Decor
Try This: A Blanket over the Back of your Sofa as a Design Element
You can find our living room sources here! After the holidays, I shared how I spent some time playing musical furniture (a favorite game of mine), and suddenly home never felt so good. Even our living room, which has already evolved entirely since we moved in, received some zhushing and now all I want to […]
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January 20, 2021
Decor
How I decorate seasonally + My Favorite Winter Decor
Last week on Instagram I shared how I gave my home the post-holiday reset it so badly craves at the end of the year. One of my followers actually commented “no winter decor?” It really got me thinking about seasonal decor and how I’m not typically the kind of person to decorate my home seasonally. […]
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January 13, 2021
Decor
A game of musical furniture and a new grand mirror in the entry.
I'm always moving things around in our home. And even when something looks really good, after some time we learn it doesn't always work the best. Our entry is the perfect example of this. I loved our entry that we put together last year, but as soon as we got our new front door installed (that's much […]
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January 5, 2021
Decor
Casual Friday: YOUR Favorite Things of 2020!
(See Living room sources here.) This week, we dug deep into our analytics to see what you loved most this year. And I was shocked and intrigued and...proud? With each one, I can clearly see the story and we ordered them for your FAVORITE/most requested/most clicked on products we shared this year. Here are the […]
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December 11, 2020
Design
The Evolution of our Living Room!
We finally got our living room to a point where it feels cozy and comfortable and like us. It didn't happen overnight. In fact, it took almost a year and a half so I thought it would be fun to share the different variations here, as well as where we are now! Here's what our living room […]
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November 23, 2020
DIY
Before & After: The Pugmire Living Room with Article!
Chris Loves Julia readers will get a $50 discount off a purchase of $200 or more at Article. (Offer is valid until September 30, 2020). Discount will be automatically applied at checkout and will work for orders in both Canada and the United States. When our friends, the Pugmires, moved into their house six years […]
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August 24, 2020
Decor
A Living Room Update + A Few Pieces You'll NEVER regret buying
This post is sponsored by Lulu & Georgia. They just launched their fall collection, check out the beautiful pieces here! Last week, I got the itch to rearrange our living room. It's my favorite thing to do and I really wanted to come up with something that was better for flow and conversation. I tweaked […]
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August 19, 2020
DIY
We rearranged the Living Room!
I have come to realize, pretty recently, that I like to build up each room to a certain level and them move on to another room and improve that to around the same level, all the way around just nudging each one up a few notches. It's fun and I feel like our money goes […]
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August 13, 2020
living room
Our Two New Olive Trees (One Real and One Faux) and a Round-up of the best at every price point!
Decor
Our Two New Olive Trees (One Real and One Faux) and a Round-up of the best at every price point!
A couple YEARS ago we did a post--olive trees are the new fiddle leaf. It was shortly after we got this faux one for the living room in our last house. We did a small roundup of favorite faux options but to be honest, at the time, hardly anyone was selling them. Now, fast forward […]
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May 19, 2020
Design
Our Breakfast Nook has come a LONG way.
This post is sponsored by Pella. Yesterday afternoon, Faye perched herself on one of the chairs in the breakfast nook and took tiny bites from an apricot for at least 20 minutes. Enjoying it and everything going on outside of the windows surrounding her. We knew the breakfast nook would be a constant hangout spot […]
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May 6, 2020
DIY
How We Completely Updated our Stair Railings by Only Swapping out the Balusters
In the first phase of our renovation, it felt liked there was a lot connected. The dining room led us to tackle a balcony which led to new windows and doors and doorways which led to floors which led to addressing our stair railings--that were NOT my favorite. But the truth of the matter was, we were […]
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April 2, 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
DIY
"Why Is This Taking So Long?": An Update on our Renovation + A Hard Deadline
When last Friday afternoon rolled around, I had a lump in my throat. Looking around, there wasn't a lot of visual progress made in the house last week despite workers being on site every day. And being on month 7 of this (and 2 months over schedule), it's not all rainbows of positivity. That being […]
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February 10, 2020
Projects
A Check-In on Our Pre-Christmas Checklist + Will We Be Home For Christmas?
Last month, November 13th, we laid out all the projects we had lined up to complete before Christmas in this post. At the time, we were making plans to move out for two weeks and group a lot of these tasks together to really expedite things. I didn't realize how much time had passed since […]
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December 19, 2019
Mood Boards
Mood Board Monday: A Neutral Living Room Under $5400 (Including a Custom Sofa!)
Our living room is a part of the major renovation going on at our home, so while it's currently in shambles, we're looking ahead a couple months to what we want it to become. And there's no better time because the Charly Sofa we designed with Interior Define two years ago is on sale right […]
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August 26, 2019
DIY
Black Stain: yes, please!
This post is sponsored by Minwax. Note: For those that are following our renovation closely, know that this was written and scheduled before we started demo...and even painted. Wow! Maybe you remember and are hearing this for the 25th time or maybe you aren't aware, but we sold 99.9% of our furnishings with our last […]
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August 8, 2019
DIY
The MAJOR changes underway in the REST of our Home + Progress and Renderings!
If you're following along on Instagram, then you're up to speed on our progress in the kitchen. If not, be sure to check out our stories and follow along - the short version is we have 1 week to turn our kitchen into a) something we can live with for a year or two (three? […]
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August 7, 2019
Design
Mood Board Monday: A Transitional Small Space Living Room Under $5000!
After we shared the under $2000 bedroom mood board, including how to tackle it in stages, we got so many requests for more, more more! So I started on a living room one in the same respect, but then I thought--well, maybe I should address a real living room. And I put out a call for your […]
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April 15, 2019
Art
Mix it up! 10 Ways to Display Art in your Home.
I'm an art lover and firmly believe that hanging art in your home will give it more character and personality than just about anything else. But how many gallery walls can a home really handle, you know?! Another point to consider is mixing different types of displays of art in the same space. For instance, […]
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March 26, 2019
Casual Friday
Casual Friday : What's your enneagram, Hawaii & My Favorite One-Pieces
Have you ever had a non-affectionate child? Polly is definitely our least affectionate child. She never gives kisses (to me or anyone--ever!), never wants to hug and rarely ever snuggles in to the crook of my neck, which is why I'm so glad Chris snapped this photo of us after her doctor's appointment the other […]
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March 22, 2019
