Design
11 Ways to Mix and Match our Loloi Rug Lines
Yesterday was the launch of our new Polly rug collection with Loloi! The support has been overwhelming and we're so excited to finally share this labor of love with you all. The collection was inspired from a need in the market--something to mix and match with vintage rugs, or vintage-inspired rugs like our first collections […]
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November 16, 2021
Design
Chris Loves Julia x Loloi rugs are here!!
We have some exciting news that we've been sitting on for a year! Our debut rug collections with Loloi launch today! There are three collections and a total of 18 different rugs at affordable prices in 10-15 sizes, depending on the collection. We are thrilled with each and every one and can't wait to show […]
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November 9, 2020
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Painting the Inside of Exterior Doors Black is Practically Magic & Our New Living Room Rug at the Cabin!
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Painting the Inside of Exterior Doors Black is Practically Magic & Our New Living Room Rug at the Cabin!
When the painters were painting the interior of the cabin, they asked if they should just paint the doors white orrrr? And I said not to worry about the doors or sidelights or accompanying trim because I'll paint them black afterward. The look on their faces! Haha. But just like when I painted the doors […]
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February 7, 2019
Decor
Our Primary Bedroom Refresh
This post is sponsored by Loloi. Over the last couple months, we've been slowly giving our bedroom a makeover. And although we're not completely done yet, I'm excited to give you a more pulled back view of our "new" light and serene room. After 3+ years of living (and loving) sleeping with dark walls, we […]
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March 13, 2018
Decor
Our Favorite Places To Shop for Area Rugs
When we finished the girls' room last fall, we had several of you ask if we had any plans to add an area rug. I was open to the idea--I've always been pro-rug on rug, as long as the wall-to-wall carpet is low-pile--but I didn't want to rush laying something down. However, the last time […]
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October 18, 2017
Decor
Living Room Refresh, and A Lighting Hack!
Shortly after we added the darker plank wall to the living room, I started craving something lighter on the floor. Although we still really LOVE our indigo Baxter rug, we rolled it up and put it in storage for now (maybe it will be a fall/winter thing? We'll see.) and unrolled this beautiful, moroccan-inspired, budget-friendly rug […]
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February 20, 2017
Decor
5 BIG, Area Rugs for Cheap (And the one we chose for the Living Room!)
Lately, I've been talking (mostly on the podcast, I think) about changing up our living room rug. The truth is, I still love the big, blue beauty after 3 years, but I just feel the need for a change. Something lighter? More neutral? After adding the planked accent wall, it has felt darker and heavier than I […]
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February 1, 2017
Decor
5 Tips for Keeping Area Rugs EXACTLY Where You Want Them.
A few months ago, we layered a really gorgeous vintage rug (from here) on top of our FLOR tiles in our entry. While we loved the character it added, and the extra layer of dirt camouflage, we struggled with it constantly bunching and moving around on top of the FLOR carpet squares. Often resulting in a look […]
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January 5, 2017
Decor
Really Good Persian and Oriental-Inspired Rugs that AREN'T One-of-A-Kind
Oriental and Persian rugs are big right now, but the truth is, they'll always be in. They've been around for several hundreds of years and they'll be around that many more. They work across all styles--modern, traditional, farmhouse, bohemian, industrial--and add a great deal of interest, pattern, warmth and charm to a room. We have a few […]
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June 23, 2016
Decor
All Of Our Rug Sources
I spend a lot of time answering source questions, especially "Where did you get that rug!?", so I thought I'd compile a post with direct links to where we got each and every rug (this is the kind of post that will be updated over time). The rug in our living room is the 10x14 […]
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January 12, 2016
Decor
Top Rug Picks for the Bedroom
I feel like I am bobbing my head trying to stay afloat over here. I've taken on a lot of side projects and assignments (and in the meantime, feel like I really found my calling in life!). It's an exciting and a little bit stressful time in my life, but I always feel at home […]
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June 9, 2015
Decor
Cowhide in the Reading Room. Whoop!
I opened my computer yesterday for the first time in two weeks. It was a painful experience, but regardless of the amount of unanswered emails in my inbox, the break was absolutely worth it. We flew our little family to Florida and it was the best (okay, maybe our first official) family vacation ever! We […]
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May 5, 2015
Decor
Flor'd
We got a new big entry rug and Charly has a new favorite spot. The runner we got for this space a couple months ago is a perfect fit for the laundry room, so we set our sites on something bigger. Ideally, we were looking for something in the 5x14 range. So, that's nuts. I looked into […]
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October 30, 2014
Decor
Big, New, and Blue in the Living Room
Earlier this week, the new area rug for our living room arrived. You can read more about our decision making process here, but ultimately we went with the 10x14 Baxter area rug from Crate and Barrel in Indigo. And, whew, it has made a really big difference. Here's how things were looking right before we […]
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April 3, 2014
Decor
Measuring For A New Area Rug
If you caught yesterday's post, you already know we're wrapping up the floors this week and moving all of our furniture back upstairs on Saturday and we can barely wait! The floors are looking beautiful and are a great launching pad for a lot of the other improvements we want to make in the house […]
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March 25, 2014
