I thought it would be fun to give you more of a detailed impromptu tour! After all, what we leave on our kitchen counters […]
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February 15, 2017
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5 BIG, Area Rugs for Cheap (And the one we chose for the Living Room!)
Lately, I've been talking (mostly on the podcast, I think) about changing up our living room rug. The truth is, I still love the big, blue beauty after 3 years, but I just feel the need for a change. Something lighter? More neutral? After adding the planked accent wall, it has felt darker and heavier than I […]
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February 1, 2017
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5 Tips for Keeping Area Rugs EXACTLY Where You Want Them.
A few months ago, we layered a really gorgeous vintage rug (from here) on top of our FLOR tiles in our entry. While we loved the character it added, and the extra layer of dirt camouflage, we struggled with it constantly bunching and moving around on top of the FLOR carpet squares. Often resulting in a look […]
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January 5, 2017
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A Guest Room Update + Our Favorite Things to Include
This post is sponsored by The Bouqs Co. Enjoy 20% site wide, for a limited time, with the promo code at the bottom of the post! Over the last few days, we've been working to get our guest room in shape for our family that is arriving this Friday for the holidays! You can see all the […]
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December 15, 2016
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Christmas Around the House
We're excited to share with you a little peek into Christmas around our house. It's not a part of any official tour, nor was I asked to decorate my house--it's just what we like to do to make this time of year especially magical for our girls. We have 2.5 trees (in the playroom we […]
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December 12, 2016
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A Few Updates in the Entry
To know me, is to know our entry will never be done. It's alway evolving. So, don't take this post as, the entry reveal. This is more of a--we've made a lot of great updates in the past couple months and here is what it looks like now. The first big change was this long vintage runner […]
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November 22, 2016
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A Kid-Friendly Christmas "Mantle" in the Playroom
This post is in partnership with Lowe's. Since this is the first holiday season that we'll have the playroom/family room completed, we wanted to deck it out a little bit since we spend so much time down here. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to visit Lowe's headquarters and peek at their Holiday collections […]
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November 17, 2016
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A Ceiling Mount Curtain Rod
I think we've covered just about everything from the girls' room, but one question we keep getting over and over is regarding the curtains and the unobtrusive curtain rod we chose. So I thought dedicating a short post to the setup would be beneficial. Since the bunkbeds and the wardrobes went all the way up to […]
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November 16, 2016
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11 Whimsical and Sophisticated Wallpaper Designs (Perfect for Kid Rooms!)
Choosing the wallpaper for the girls' room was no simple task. In fact, it was probably the thing I agonized over most. I ordered samples, I changed my mind, the room evolved, the placement of the wallpaper evolved. And then I found this Forest Floor wallpaper from Hygge & West and everything just kind of clicked--it was the […]
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November 7, 2016
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Mix And Match Layered Doormat Options + A Podcast Update
Before we get into the meat of today's post, I wanted to give you a podcast update. It's hard to believe we have been doing The Chris Loves Julia Podcast with Preston Pugmire for 5 months now! But even before that, it's been a year since Preston sat down at our dining room table and […]
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October 17, 2016
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Living Room Updates + Easy ways to Naturally Transition Your Decor for Autumn
The first day of fall is tomorrow (!!!), so today I am excited to share with you a few seasonal (and not seasonal) changes we've made in our living room over the past few weeks. For a long time, there was a bare section to the left of our sofa--see below. We've tried numerous end tables […]
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September 21, 2016
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Hanging Herbs in the Kitchen
The nights are starting to get cold and in the next town over, they had frost one evening so we knew it was time to get the last of our basil and rosemary from the garden inside to extend their use even longer. We thought about freezing the the leaves (this post has great tips about […]
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September 14, 2016
