Design
Trend Alert: Scenic Wall Murals (and where to buy them!)
Over a year ago, I saved an image on Instagram that stopped me in my tracks – a gorgeous mural wallpaper in a water closet, and I've had murals on my mind since. It also kind of turned into one of those things that once you start noticing something--you see it everywhere! Now I have […]
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May 3, 2021
Inspiration
Casual Friday: What Furniture the Buyers purchased, spring sandals, stairway inspiration and more!
Inspiration
Casual Friday: What Furniture the Buyers purchased, spring sandals, stairway inspiration and more!
Paint Color: SW Accessible Beige, Wallpaper, Couch, Pillow, Rug, Lamp, Sconce, Pinboard, Pennant You can see more of our girls' office here! We've gotten a lot of questions over the last week about what furniture we'll be selling with the house or if we are selling the house furnished. You can read here about why we decided […]
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April 30, 2021
Inspiration
Casual Friday: The new house's style, spring dresses, an incredible kitchen, light in a home and more!
Inspiration
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 […]
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March 19, 2021
Gift Guides!
Easter Basket ideas for everyone!
Wallpaper, Bed, Dot Blanket, Mirror, Nightstand, Lamp, Easter Basket Easter is right around the corner and we love putting together these gift guides for you! I'm ahead of the game this year and already ordered baskets and fillers for the girls. There were just so many cute non-candy things that I know they'll love. It's […]
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March 15, 2021
Inspiration
Casual Friday: What we're looking for in our next house (it's complicated)
My Outfit, Polly's Sneakers One of the questions we are asked repeatedly is, "What are you looking for in your next house?!" A lot of people have asked this and is it too obscure to say "a feeling?" All of our homes have been very different and I suspect our next home will be different […]
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March 12, 2021
Inspiration
An Unsolicited Review of 8 Hyped-up Things I Swiped Up On
I love sharing links to things that I've found and love, but I'm no stranger to swiping up on other's favorites, too. Especially when I see what seems like everyone recommending something. So here are 8 random things that got a lot of hype, that I swiped up on. Paint Color: Thunderous by Sherwin Williams Always Pan, Cutting […]
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March 6, 2021
Art
An Impromptu serving board gallery wall in the kitchen (And more ideas for unconventional gallery installations!)
Art
An Impromptu serving board gallery wall in the kitchen (And more ideas for unconventional gallery installations!)
At one point I hung a little asymmetrical art gallery to disguise some wall pimples on this wall going into our kitchen from the front-entry hallway. Well, recently I stole THAT art (and more) in order to hang the art gallery of my dreams in our bathroom. It didn’t really matter because this wall was […]
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March 2, 2021
DIY
Introducing: Our laundry room!! The Before photos and the exciting plans I've been eager to try!
Every time I share our laundry room, or pass by it on Instagram stories, we get a plethora of questions about it. Our laundry room is one of the few rooms in our home that we haven't touched, with the exception of hanging a lantern in here after we moved the chandelier the was in […]
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February 23, 2021
Decor
Our Favorite Faux Stems
"Silver-white winters that melt into springs, these are a few of my favorite things." The only problem is, Idaho isn't quite to the "melting" part. In fact, it snowed just yesterday. Meanwhile, I'm currently itching to see signs of spring and from the looks of it, I can keep on dreaming. One of my go-to […]
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February 11, 2021
Inspiration
Casual Friday: Big Changes in Greta's room, Pretty sheets, My favorite tanning mousse, my fav podcast this week, Weekend Sales and more!
Inspiration
Casual Friday: Big Changes in Greta's room, Pretty sheets, My favorite tanning mousse, my fav podcast this week, Weekend Sales and more!
You can find all of the sources in Greta's Room here! More than anything, I want every room in our house to be functional and beautiful and livable. After living here for 18 months, I feel like we're just finding our stride and are able to make more concrete decisions about what could be working […]
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February 5, 2021
Decor
Derek's Maximalist Modern Industrial Loft
Once we realized how differently each of our team members' homes are, we thought it would be fun to share them! You can catch Victoria's lake house here. Brooke's apartment here. A peek into Andi's kitchen here (we need to do a full tour of her first home soon!). And now, we bring you Derek's […]
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February 3, 2021
Decor
Casual Friday: January 29, 2021
Cabinet, Fauxdenza, Table Lamp, Glass Box, Vase, Ginger Jar, Candlesticks, Glasses After our bathroom reveal this week, I got this funny question on Instagram: "Did it turn out as planned or are you surprised with how good it looks?" I had to laugh because I think this was meant as a compliment--But it also got […]
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January 29, 2021
Inspiration
Casual Friday: Musical lights, bathroom plans, Kitchen Inspo!, Burn out, What I wore + WEEKEND SALES!
Inspiration
Casual Friday: Musical lights, bathroom plans, Kitchen Inspo!, Burn out, What I wore + WEEKEND SALES!
light fixture | maple tree | tub | tile We played a little game of musical lights this week around the house. The music room light (which was an extra from our home office) is now in the bathroom (see above! love it!). The lantern that was above the tub was so beautiful, but because […]
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January 15, 2021
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
Idaho Cottage
When The Garage Becomes A Highlight of Your Home's Exterior
We purchased our garage doors at a discount from Cambek Designer Doors. All opinions are our own. The cold is rolling in quick here, but our exterior renovation is all but wrapped. We've been so excited to share all these details (like the gas lanterns we shared yesterday) and are ready to keep that rolling […]
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October 28, 2020
Decor
Faye's Bedroom Transformation and her dream "Princess Bed"
This post is sponsored by The Company Store Faye hasn't slept in her bedroom for months. When we replaced the windows and drywall and added the closet in our bedroom, Chris and I slept in Faye's room, and Faye slept in Greta's room. Then, we replaced the window in Faye's room and restructured the turret […]
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October 1, 2020
Decor
25 Housewarming Gift Ideas
There are at least 6 people that I'm close to in my life that are moving or have recently bought a house (and I'm sure at least a dozen more that have in the last year!). Every time I scramble to find something to send them as a housewarming gift. Buying a house or renting […]
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September 9, 2020
Inspiration
The Kid Office Mood Board + Lots of Home Office Inspiration!
When we were looking for a house, one with a large space that we could turn into the Chris Loves Julia office for us and our employees was a must have. This house had a large room off of the entry (bonus!) with a door (double bonus!!) that the previous owners used as their den […]
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August 20, 2020
Decor
Are You Hanging Curtains Correctly?? (Plus, our favorite curtains and rods!)
My friend Marco Polo'd me from her new house earlier this week. She walked me through room by room showing me everything they have done and wanted to do. When she got to her daughters' room, she stopped, "Look at the curtains--did we do them wrong? They are just huggggginnnggg the window and look weird." […]
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July 29, 2020
Inspiration
12 Dark Exterior Paint Colors We're Loving--In Action!
We're very close to choosing an exterior paint color. We have gone from wanting something charcoal to deep black and back to charcoal again. We're going to do a trial run of one of these colors today! But I couldn't keep all of our research to myself. Finding exterior photos (good ones!) with paint colors […]
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July 28, 2020
