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Ep 23: Upgrades, Deadlines, & Lawsuits

Lifestyle

Ep 23: Upgrades, Deadlines, & Lawsuits

Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 23: Upgrades, Deadlines, & Lawsuits Game: Guess That Crazy Lawsuit Fine Show Notes: Julia, Chris and Preston talk about what they have going on right now, a few hiccups they've experienced and the chaos resulting from trying to juggle so many projects at once. They also talk about how to […]
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October 24, 2016

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

The first half of the week, it seemed like everything was going wrong...or in the very least, nothing was progressing on our projects which can feel frustrating with tight deadlines. But then, boom! Wednesday hit and everything turned around. Our stair railing got done--it feels as if it appeared out of thin air, the countertop […]
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October 21, 2016

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Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

What a week it has been around here! It's always fun to be deep into a project, like the girls' room, and our readers get invested, too. Thank you so much for all your comments and input on our One Room Challenge, both the bunkbeds and the wardrobes. We're having so much fun seeing this […]
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October 14, 2016

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How We Paid off our Student Loans In One Lump Sum

Lifestyle

How We Paid off our Student Loans In One Lump Sum

This post is sponsored by Regions Bank. Did you have student loans while in college? How did you pay them off? Maybe you still are. A fresh fall semester just started here in the small university town where we live--which happens to be the same University Chris and I graduated from nearly ten years ago. […]
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October 10, 2016

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Ep 22: The Real World: Blogging Edition

Lifestyle

Ep 22: The Real World: Blogging Edition

Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 22: The Real World: Blogging Edition Show Notes: In this episode we discuss Chris and Julia's plans of the One Room Challenge and discuss adventures that happened on the way to IKEA. In our Hot Topic segment, we go behind the scenes to take a look at the real […]
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October 10, 2016

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Chris and I had a wonderful weekend getaway. We just drove down to Salt Lake, stayed downtown and shopped, ate, slept in, swam! It was bliss. We headed a little farther south to hit up Ikea to pick up wardrobes for the girls' room and ate at Cubby's (above)--a place we always have to eat […]
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October 7, 2016

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That Time My Family Got a Video Camera and We All Freaked Out

Lifestyle

That Time My Family Got a Video Camera and We All Freaked Out

Without trying to jump any guns, there are just 11 weeks until Christmas (!!) And even less until all of my sisters are reunited again. I wanted to do something special this year for our annual holiday reunion, so we partnered with Legacybox to pull it off (and scored a huge discount for all of you, too, at the […]
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October 6, 2016

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Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

If you follow me on Instagram, the secret is out! We've been asked to participate in the One Room Challenge this season! If you aren't familiar with the One Room Challenge it is where 20 design bloggers tackle a room from start to finish in 6 weeks, sharing the progress every Wednesday during the challenge. […]
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September 30, 2016

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Our Costume Party Invites this Year + Projects on Board!

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Our Costume Party Invites this Year + Projects on Board!

We love Halloween around here and every year, for the past 6 years!, we have thrown a costume party. Everyone really goes all out with their costumes, we set up a photo booth, have lots of food and every year we dress up for the invites to really put the costume in costume party. This year, we channeled […]
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September 28, 2016

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Must-Have Cookbooks

Chris Cooks

Must-Have Cookbooks

We have more cookbooks in our home than any other type of book. We have a small batch on the kitchen counter that get rotated out from the shelf in the study. Chris keeps a stack on his nightstand and then there's all the food magazine subscriptions we subscribe to filling our new sideboard and scattered […]
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September 26, 2016

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Ep 21: Life is a Mixing of All Kinds of Things - Blending Styles In Your Home

Chris Loves Julia - Full Kitchen Reveal

Lifestyle

Ep 21: Life is a Mixing of All Kinds of Things - Blending Styles In Your Home

Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 21: Life is a Mixing of All Kinds of Things - Blending Styles In Your Home Game: Taboo Show Notes: In this episode, Chris and Julia celebrate one year in their new kitchen by revisiting some of the things they love most about it, as well as sharing a few […]
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September 26, 2016

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Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

The dining room in the lake house above is one of my favorites in Lauren Leiss's book Habitat, but when it was published in the Washingtonian last month it took my breath away all over again. Every time I look at it, I'm reminded that beautiful does not equal stuff. Every wall doesn't have to have something on it. […]
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September 23, 2016

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Ep 20: Let's Keep it Clean

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Ep 20: Let's Keep it Clean

Welcoming Fall with open arms.? http://liketk.it/2pbAv #entry #cljhouse #overstock #targetstyle #fall #buffalocheck #mums @liketoknow.it #liketkit #ltkhome A photo posted by JULIA MARCUM homebody ? (@chrislovesjulia) on Sep 14, 2016 at 1:22pm PDT Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 20: Let's Keep it Clean Hot Topic: Finstagram Accounts Show Notes: In this episode we talk about our front […]
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September 19, 2016

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A Day In The Life

Lifestyle

A Day In The Life

Frigidaire just released the third and final video we did with them for the kitchen renovation in Pittsburgh. It's a sweet Day In The Life of the Worrall family kitchen. We shot it on our very last day in Pittsburgh after Chris and I had 2 hours of sleep. AndiAndrea directed and filmed the entire thing […]
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September 19, 2016

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Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

This week I found myself shifting things around in the entry seen above. We moved that large print seen above the bench into the reading room. And if you remember from the video tour we did last week, I had moved the Edward Hopper print that was in the reading room, into the entry and then […]
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September 16, 2016

Lifestyle

Ep 19: Becoming Affiliated With Affiliates

Lifestyle

Ep 19: Becoming Affiliated With Affiliates

JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 19: Becoming Affiliated with Affiliates Game: Instant Podcast where Chris and Preston attempt to come up with 6 Tips for Parties with Kids on the spot. (And then Julia shares some actual tips from this post.) Show Notes: This […]
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September 12, 2016

Lifestyle

An Autumn Stove Top Potpourri + Casual Friday!

Casual Friday

An Autumn Stove Top Potpourri + Casual Friday!

Earlier this week, I shared my favorite fall candles, but Chris loves to whip up a stove top potpourri occasionally. Potpourri's are great if we are having friends or family over with sensitivities to candles or we're having a party with a lot of kids around and the candles might get knocked over or blown out (Faye […]
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September 9, 2016

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Ep 18: Every Dog Must Have His Day - Living (Happily) With Pets

Episode 18 - Living Happily with Pets

Lifestyle

Ep 18: Every Dog Must Have His Day - Living (Happily) With Pets

Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 18: Every Dog Must Have His Day - Living (Happily) With Pets Hot Topic: People Who Don't Like Animals Show Notes: Living with animals brings a lot of joy to a home, but it can also presents some challenges. In this episode, Chris & Julia talk about their life with […]
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September 5, 2016

Lifestyle

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

Casual Friday

We received an old comment on this post this week. I hadn't read that post since I wrote it so many years ago and as I reread it a few days ago, I couldn't help but tear up being on the other side of that huge trial. How wonderful our home feels with both of […]
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September 2, 2016

Lifestyle

Ep 17: No Money No Problems - Projects You Can Do Now, On The Cheap

The Chris Loves Julia Podcast - Episode 17

Lifestyle

Ep 17: No Money No Problems - Projects You Can Do Now, On The Cheap

Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 17: No Money No Problems - Projects You Can Do Now, On The Cheap Show Notes: Nearly every home owner who wants to renovate experiences that point where you simply don't have the money to do the things you want. And sometimes, when the furnace, water heater and AC […]
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August 29, 2016
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