Design
A Quick Turnaround Project!: The Guest Room Plans
Mood Boards
A Quick Turnaround Project!: The Guest Room Plans
In this week's podcast (live now, right here!) we talk a little bit about some upcoming projects we're gearing up to tackle, including the guest room. Our previous guest room, that is now the girls' bunk room, was thrown together in 2 weeks before my sister came to stay with us. It served us well […]
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December 5, 2016
Design
A Few Updates in the Entry
Decor
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
Design
12 of the Best Flocked Christmas Trees in Every Size
Mood Boards
12 of the Best Flocked Christmas Trees in Every Size
Last year, we got a slim flocked tree for the living room, and I fell in love with the lightness and whimsy. And a lot of other people must have fell for it, too, since this photo circulated all through Pinterest, our readers have tagged me a number of times on Instagram when it popped […]
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November 18, 2016
Design
A Kid-Friendly Christmas "Mantle" in the Playroom
Decor
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
Design
A Ceiling Mount Curtain Rod
Decor
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
Design
A Night In the Kitchen (Plus, our favorite gluten free dessert recipe)
Inspiration
A Night In the Kitchen (Plus, our favorite gluten free dessert recipe)
This A Night In is sponsored by Anolon. Welcome to the second installment of A Night In where we rally a few of our favorite bloggers together to share a space in their home after that photogenic afternoon light goes down. It's intimate. It's real. And in my opinion, it's incredibly cozy. Nothing is better than when the sun goes […]
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November 15, 2016
Design
The Reveal! A Shared Girls' Room Complete with Built-In Bunks | One Room Challenge: Week 6
Design
The Reveal! A Shared Girls' Room Complete with Built-In Bunks | One Room Challenge: Week 6
Designing and building this room over the past 6 weeks with Chris has been a lot of hard work and late nights but most of all, a complete pleasure and an experience we'll remember forever. But even before Linda asked us to be a part of the One Room Challenge (we're so grateful!), we thought […]
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November 9, 2016
Design
11 Whimsical and Sophisticated Wallpaper Designs (Perfect for Kid Rooms!)
Decor
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
Design
Ep 24: Choosing The Best Art For Your Home
Art
Ep 24: Choosing The Best Art For Your Home
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 24: Choosing The Best Art For Your Home Game: Defining Designing Show Notes: After eating as many tacos as we possibly could, we discuss Chris and Julia's epic Halloween party and give updates on the One Room Challenge project. We find out what big thing is next for the Marcums […]
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November 7, 2016
Design
Our Calacatta Marble countertop by Formica in the Home Office--Yeah, That's Laminate!
Design
Our Calacatta Marble countertop by Formica in the Home Office--Yeah, That's Laminate!
Our home office is inching closer to completion every day, but ever since our beautiful marble-look-alike Formica (!!!) countertop arrived last week, we've been using it daily. Yes it's laminate and yes, we love it. So I thought today I'll share a few quick details about it and then as soon as I can decide […]
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November 3, 2016
Design
All the Details on our New Horizontal Stair Railing!
Design
All the Details on our New Horizontal Stair Railing!
It's hard to believe these stairs have been in limbo since March when we tore out all the carpet and hand rail in anticipation of getting a new one--see this post for those details. Although, that span of time was never the plan and I would never recommend going 7 months without a handrail (like, […]
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November 1, 2016
Design
Casual Friday
Inspiration
Casual Friday
While we all couldn't love Charly more around here, our girls are also kitten-lovers. For the past 6 months, we talked about getting a cat. We'd go to the pet store or shelters and friends' homes and our girls would cling to the kitties. So when my sister had one kitten left in the litter her cat […]
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October 28, 2016
Design
Design Sponge House Tour + All the Features!
Design
Design Sponge House Tour + All the Features!
This past summer, we had the great opportunity to work with Sabrina Smelko at Design Sponge to feature a house tour. And today, it is finally live! You can read and see the whole thing, "A Family Home in Idaho Where Comfort, Function & Dinner Parties Reign" right here. Thanks to the whole D*S staff, […]
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October 24, 2016
Design
One Room Challenge: Week 3 | The Makings of a Book Nook
DIY
One Room Challenge: Week 3 | The Makings of a Book Nook
It has been an intense week around here. The weather hasn't cooperated all that well, we have only had one decor item arrive (1!!), and we just realized we don't really have three more weeks to finish this like our minds have been telling us, we have three weeks until the reveal, so just over […]
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October 19, 2016
Design
Mix And Match Layered Doormat Options + A Podcast Update
Decor
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
Design
Tearing Out The Bedroom Closets!
Design
Tearing Out The Bedroom Closets!
A friend of mine was picking my brain earlier this week about how she could add more storage to her home. Closets and storage solutions make such huge difference in the quality of life in a home and it's not always something we think about when looking at a home. While that's all true, sometimes […]
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October 13, 2016
Design
How to Find Product Sources on Pinterest
Inspiration
How to Find Product Sources on Pinterest
I shared this cool trick I discovered on Pinterest on my Instagram story, but since those disappear after 24 hours, and have had a few questions about it, I decided to share it here, too. So many times, our favorite inspiring spaces on Pinterest, are full of droll-worthy products and pieces that really make the space and […]
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October 10, 2016
Design
One Room Challenge Week 1 | The Room, The Befores and The Plan
DIY
One Room Challenge Week 1 | The Room, The Befores and The Plan
The One Room Challenge starts today! 20 design bloggers will be making over a space in 6 weeks and documenting it from start to finish. We're no strangers to a quick deadline around here--heck, this summer we did a whole kitchen renovation for a family in Pittsburgh in 6 days! And a year ago, we […]
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October 5, 2016
Design
Color At Home is here!
Art
Color At Home is here!
Chris and I are headed home and back to reality today after an extended weekend away to relax and recharge before we start the One Room Challenge tomorrow. (Tomorrow! Come back tomorrow!) But I wanted to drop in really quick today because Color At Home, Young House Love's coloring book is being released today! (Right […]
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October 4, 2016
Design
Living Room Updates + Easy ways to Naturally Transition Your Decor for Autumn
Decor
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
