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Where We're Headed for the Lowe's Spring Makeover + Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Where We're Headed for the Lowe's Spring Makeover + Casual Friday

Thank you for your patience this week as we read through all 2648 of your submissions for the Lowe's Spring makeover. We took our task really seriously and ultimately landed on the space above, belonging to Aura S. of Baltimore, Maryland. We're excited to share plans and progress and Instagram the project in real time when […]
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February 3, 2017

Lifestyle

One Simple Tip To Making At-Home Dinners Feel More Special

Chris Cooks

One Simple Tip To Making At-Home Dinners Feel More Special

This post is sponsored by Blue Apron.   I've always loved and advocated for family dinners. From when I was little to present day, most weeknights, the dinner bell was rung and everyone would come running to a set table to sit down, say a prayer, and dish up and eat dinner as a family. It's fun being […]
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January 24, 2017

Lifestyle

Ep 29: Your Town is Boring, No Need to Renovate

Ep 29: Your Town is Lame, No Need to Renovate

Lifestyle

Ep 29: Your Town is Boring, No Need to Renovate

Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 29: Your Town is Boring, No Need to Renovate Hot Topic: Is it Worth Renovating When You Live In a Small Town? Show Notes: The gang discusses and mocks Preston's process for choosing paint in his studio and then Julia drops the #1 tip for choosing a color. Our reader […]
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January 23, 2017

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Can you spot the ghost in that photo?? (Haha) This week has been so filled, it's hard to know where to start. There have been some low points, like when we learned Greta was effectively deaf...again. We've been through this with her poor little ears when she was two, and unfortunately, although it's something a lot […]
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January 20, 2017

Lifestyle

Which is Better: Tuft & Needle or Leesa (Since we have both!)

Lifestyle

Which is Better: Tuft & Needle or Leesa (Since we have both!)

We've had a king-sized Tuft & Needle mattress in our master bedroom for almost a year now and last fall, we put two XL twin Leesa mattresses in the girls' bunk room. A few people asked why we didn't get the same mattress, and the truth is--we were curious to see if we would have […]
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January 18, 2017

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

We always get emails about magazines or websites wanting permission to use photos of our home, and needing a high res version. Which means, I often get to revisit "older" versions of spaces in our home. Sometimes, I show them a more finished version of the room and they want that photo instead, but every once […]
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January 13, 2017

Lifestyle

Ep 28: RIP Home Blogging, and Your House Looks Cheap

Ep 28: RIP Home Blogging, and Your House Looks Cheap

Lifestyle

Ep 28: RIP Home Blogging, and Your House Looks Cheap

Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 28: RIP Home Blogging, and Your House Looks Cheap Hot Topic: Is Home/DIY Blogging Dead? Show Notes: We start with a recap of the year and Julia gives great advice for patching walls and painting over the patches. We discuss DIY blogs compared to other styles of blogs and see […]
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January 9, 2017

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

All the schools have been cancelled in the area the past two days (except the University) because of extreme cold weather. -25 to be exact. Greta was thrilled, even if she only started school again after the break on Tuesday! Ha! I still had a doctor's appointment to go to and the inside of the door […]
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January 6, 2017

Lifestyle

Ep 27: Christmas Lights, Negative Reviews, and Compromise

Christmas Living Room

Lifestyle

Ep 27: Christmas Lights, Negative Reviews, and Compromise

Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 27: Christmas Lights, Negative Reviews, and Compromise Hot Topic: Reviews Show Notes: The Gang listens to Chris tell tales of woe from the trials and tribulations of DIY christmas light installation. Then we have an interesting difference of opinion about compromise vs. win/win when it comes to people having different goals […]
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December 19, 2016

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. It's hard to believe there's essentially one work week left of the busiest, most surprising year of our lives. Although I've been blogging for nearly 8 years, it has changed so much every year and there have been many times where I […]
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December 16, 2016

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

A couple weeks ago, we got to make Christmas cookies with the girls and yesterday we shared our favorite recipe and a few photos over on Crate and Barrel's blog. Over the years we have learned it's not about the way the cookies taste (they WILL have too much frosting), or how they look (really, […]
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December 9, 2016

Lifestyle

Ep 26: Buying Houses That Aren't For Sale, and Babies On Airplanes

Lifestyle

Ep 26: Buying Houses That Aren't For Sale, and Babies On Airplanes

Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 26: Buying Houses That Aren't For Sale, and Babies On Airplanes Show Notes:In this episode the gang reunites after three long weeks apart because of the holidays and vacations. Julia discusses her trials and tribulations in a birthday glass blowing class and The Marcums give their top tips for flying […]
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December 5, 2016

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

We left last Monday night, the 21st, for Florida to spend Thanksgiving with Chris's brother and family. It was an amazing time filled with food, that warm sun, swimming, and, yes, we took the girls to Disney World, too. We got home Wednesday night and these two went straight for their bunkbeds. There were a few questions […]
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December 2, 2016

Lifestyle

Our Christmas Cards + An Artifact Uprising Giveaway!

Lifestyle

Our Christmas Cards + An Artifact Uprising Giveaway!

A few weeks ago, we drove 40 minutes up the road to Ashton, Idaho with our friends, the Pugmires, and we took our family photo for our Christmas Card. It's something we do every year, and it's such a fun tradition that keeps the whole family photo thing more casual and whole lot less stressful when […]
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November 23, 2016

Lifestyle

Ep 25: Storage Units, Asymmetry, and What We Screwed Up

Lifestyle

Ep 25: Storage Units, Asymmetry, and What We Screwed Up

Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 25: Storage Units, Asymmetry, and What We Screwed Up Game: Awkward Thanksgiving Show Notes: The gang discusses Julia's love/hate relationship with storage units and the Marcum's new upstairs bathroom. For our reader email, Julia breaks down the best way to handle and design around asymmetrical features already existing in […]
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November 21, 2016

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Chris and I just got back from a 24 hour getaway and I'm feeling all sorts of refreshed and re-engerized. It was our 8th anniversary on Tuesday and we were both too busy finishing up projects and the one room challenge and watching the election to really celebrate. So as soon as the reveal went […]
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November 11, 2016

Lifestyle

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

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

If you follow along on Instagram, you know that we made some major progress in the girls' room yesterday. The wallpaper went up! Chris got all the lighting installed (we'll talk about that on Monday) and I even figured out a fabric snafu I was having with the bench cushion. It felt like progress and for […]
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November 4, 2016

Lifestyle

Happy Halloween! + A Party Recap

Entertaining

Happy Halloween! + A Party Recap

Our annual costume party was on Saturday night, but we're still recovering over here. I had planned to share details of the stair railing today, but since it's Halloween, we'll save that for tomorrow and share some details from this year's party with all of you! It was our biggest party yet. There were over […]
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October 31, 2016

Lifestyle

Top 5 Tips for Cooking With Kids

Chris Cooks

Top 5 Tips for Cooking With Kids

This post is sponsored by Blue Apron While Chris cooks 99.9% of all the meals around here, he doesn't always do it alone. A lot of Sundays, when we all want time to go a little slower, he enlists Greta as his "sous chef" (tiny chef!) and they make the meal together. This past Sunday, […]
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October 25, 2016
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