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White Floral Chandeliers at Every Price Point

There's been steady progress on updating Greta's room: we've painted the trim, installed the wallpaper, and added a new rug. At first, we painted the ceiling the same color as the trim, but it made the room feel too dark. So we pivoted and painted the ceiling back to a creamy white — it immediately […]
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August 27, 2024

product lines

Say Hello to the Chris Loves Julia x Shades of Light Collection!

I've been teasing this secret product partnership we've been referring to as "Project Kelvin," and it's time I spill the beans. We're so proud to announce our collaboration with Shades of Light and the release of a collection of light fixtures, including three lines! I'm a big advocator for layering lighting throughout your home, so this was an easy […]
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April 24, 2023

Decor

Design Tip! Plug in a Kitchen Countertop Lamp

A few years back, I bought a thrifted lamp and I had the idea to use it on my kitchen countertops. I don't know exactly how it came to be, and it wasn't necessarily something I've seen before, but it felt right. In the evening, I love turning off the overhead lights and turning on […]
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August 18, 2022

Design

All the Lighting I chose for the Bonus Room!

The planking in the bonus room is still underway (there's a lot of angled and mitered cutting to do), but the good news is that it's been wired for all the pretty new lighting I have planned! Before we moved into this house, I knew that I wanted to really focus and invest in lighting […]
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October 12, 2021

Design

Our Favorite Recessed Lighting & Some alternatives to can lighting!

Last week Chris and I walked through the house and came up with a lighting plan for the entire house. I have a feeling that once we have the lighting optimized, we're going to wonder how we've made it this long living in the dark. It's strange because we have plenty of windows in our […]
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September 22, 2021

Decor

Casual Friday: Favorite Ceiling lights under $200, A must-watch show, Success, and more!

Chair (vintage), Wallpaper, Horse Print, Floater Frame, Pennant, Blinds, Accent Stool After Polly's room reveal we got a lot of questions about where the houndstooth thrifted chair that was in her room! No fear! It's in Greta's room now and doesn't it looks so great in there? After we sold the second bed in her room, there's a […]
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February 26, 2021

Decor

The Best of: Bubble Light Chandeliers (and my favorite way to add modern touches to a room!)

Over the last week, I've been a little under the weather (negative Covid test, no worries there!) and I took some time to rest which translated into some time to think. I thought about how far we've come over the last year or so in this house. I thought about where we're headed and a […]
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October 19, 2020

Decor

How we decided on New Wall Sconces in the Stairwells (at last!) + Look-a-likes at every Price Point!

All I wanted for Mother’s Day was to replace the sconces in our stairways and add some to the upstairs hallway :) The old ones were outdated, "Beauty-and-the-Beast-looking" lights with two artificial tapers and nine dangling crystals on each. I never even turned them on because I didn't want to draw attention to them. Ha! […]
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May 12, 2020

Decor

A Little Bedroom Update, Plus! Trend Alert: Clear Table Lamps + Tapered Lamp Shades!

Eeeep! I have a very little master bedroom update for you today that involves a lamp upgrade/hack. But it's been a minute since you've seen our bedroom, and I also hung one piece of art and got a new pillow for our bed and dressed our bed for warmer months! It's feeling good in here. […]
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May 7, 2020

Decor

Chandelier In The Living Room, or nah?!

Now that a lot of the major renovations are nearly behind us on the main floor (nearly!), I am turning my attention to furnishings and decor. It's true--for the most part I haven't made ANY of those decisions yet because I was so preoccupied making major decisions. (Although we did get this skirted sofa from […]
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March 12, 2020

Decor

A Few Rules For Bedside Lamps (and what ACTUALLY made the biggest difference in our Pantry Makeover)

This post is sponsored by Troy Lighting.  Last week, after 2.5 months of sleeping in our daughter's room while our room was under construction, we moved back in! Our room still has a ways to go and (ie. our bed frame still hasn't arrived), but the key players are here and man, it feels good […]
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January 23, 2020

Decor

Hallway Inspiration + Ceiling Lights We're Crushing On.

One of the projects we're focusing on this year (as outlined in this post) is the hallways. Often forgotten about, and yet, passed through all. the. time. We have two significant hallways (upstairs and downstair) we want to make some intentional design decisions about and I always gather inspiration first. The thing I realized makes […]
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January 21, 2020

Casual Friday

Casual Friday: Our new dining room light, A Doormat DIY, Where We've Been all Week, Love Letter & More!

Our new dining light is here and it's perfect in it's simplicity. I knew I wanted a large globe light--they're classic and even a little vintage feeling. My grandma had 4 white globe lights hanging over her island in her kitchen and I remember even as a child thinking how cool they were. In my […]
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September 6, 2019

DIY

Beginner DIY: How To Change A Light Fixture + 15 Favorite Flush Mounts

This tutorial is part of a paid partnership with Walmart. Disclaimer: Changing out a light in a bedroom is a quick and (often) simple project that can make all the difference. That said, working with electrical is never something to take lightly. There are many possible issues you could run into while swapping out a […]
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August 30, 2019

Decor

Ambient, Task & Accent: How to Layer Lighting like a Pro + New Lighting in our bedroom!

This post is sponsored by Troy Lighting Our bedroom is the one room in our home that has been evolving for years and never really complete, but after this week, I think I'm cautiously calling it done. The cherry on top? Lighting, of course. For years, Chris has been rocking a floor lamp on his side […]
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April 18, 2019

Decor

Finding the Perfect Lamp for the Living Room and FINALLY Tackling the Honey Oak Game Cupboard at the Bottom of the Stairs.

This post is sponsored by Rejuvenation We are hosting a Friendsgiving this weekend and a bunch of family for Christmas next month and while I'm overall pleased, content, comfortable, happy (!!) with the state of our home now, finally, after 5 years of renovating--there were a couple small things that I wanted to add/do before […]
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November 14, 2018

DIY

Voice-Enabled Lighting For the Bedroom

We've made a few lighting updates in the past couple months in our bedroom that aren't, maybe, as obvious as the new paint color, or rug, or bedding we've shared--but they have really changed the way our bedroom functions for us--I couldn't not share them. As always, lighting changes everything. The first thing we added was […]
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March 26, 2018

Decor

Where is Your Dining Room Chandelier From? + 15 Look-a-Likes

Table | Chairs | Acrylic Wall Frames | Vase | Faux Branches Anytime I post a photo where our dining room is visible, especially the chandelier, I get flooded with questions about where it's from. It pains me every time, because it has been discontinued. Why?! Whhhyyyyyyy. We got it nearly 4 years ago from Lamps Plus (our great room looked SO DIFFERENT!!). It's called […]
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March 19, 2018

Sourcing & Planning

18 Incredible Lighting Sources on Etsy

Surprise! Etsy is an incredible source for...lighting? It's true. When I posted on Friday about a source on Etsy a friend and I came across for her bathroom lighting, so many of you asked for more. And hey, we aim to please around here. Not only are these lights, generally, hand-made from real people or […]
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February 27, 2018

DIY

How to Pick the Right Light Bulbs for Your Home + Our favorites!

This is a post about light bulbs, but I hope the topic won't turn you off because I've learned that lighting has as much impact on a room as paint color or flooring or finishes! Light bulbs have completely changed over the past decade and I'm a firm believer that they can (and will) absolutely […]
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November 15, 2017
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