How do you wind down at night? Chris's favorite thing to do after a long day of work is to wash his feet in cold water and he's instantly relaxed and refreshed. I love nothing more than to shut my computer, hide my phone, put my hair up and watch a short 20-30 minute show on […]
Charly has been a member of our family for over three years now and we can't imagine this home without her. I'm not going to lie, having never had a dog before, it took me a couple weeks to get used to her and that hair and drool (I actually lost my appetite for 9 days […]
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 09: John & Sherry Petersik of Young House Love: Buildin’ on a Budget Pt. 1 Guests: John & Sherry Petersik from www.younghouselove.com Show Notes: The first of two episodes focused on budgeting for renovation, we visit with John and Sherry Petersik, the creators of the wildly successful Young House Love blog […]
Chris comes from a large family (he's the youngest of 8 kids) and last weekend we had them all over for a BBQ. Everyone was there but one of his brothers who lives across the country and it was almost emotional for me to see our home and deck filled to the brim with family. It's […]
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 08: Renovating, DIY, and Personal Relationships Show Notes: On this episode, we go behind the scenes on the complete kitchen renovation Chris and Julia did in Pittsburgh and hear some funny and also frustrating stories from them. We also talk about how renovating and doing DIY projects affects personal relationships. […]
S'mores basket | Small Firepit | Loveseat | Weber grill | Grill-top Pizza Oven A few weeks ago, like the day after the deck was done, we had grilled pizza and s'mores with some friends out back and it was a dream. Chris made the best pizza dough ever--with a good chewy bite to it--and we made it in […]
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 7: Chairman of the Mood Board Show Notes: In this episode, we dive into how to start a design or remodeling project. The first thing is the planning sessions. Julia breaks down her process and gives some helpful hints about how to give your space the design it deserves. […]
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 06: To Theme Or Not To Theme? Show Notes: On this episode we tackle kids rooms. Should they be themed? What works? What doesn't? Even if you don't have children, you learn stuff about Chris and Julia and things about their childhood rooms and we also discuss superheroes for […]
Butterflies | Sheets | Greta's first big girl room before and afters Episode 6 of The Chris Loves Julia Podcast went live Monday morning and it's my favorite episode yet! A little background about the episodes: we go over to Preston's studio and talk for almost 2 hours about a topic. It's completely unscripted besides the […]
Funny story from this week. Greta is fiercely independent and social. She loves playing with friends and making new friends and inviting everyone she sees over for dinner. We love her for this and I'm even a little envious of her social skills at such a young age. We have pretty strict rules to protect her that […]
Hope you're having a good Memorial Day! We have a day of yard work ahead of us followed by a big BBQ with some friends--our first one on our deck! Whatever you're doing today: paying respects to loved ones who've passed, yard work, a road trip to some dreamy cabin, a day at the lake--we […]
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 05: Shanty 2 Chic w/Whitney and Ashley: Open Concept Meets Multi-Functional Guests: Whitney and Ashley from www.shanty-2-chic.com Show Notes: We chat with Whitney and Ashley from the amazing website Shanty 2 Chic and talk about their show, Open Concept on HGTV. We also talk about multi-functional spaces and rooms and […]
The deck got finished yesterday evening! Well, mostly finished. We found we were missing the bottom of the railings, but the deck part is d-o-n-e and we are beyond thrilled with the way it turned out. Our house sat on the market for a long time in part due to the small backyard and it […]
How would you describe your home style? What about your personal style? Are the two related? The fourth episode of The Chris Loves Julia Podcast is live (links for listening at the end of the post!) and we tackle this question we get all the time in a way that only three best friends (when two […]
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 04: A Beautiful Mess w/Elsie Larson. Wardrobe Style = House Style Guest: Elsie Larson from www.abeautifulmess.com Show Notes: We chat with Elsie Larson from the incredible site, A Beautiful Mess. She gives us her favorite tips for finding your home design style and how it relates to your clothing style, music […]
We had the Pittsburgh kitchen's reno timeline shrink a little bit. Originally we thought we'd have 9 days to execute the renovation, but that actually included 2 travel days. So that's really only 7 days. But then, there will be 2 days of styling, shooting and filming commercials of the final space. So then it […]
Chris makes our whole family smoothies almost every single morning for years and years! By now, he has them down and I thought it would be fun to share a few of our go-to recipes he has come up with. We used to go through blenders every couple months and finally invested in a Blendtec in 2012 […]
Over the weekend, we had a pretty scary thing happen in our home. I wasn't planning on sharing it, but when we told our friends, families and neighbors, a few of them encouraged me to share it with all of you to raise awareness of the dangers of Carbon Monoxide (CO). Sunday morning, our carbon monoxide alarm […]
Listen to the latest episodes on: iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher. Title: Ep 03: Vintage Revivals w/Mandi Gubler: DIY With Kids on the Block Guest: Mandi Gubler from www.vintagerevivals.com Show Notes: We chat with Mandi from the DIY/design blog, Vintage Revivals and discuss how to manage projects and home renovation when there are children in them ix. Tips, tricks and homework to take your DIY […]
Renovating when you have kids is a real-life thing we have attempted to work through, sometimes failing and sometimes coming out feeling like proud parents. We've had a few reader and listener emails come in regarding how we manage to update our home when we have two kids: Do you try to squeeze everything into nap […]
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