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New Peel-and-Stick Tiles: Red & White Marble and Green & White Marble
Last year, we wanted to bring color to our very popular Chris Loves Julia x FloorPops peel-and-stick tile collection. We noticed that red & white marble checkerboard and green & white marble checkerboard were trending with luxury designers. I was even considering red & marble checkerboard in the mudroom at one point. Marble tiles are […]
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November 12, 2024
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FloorPops FAQ: Your Ultimate Guide to Peel & Stick Floor Tiles
Now I don't want to get anyone in trouble, but we have worked with FloorPops several times in our own home and possibly done things differently than recommended. So we wanted to do our own FAQ about our FloorPops, because we've installed them now several times without issue. Here you'll find answers to your questions […]
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April 3, 2024
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Spotting Our Peel & Stick Floorpops in The Wild
Since launching our Peel & Stick Floorpops collection over a year ago, we can't seem to keep them in stock for longer than a few hours. The good news is that they just did a big restock and haven't sold out... yet! If you've been waiting for your chance or sitting on the fence, don't […]
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June 28, 2023
Other Makeovers
The Reveal of The Finished CLJ Studio
Originally when we bought our house in North Carolina, we fell in love with it for so many reasons, one of them being the fact that it had a great room with a separate entrance–perfect for our team to work out of! We did so blissfully before being notified by our town that we can't […]
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June 20, 2023
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Introducing The New CLJxStuga Flooring called Faye
After we bought our home in 2021, we were in a race to lay new hardwood flooring before moving in, and it was one of the most stressful parts of the entire renovation. We flew across the country to approve the color of our stain-in-place white oak, only to be disappointed with the options, and […]
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February 15, 2023
Projects
We picked a stain for our new floors (I think)!!!!
Almost the entire upstairs of our home now has new 5" white oak floors, including all the staircases besides the main one. The house already feels so different. When I first saw the flooring in place, I almost abandoned my vision for mid tone floors completely because I loved the light, raw look so so […]
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July 1, 2021
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All the Inspiration and Thought Process for choosing a stain for the white oak floors in our NC Home.
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All the Inspiration and Thought Process for choosing a stain for the white oak floors in our NC Home.
We have really loved the lighter wood flooring in our house (we used Ingrid from Stuga) and I've been getting a lot of questions about if we're going to install the same flooring in our house in North Carolina. Well the short answer is no, and not because we've been unhappy with it. It's just […]
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June 7, 2021
Projects
The Wood Floors at our Cabin
This week, our contractors finished installing the new wood floors on the main level of our cabin and it CHANGED EVERYTHING. We really debated and mulled over flooring options before landing on these. We wanted something rustic (because, hey, it's a cabin), but all the dark options felt TOO rustic and almost cliche. We went […]
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October 10, 2018
Projects
Cabin Update - Exterior Stain & New Fireplaces
Up to now, "progress" in the cabin has looked more like destruction. Lots of things needed to be ripped out and redone, as a lot of the previous updates weren't exactly up to code. Would you like an example? You'd like an example: That's one of the bigger ones. A huge no-no. This is the […]
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September 26, 2018
Projects
Adding Marble Flooring to the Master Bathroom
Our bathroom floor is installed, heated, grouted and I’m over-the-moon with the outcome. When we were deciding what we wanted to do for our bathroom floors, once it clicked that our shower shouldn’t be marble (but a beautiful, varied green tile), it was clear our floors should be marble. I really envisioned something large format […]
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May 9, 2018
Projects
How to Lay Luxury Vinyl Tile Flooring (LVT) + a feature in TABLE Magazine
The kitchen renovation we did in Pittsburgh earlier this summer is starting to pop up in a few publications--which is so exciting! Table Magazine was there on set after we finished to shoot the kitchen and food stylist, Quelcy Kogel made us all the BEST Whole Grain Apple Butter Parmesan Biscuits and topped them with a […]
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September 1, 2016
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Our Latest Indispensable Find + $100 Ace Giveaway
Chris and I have always been very selective about the sponsors and partners we work with. Our main goal of our blog is to document our home renovation and to share a little peek into our lives occasionally. We look at it as a story and we like our simple story. We pass on a […]
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March 4, 2014
DIY
A Sneak Peek at the Floors
It's been a really hectic week over here. I thought I could get a painting in, but I am glad I didn't push it. I haven't been feeling the best (pregnancy-wise) and Greta, Charly and I were stuck in the basement all week while the particle board sub-floors covered in mortar were being torn up […]
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February 28, 2014
DIY
Snowballing Projects
Last week, in this comments portion of this post, reader Jacqueline wrote: In a similar vein to your post about painting the ceiling, do you think now would be the time to paint the cabinets too (if you’re planning on doing that as an interim step to replacing them eventually)? Or is that just tackling […]
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February 26, 2014
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Our Flooring: Solid Wood vs. Faux Wood Tile
We have, literally, been researching and planning to replace all the flooring on the first floor in this home since last August. We were initially going to go with a bamboo, but the one we were looking at wasn't very thick and we didn't feel confident it would outlast the daily wear and tear of […]
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January 23, 2014
