Design
Comparing Home Office Spaces Then and Now
When we first moved into this house, we weren't exactly sure what we wanted this front room to be. We had thoughts about it being a music room/sitting room, but the longer we lived in this house, the more we realized that we needed a formal office space for work and everyday life! The study […]
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June 26, 2023
round up
Aesthetic and Practical Desk Accessories For Every Workspace
With the recent completion of both the study in our house and our commercial team office, I've got workspaces on my mind! There's nothing like a fresh space to get you excited about clearing out the things that have been piling up to make room for the desk accessories you actually use and love!–Which is […]
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June 23, 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
Design
Making the Office Feel Like Home With Framed Photos
This post is sponsored by Artifact Uprising. Scroll down to receive a discount code! When we started designing the CLJ office for our team, I really wanted it to feel like a more modern extension of the Chris Loves Julia style. Since it's a workspace in a commercial building, we embraced the more commercial, modern […]
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March 22, 2023
Decor
Trend Alert: Wicker Lamps are Everywhere
Wicker home decor is in no way new, however, more and more, I'm seeing it become a versatile material in all home styles! It used to be associated strictly with coastal, and more recently, it's been used in the boho style, but now we're starting to see it in all kinds of home styles, including […]
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March 10, 2023
Design
Answering Your Burning Bonus Room, Playroom, Rec Room Questions
We've been getting a lot of questions about the bonus room recently, like how we're liking the space, and now that we're no longer using the home office, how is that space going to be different than the bonus room?? Let's get into it! The Bonus Room Charly Sectional | Rug | Sling Chairs | Floor Lamp […]
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February 28, 2022
Design
Introducing the CLJ Studio!
Last week in our exclusive weekly Love Letter, we revealed something that's been going on in the background of Chris Loves Julia for a few months now. While we share a lot in real time, sometimes we need to iron out the kinks before saying too much. This is one of those things that has […]
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February 4, 2022
Design
Do you prefer to work at a desk or a table? (We changed our minds!)
As plans are underway for the kitchen and the powder room and a few other rooms in our house, our team has already moved into our new home's office space, piecing together a workspace from what we brought with us. The space above the guest house already went through some transformation since purchasing the house. […]
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August 12, 2021
DIY
Reader Poll: How should we stage our office to sell?
One of the major selling points of this house was the large bonus space right off of the entry. We designated it for the Chris Loves Julia office as soon as we saw the house. And over the last two years, as our team has grown, it has shifted into a lot of different configurations […]
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March 16, 2021
Renovations
Front Entry Update
Since we announced our big news, we've been making a list of all the things we want to get done on the house before we sell, and at the top of that list is finishing what we started – the entry/office wall reconfiguration. When we began this project, we were most definitely not planning on […]
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March 8, 2021
DIY
A Dark Beadboard Accent Wall in the office!
Last weekend, we knocked out the feature wall in our office and I'm so excited to share how it turned out! We actually dreamed up this idea all the way back in November (see the original mockup right here) , but like all good ideas, it has shifted and tweaked and changed into something we […]
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February 12, 2020
DIY
Our Secret to Working through Loud Construction Noise for 5 Months and Counting
This post is sponsored by 3M™ WorkTunes™ Connect Hearing Protector We shared some office progress a couple weeks ago, but every day, we work on it a little more. Hang lights! Hang a picture. Hang a TV. Load up the storage. Rearrange the storage. We're getting hardwood floors put in here over the next couple weeks, […]
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December 5, 2019
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: Snakeskin sneakers, Sofa fabric, the new it rug, Joy Score Projects and more!
Happy Friday! Chris and I made it home from our anniversary trip to New Orleans Wednesday afternoon after having the most incredible time. Chris served a mission for our church there 15 years ago and it was my first time so we really took it all in and experienced so much. I'll share more next […]
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November 15, 2019
DIY
The Start of Our Office Renovation
This post is sponsored by Modsy. Our office was a big selling-point for our house. It’s just off of the entryway, it has a door, and it has enough space to host our growing team as well as visits from partners and sponsors. Truthfully, this space came to the forefront of our minds when 20 […]
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November 7, 2019
Art
Tips for putting together a gallery wall
This post is sponsored by Artfully Walls We're in the middle of an office renovation right now (but it's so like me to jump right to hanging art). I was looking for a really large abstract seascape or landscape piece — I wasn’t sure for which wall. But, as you know, sometimes starting with the […]
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October 24, 2019
DIY
Our Home Office 2.0
If you listen to our podcast, you've probably heard us talking about how the office just hasn't been working for us. Chris left his office job in June of 2016, and it was right after that when we really started working on it and planning everything out. I had this grand idea of the two […]
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January 30, 2018
Projects
Using Bookcases in a Bedroom Closet
So, did y'all know we're working on converting one of the downstairs bedrooms into an office? Just kidding, you most likely are completely aware because it's a major part of our renovation life right now. As a reminder, here's the last part of the office we worked on: Even though the wall treatment was an insanely […]
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September 7, 2016
Decor
In My Own Little Corner (Office)
Last week, when I shared the evolution of our home after the three years moving in, I shared this current photo below of our study. It's at the very front of our house, directly to the right when you open the front door. It has a full wall of windows and although it's small in […]
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August 4, 2016
Decor
Little Workhorses Around our Home
Over the past couple months, as the larger areas of our home have finally taken shape and we really start using them as we have only dreamed of in the years since moving in, I have been especially mindful of the tiny little workhorses that help each room function, or have made our lives easier, or maybe just […]
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May 23, 2016
Decor
My New (Tiny, but Perfect) Office Space!
Over the past year, we've been trying to fit in a little desk somewhere for me. Not only am I the CFO of our family (bills, bills, billz), my workload for the blog and other projects I've taken on has expanded and I really needed a place that wasn't the dining room table for my […]
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May 7, 2015
