Design
How to Design a Kids Bedroom With Your Kid (Lose the Character Bedding)
This might be a controversial topic because it involves something people on the internet tend to get worked up about. I'm talking about parenting! There are many different parenting styles, and as parents, we tend to have convictions as to why we parent the way that we do. I'm no expert, so to each their […]
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June 22, 2023
product lines
Spotting Chris Loves Julia x Loloi Rugs in the Wild | pt. 3 (Plus an Announcement)
If you subscribe to our Love Letter then you already heard the good news! We have 3 new collections of Loloi rugs launching in our fall line coming out in a week! There are three collections a part of our fall launch and each of them add so much to our catalog with Loloi. For […]
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September 5, 2022
Design
How our Living Room has evolved in just 4 months.
In our last home, we shared how our living room evolved over the years and I expect this one to do the same. Although, it has taken a few months to even get this room to a starting point! This living room has seen one, two, and now three layouts since moving in. Besides recently […]
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November 17, 2021
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
Introducing, The Polly Collection: Chris Loves Julia x Loloi Take 2 is live!!
It's been one year since we launched our first three rug collections with Loloi... And we're thrilled to introduce you to Polly – our new rug AND pillow collection. Inspired, of course, by our youngest daughter Polly. These rugs can be youthful or mature. They are staple geometrics in all the best neutrals. When it comes […]
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November 15, 2021
Decor
Casual Friday: Our New Rug Collection is coming!
It's been one year and six days since we launched our first 3 rug collections with Loloi–Jules, Alice, and Rosemarie. And about 365 days since we started on our newest collection coming out on Monday!! (ahhh!!!)) I've been dropping hints here and there because keeping this secret to myself has been too much to bare! […]
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November 12, 2021
Casual Friday
Casual Friday & De-Stressing
flower art | charcoal art How do you cut out stress? Last weekend, I was hit with a Bell's Palsy flare up (I originally had it for the first time nearly nine years ago after having our first born). One side of my face started burning and aching and feeling like needles in every pore, […]
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February 8, 2019
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: August 3, 2018
The biggest thing that happened this week is our baby girl turned 1. The emotions hit me harder than I expected. The first birthday of our older two girls felt like a big celebration. A sigh of relief. We made it! We did it! She's alive! Polly's first birthday felt like a lump in my throat that […]
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August 3, 2018
DIY
Our Baby's Sleep Formula (and Adding Blackout Curtains to the Nursery)
This post is sponsored by Conair. I've touched on it before, but we're serious about sleep at our house. We start getting our girls on sleep schedules at 6 weeks--it's not always an easy process--but once they get it, they're set for life. Ours really thrive on lots of sleep and so do Chris and […]
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May 10, 2018
Health & Beauty
Casual Friday: Polly's Sleeping, Eating and Schedule at 6 Months old
Polly turned 6 months old yesterday and I found myself wishing I could enjoy her getting one month older while not trying to swallow the lump in my throat. Every day, I tell Chris, I wish I could pause time. Everything feels so perfect right now. I've learned, I'm a baby person. Parents will often […]
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February 2, 2018
Decor
The Space Heater, Sound Machine and Video Monitor we use in Polly's Nursery
The three questions I seem to get over and over about our nursery are regarding the sound machine, video monitor and what space heater we recently added. So I figured it would be beneficial to put together a quick post outlining each so it can live permanently somewhere and not just in my instagram stories. […]
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January 4, 2018
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: December 15, 2017
Two weeks ago, I found my trusty handheld magnifying mirror (I got when I was 18!) cracked in the garbage. Our three year old said, it was broken so she threw it away--hmm! I didn't realize how often I used it until it wasn't there--like, every day. Almost at the same time Simple Human asked […]
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December 15, 2017
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: November 3, 2017
This week was one of those that felt never-ending. I think it had something to do with Halloween being on Tuesday, which made it feel like Friday and then we woke up and it was only Wednesday. Anyone else? We've taken on a lot of campaigns in the next few weeks, which means a LOT […]
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November 3, 2017
Lifestyle
My Newborn Must-Haves ( and nice-to-haves )
Rug | Pouf | Side Table | Wooden Toy | Lamp | Glider | White Button Down | Leather Baby Bow We've reached the 6 week mark with our third daughter, Polly, and now that we're in a groove with sleeping, nursing and hormones have even balanced out, I wanted to share a few of […]
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September 14, 2017
Lifestyle
Along Came Polly
Polly Janene Marcum August 1, 2017 | 9:13 pm 9 lbs 3 oz | 22 1/4" long Our darling Polly (her middle name is after Chris's mom) arrived on Tuesday and we're in newborn heaven over here. With the other two girls, my water broke spontaneously (before I had even any signs of labor! It was […]
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August 4, 2017
