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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 why some people think its a dying forum.
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Just came across the website – and listened to this podcast. Sounds like you are having fun and that’s what makes it enjoyable.
The Cheap-Looks bit was pretty much spot-on; personally I have no problem with reproduction art as long as:
a) …It is not something common or clichéd that you see almost everywhere – like, on the wall in your local TGIFridays or Ruby Tuesdays.
b) …It holds some special meaning for you, or is central to your sense of style; i.e. I have a very large, gold-framed Alma-Tadema print in my dining room (yes, from BBB, as I recall)—but since my dining room looks like it belongs on The Titanic, it’s perfect.
c) …It’s not cheapened even further with a crappy metal or plastic frame.
If I see never Live – Laugh – Love on anything ever again, it will be too soon. I would like to surprise someone with Drink – Barf – Pass Out in the same, beautiful script. Not in vinyl letters, though—rather carved into the fireplace mantel.
Laughed about old carpets looking cheap; then remembered picture of old houses in England where the ancient oriental carpets were worn in spots; the owners then strategically tossed old copies of Country Life magazine onto the floor to hide the worn spots. Looked hilarious but was considered a rather smart solution…
Listening to this podcast today made me belly laugh so bad! Unfortunately, I was listening while my baby was breastfeeding/snoozing and she woke up wondering what the heck is going on. I couldn’t stop laughing though, I had to pause the podcast to let her finish eating. Ha. Love your energy, keep it up.
Longtime CLJ reader, and I just started listening to the podcast last week. I really like it! I’ve been going through all the past episodes. I’ll admit that at first Preston’s exuberance caught me a little off guard, but he’s really good at injecting humor into the discussions and keeping things light and conversational.
The Mariah Carey observation was also pretty cool, because I was thinking the exact same thing at the time, but everyone just wanted to rag on poor Mimi (despite her antics, I’m a huge fan).
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Chris and Julia seem to have a pretty good sense of humor, since it’s not something they really display in their blog posts. I literally burst out laughing as I’m listening to the episodes, and the closet/Narnia thing really had me going because I was so into those books back in the day.
Love the podcast!
You said to contact you with comments/questions/etc but I don’t recall HOW you said to contact you. Just a tip: for your bathroom remodel you should definitely consider a bidet seat attachment. I have installed 2 different kinds (one high end, one low end) in my home and feel like EVERYONE needs to be on this bandwagon.
http://www.designocd.com/?s=bidet
Interesting! That’s not a very common thing where we live. Also, you can always email us with podcast questions at podcast@chrislovesjulia.com
Another good article for a hot topic http://www.realtor.com/advice/home-improvement/what-is-a-bidet/
Thanks! They aren’t common in my area either, but they should be! Check them out.
Love the segment on “your house looks cheap”! As an professional designer, I couldn’t agree more! Can I add, any mass produced wall hanging / “decorative shelf” purchased at a certain home store with lots of B’s in the name :) My mom always asks, “well if its not in style why do they sell it?” Because people will sell anything to make a buck mom….
And FYI I love your hopper print despite being a reproduction, I say keep it.