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Fall In Love With Your Home By Having Someone Over

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Fall In Love With Your Home By Having Someone Over

Congratulations. You've made it to the final week of #CLJSummerSchool, "How To Fall In Love With Your Home in 30 Days." We've been on a journey to find love with our homes and I'm so excited to make it this far, because this is where we get to reap all the benefits of our hard-earned […]
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July 26, 2021

Lifestyle

Casual Friday: Security Blankets, Moving Woes, The Best Leave-in Conditioner, and more!

Lifestyle

Casual Friday: Security Blankets, Moving Woes, The Best Leave-in Conditioner, and more!

Last night we slept in our new house for the first time after spending the day setting up as many rooms as we could. After hotel hopping for a month, I think we were so excited to be at home and feel at home--we got quite a bit done! Even though the move has been […]
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July 23, 2021

Lifestyle

Casual Friday: Start of the guest house!?

Casual Friday

Casual Friday: Start of the guest house!?

We decided to continue to live in a hotel down the street from our house until our moving truck comes on 7/21 (and the floors are ready for us!). However, my mom just booked a ticket to come see us on July 23rd! So the guest house needs a good scrubbing and we need to […]
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July 16, 2021

Lifestyle

We Asked Clutter-Free Organizing Expert, Monica Leed, 5 Questions

Cleaning & Organization

We Asked Clutter-Free Organizing Expert, Monica Leed, 5 Questions

When we started crafting Summer School, I knew I didn't want to be the only teacher in the classroom. We're covering a lot of ground this month, and I wanted to invite guest experts into this space to school us on what they do best. Enter: Monica Leed! Monica is the CEO and owner of […]
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July 8, 2021

Lifestyle

Good Looking Ugly Stuff: Cleaning + Organizing

Cleaning & Organization

Good Looking Ugly Stuff: Cleaning + Organizing

Back in 2018, we did a post called good looking ugly stuff because I'm the kind of person who is genuinely a happier person when every thing in our home, down to the color of the dish rag and the toilet plunger, is in harmony with one another aesthetically. Maybe that sounds extreme, but I challenge you […]
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July 7, 2021

Lifestyle

LET'S PURGE: Inspiration and Homework!

Cleaning & Organization

LET'S PURGE: Inspiration and Homework!

Yesterday we talked extensively about purging and cleaning and organizing. But we all know ACTION is what really gets things done. So each week we're giving a little homework assignment on Tuesdays (do you feel like you're in summer school yet?) to work on that week. Honestly you can make these as simple or challenging […]
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July 6, 2021

Lifestyle

The Best 4th of July Sales!

Lifestyle

The Best 4th of July Sales!

  There are already so many great sales going on for the 4th this weekend! Sharing some of my favorites below! Stock up on cookies, crackers, marshmallows and chocolates while you're at it and try these 7 s'mores combinations!   Abercrombie: 25% off select styles + extra 15% off Athleta: 20% off all shorts & sports bras […]
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July 3, 2021

Lifestyle

We made it to our new house!! The roller coaster of getting here and why we can't move in yet.

Lifestyle

We made it to our new house!! The roller coaster of getting here and why we can't move in yet.

We made it to our new home in North Carolina!! We're in Cary, just a few minutes outside of Raleigh. It was our daughters' first time seeing the area and the house and it was the best feeling seeing them run from room to room just squealing the whole time. My oldest said, "Can we […]
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June 28, 2021

Lifestyle

Vacuum Therapy — it's a thing

Cleaning & Organization

Vacuum Therapy — it's a thing

This post is sponsored by Samsung We moved out of our Idaho house last week and after everything was packed in the truck and it drove away, and it was just us--the house felt so different. A lot less like us, to be honest. We scheduled cleaners to come and deep clean the entire house […]
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June 23, 2021

Lifestyle

The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals 2021!

Lifestyle

The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals 2021!

  It’s Prime Day! It’s two days– June 21st and 22nd! We are looking out for the best deals and sharing them in real time on Instagram stories. We'll be updating the list below as well. You can get exclusive Prime Member coupons here. Follow along @chrislovesjulia and keep checking back here if you aren’t […]
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June 21, 2021

Lifestyle

The Best Tips for Road Trips with Kids!

Inspiration

The Best Tips for Road Trips with Kids!

(Above, the girls bags are from Walker Family Goods.  I also got them each a matching backpack to use as their carry on. They're cute and I'm feeling very color-coded and organized! We got this cargo box.) Last Casual Friday I mentioned that we are preparing for our 5 day road trip across the country […]
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June 15, 2021

Lifestyle

Our Team's Moving Stories

Design

Our Team's Moving Stories

Exterior Reveal, Faux Boxwoods It's hard to believe those two photos above are just two years apart. As much as the house behind us changed, we've been through a lot of change, too--beyond aging very quickly apparently. We talked about why we're moving to NC (back in this post), but we wanted to share the other sides […]
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June 11, 2021

Lifestyle

All the Best Memorial Day Sales!

Lifestyle

All the Best Memorial Day Sales!

Sources   There are so many great Memorial Day sales going on this weekend! Our rugs are almost all restocked and on major sale. Now's the time to snag one! We rounded up all the best sales and will be updating it throughout the weekend. Follow along on Instagram stories to see some of our […]
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May 29, 2021

Lifestyle

Casual Friday: The BEST OF MAY

Decor

Casual Friday: The BEST OF MAY

At the end of every month, we love to look back and see what resonated with YOU the most. So today, I'm excited to share THE BEST OF MAY. These are the things you saw me talk about and share this month that you loved the most. You asked about them over and over and […]
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May 28, 2021

Lifestyle

Casual Friday: My favorite short sleeved tops, an a+ grain free snack, hosting a friends viewing party and more!

Inspiration

Casual Friday: My favorite short sleeved tops, an a+ grain free snack, hosting a friends viewing party and more!

As someone who is chronically cold, I am easing into shorter sleeves over here. But after an application of my favorite self tanner--I get more excited about them!! Graphic tees and blouse-y tops and bodysuits are making a big splash this year, so I've been mixing those in with my go to (button ups for […]
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May 21, 2021

Lifestyle

Meet our Colonial home in North Carolina!

Design

Meet our Colonial home in North Carolina!

On Monday, we flew into Raleigh to close on our new home there! (If you missed why we're moving, you can check out this post and why we chose Raleigh right here.) The home is a beautiful, classic, red-brick Georgian-style colonial just outside of Raleigh. Right when we pulled up to it, we got that […]
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May 12, 2021

Lifestyle

Casual Friday: A Fun Game Night Idea!

Entertaining

Casual Friday: A Fun Game Night Idea!

Last weekend, our small, core group of friends was able to hang out all together for the first time in a long time and we had so much fun having dinner and playing games. I shared a few candid videos in the moment and it seems that MANY MANY of you are ready (or getting […]
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May 7, 2021

Lifestyle

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

Lifestyle

Time's Up! Here's what we got done on our pre-sale to-do list (and what we didn't!)

Lifestyle

Time's Up! Here's what we got done on our pre-sale to-do list (and what we didn't!)

A little over a month ago, on March 9th, we shared our list of projects to do before we sell our house. Well, showings start on Thursday and go through the weekend so time is about up! We didn't get to everything on the list but we did a LOT in the last month. Most […]
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April 20, 2021

Lifestyle

2 Years of Making Our Modern Cottage

Idaho Cottage

2 Years of Making Our Modern Cottage

At the beginning of every year, we make a list of all the projects we plan to tackle that year, and in 2020 (even though we had only been in our house for about 6 months) we made a pretty hefty project list. We came to a realization that we don’t want to be renovating this house […]
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April 13, 2021
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