Design
The "Back-to-School" Home Reset
Decor
The "Back-to-School" Home Reset
Even as an adult, there's something so fun about the back-to-school season. I love decluttering desks, packing backpacks, and filling lunch boxes — it feels like everything topsy-turvy about summer is rooted in routine again. Greta is headed off to high school this year (how did that happen so fast!?), and Faye and Polly are […]
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August 9, 2024
Design
Peer Review: Inspiration for Styling a Kitchen
Design
Peer Review: Inspiration for Styling a Kitchen
Can you believe the end of summer school is here?! What a great ride! I loved sharing my tips for styling entries, bedrooms, living rooms, and kitchens to create rooms that you can enjoy season after season. One thing I'm seeing a lot in kitchen styling is making it feel and look like another living […]
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August 2, 2024
Design
Transform Your Kitchen At $150, $350, Or $750
Decor
Transform Your Kitchen At $150, $350, Or $750
As I mentioned earlier this week, kitchen styling is about clearing the clutter and intentionally making the utilitarian workhorses of your kitchen into your most beautiful decor — whether that's the cutting board, the tea kettle, or the fruit bowl. Then you can layer in the elements that are typically found in more formal entertaining […]
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July 31, 2024
Design
How to Style a Kitchen for Everyday Enjoyment
Decor
How to Style a Kitchen for Everyday Enjoyment
Shop The Kitchen Welcome to the last week of Summer School! We've talked all things styling the past few weeks, from how to style an entry, to how to style a bedroom, to how to style a living room. And here we are on week four, tackling perhaps the most unexpected room to style: the […]
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July 29, 2024
Design
Peer Review: Inspiration for Styling a Living Room
Design
Peer Review: Inspiration for Styling a Living Room
We're coming to the end of Week 3 of Summer School: Home Styling 101! Today I want to share some living room interiors that have stopped my scroll with their use of color, texture, and styling. This is somewhat beyond the realm of what conventionally falls under styling, but something I've been really looking for […]
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July 26, 2024
Design
Transform Your Living Room at $150, $350, or $750
Decor
Transform Your Living Room at $150, $350, or $750
This week, we're styling living rooms, which is a place where you can really shine! Earlier in the week, I talked about the opportunities you have to style a lot of surfaces, from coffee tables and couches to shelves and mantles. Today I want to share some of my go-to styling products that can make […]
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July 24, 2024
Design
How to Style a Living Room
Decor
How to Style a Living Room
Shop The Living Room Here's the honest truth: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Something that looks beautiful to me is going to look different from something that looks beautiful to you. We all have our own tastes. And early on, I realized that it's not enough for me to look at something […]
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July 22, 2024
Design
Peer Review: Inspiration for Styling a Bedroom
Design
Peer Review: Inspiration for Styling a Bedroom
Here's the crazy thing about me and inspiration: If you were to go into my bathroom inspiration board on Pinterest, there are bathrooms for sure, but there are also kitchens, there are closets, there are mudrooms, and there are hallways of houses! I'm not looking to copy and paste an inspirational image. I'm taking notes […]
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July 19, 2024
Design
Transform Your Bedroom At $150, $350, Or $750
Decor
Transform Your Bedroom At $150, $350, Or $750
This week we're talking all things bedrooms! In yesterday's post, How to Style a Bedroom, I talked about the surfaces that are available to layer onto, including the bed, dresser, and nightstand. Today we will layer on the styling tools that will make the room feel more put together. This is the room to think […]
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July 17, 2024
Design
How to Style a Bedroom
Decor
How to Style a Bedroom
Shop The Primary Bedroom Welcome to a new week of summer school as we continue our Home Styling 101 course! Last week we talked about how to style entryways — from front porches to mudrooms — and now we're going to tackle one of the most "inward-facing" rooms of the house: the bedroom. I want […]
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July 15, 2024
Design
Peer Review: Inspiration for Styling an Entry, Front Porch, and Powder Room
Design
Peer Review: Inspiration for Styling an Entry, Front Porch, and Powder Room
This is the check-in point in the week where you can see how far you've come with our Home Styling 101 summer school course! How are you feeling? Maybe you've moved some items around in your mudroom or ordered something new for your front porch. Or you've added an inviting scent to your entry and […]
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July 12, 2024
Design
Transform Your Entry at $150, $350, or $750
Design
Transform Your Entry at $150, $350, or $750
This week, we kicked off our summer school with How to Style an Entry, and now we want to give you the tools to do so! I always advocate shopping your own house first, and hopefully, you'll find some things you can use there. But I also love to add something fresh which can give […]
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July 10, 2024
Design
How to Style an Entryway (Including the Front Porch & Powder Room!)
Decor
How to Style an Entryway (Including the Front Porch & Powder Room!)
Yesterday I kicked off our Summer School with an introduction to how I approach styling every space in my home. If you missed that post, be sure to go back and get the foundations so you are ready to tackle one of the most important — yet often neglected — areas of the home. This […]
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July 9, 2024
Design
CLJ Summer School: Home Styling 101
Design
CLJ Summer School: Home Styling 101
Kitchen Desk (similar) | Glossy Ceramic Vase | Faux Snowball Flowers | Chair Stool | Laptop Cover | Copper Cookware Sharpen those No. 2 pencils and open those pretty notebooks, it's time to kick off Summer School 2024! Recently, we started diving deep into design principles during the month of July and calling it Summer […]
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July 8, 2024
Design
Mood Board: Powder Bath Using Our New Jade Peel-and-Stick Wallpaper From CLJ x WallPops!
Design
Mood Board: Powder Bath Using Our New Jade Peel-and-Stick Wallpaper From CLJ x WallPops!
We're still buzzing from the excitement of launching our Chris Loves Julia x WallPops line, and it's all thanks to you! Seeing our dream become a reality and getting such a positive response has been incredibly heartwarming. We designed this collection to be adaptable for any room, and to showcase its versatility, I wanted to […]
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June 28, 2024
Design
Choosing a Wallpaper and Trim Color for Greta's Room
Design
Choosing a Wallpaper and Trim Color for Greta's Room
Greta's room is the bedroom that I always knew would get another round of redesign. We did a few small updates right when we moved in, like updating the flooring and painting the walls as you can see in our last update. It's a beautiful space. But as an official teenager, Greta is over the […]
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June 26, 2024
Design
A New Office Library for Everyday Inspiration
Design
A New Office Library for Everyday Inspiration
I recently got an email from someone that asked, "Where do you go for new design inspiration?" She went on to say, "I use Houzz and lots of popular sites, but I feel like I’m stuck in an algorithm and keep seeing the same things." I know the feeling — it's so easy to get […]
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June 17, 2024
Design
My Favorite Picks from Target's Studio McGee Fall 2024 Collection
Decor
My Favorite Picks from Target's Studio McGee Fall 2024 Collection
Today Studio McGee launches their fall 2024 line for Target, and let me tell you, this collection is really really good. Yes, I hear you, summer is barely upon us, but these items will sell out so it's worth it to think ahead and scoop up the things you love. And even though there are […]
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June 16, 2024
Design
12 Hooks I Love For the Mudroom
Design
12 Hooks I Love For the Mudroom
I've been planning out the hardware for the mudroom, and I can't stop putting hooks in my cart at Lowes.com. They're just so helpful for stylish home organization. I decided to do a hook "try-on," so I ordered these 12 to see how they looked on the beadboard. I've narrowed it down to three, and […]
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June 13, 2024
Design
DIY Mudroom in a Weekend
Design
DIY Mudroom in a Weekend
Now that we've added an overhead light fixture to the mudroom, we only have to wait on installing the new door, some wallpaper and some locker hooks for the project to be completely done! We're so...close...! As we've shared our progress, I've gotten some questions about what to do if you want to get a […]
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June 13, 2024
