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Gift Guides!

The Gifts you should definitely buy on eBay this year.

Not only do I search for every small appliance, gadget, and electronic on eBay before I buy it, but I also always have things in my eBay cart. THIS is the week to check out on the cart because everything is on sale. I have them bookmarked for all of my Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and […]
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November 23, 2021

Design

Our Bedroom Today (And where we started!)

This post is sponsored by Boll & Branch Our bedroom has been through a lot of transitions since closing on our home at the beginning of May. Before moving in, we had our contractors remove the tray ceiling, board up the doorway on the right leading to the front room and patch and paint. (The walls […]
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July 28, 2021

Cleaning & Organization

Vacuum Therapy — it's a thing

This post is sponsored by Samsung We moved out of our Idaho house last week and after everything was packed in the truck and it drove away, and it was just us--the house felt so different. A lot less like us, to be honest. We scheduled cleaners to come and deep clean the entire house […]
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June 23, 2021

DIY

The Gift of Fewer Worries for Dad this Father's Day

This post is sponsored by LiftMaster®. The older I get, the more I realize that my job (and right) as a father is to worry. My daughters are riding scooters in the driveway? I'm worried. My wife left her friend's house 40 minutes ago, and it's a 35-minute drive? I'm worried. We're on vacation, and […]
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June 9, 2021

Design

My Must-Haves for Easing back into Traveling and Hosting!

This post is sponsored by Walmart In the last few months we have traveled back and forth to Raleigh four times and it felt so different after not traveling for a whole year! But also invigorating. Now that it's safer to do so, travel and hosting are coming back! While your guest room might have functioned as […]
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May 19, 2021

Decor

The Best Of: Walmart Home (You're not going to believe it!)

This post is sponsored by Walmart Walmart is kind of killing it in the decor department right now. Amazing price points, really cool collabs (with people like Drew Barrymore and Queer Eye!) and pieces that fit right into my favorite "modern cottage" vibe. I rounded up a few of my favorites and when we were […]
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April 23, 2021

Lifestyle

From where we started to now: How We Plan All of our Social Media Content

This post is sponsored by PLANOLY I started Chris Loves Julia back in 2009. And from 2009 to 2016, I worked on it as my full time job. Writing posts 5 days a week. Taking all the photos. Editing. Scheduling content to go live on the blog and planning my Instagram posts when that finally […]
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April 7, 2021

DIY

7 Goals for Organizing my Toddler's Closet

This post is sponsored by Walmart Every week, I've been trying to tackle and organize one storage space in our house and this week, it was all about Polly's closet. None of our girls have a dresser in their rooms so we store all of their clothes, shoes, seasonal gear and extra sheets in their […]
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January 28, 2021

Decor

Before and After: Faye's Real Life Princess Room

This post is sponsored by Honey Faye's room is done and we're so excited to share a bunch of photos and a video with you today! I would say out of all the rooms in our home, we can feel this room's transformation the most. Although the bones were good to start with (see the […]
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January 7, 2021

Decor

Transitioning Polly to a Big Girl Bed

This post is sponsored by Walmart  Polly's room was the only room that we brought every piece of furniture with us when we moved. The buyer of our last home bought most of the other furnishings but knowing Polly is a creature of habit--we knew she needed to keep room mostly in tact to feel […]
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October 29, 2020

Decor

Our new window shades are an EXPERIENCE

This post is sponsored by Blinds.com. It's a little mind boggling to most (including us!) that we've been without blinds since we moved in. We knew we were replacing windows so we didn't want to invest in window coverings until the sizes were right and so we've been waking up with the sun (or before […]
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October 14, 2020

Decor

Faye's Bedroom Transformation and her dream "Princess Bed"

This post is sponsored by The Company Store Faye hasn't slept in her bedroom for months. When we replaced the windows and drywall and added the closet in our bedroom, Chris and I slept in Faye's room, and Faye slept in Greta's room. Then, we replaced the window in Faye's room and restructured the turret […]
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October 1, 2020

Renovations

How much is all this costing? Plus, 22 of your other Burning Budget Questions around our Renovation

This post is sponsored by YNAB The other day on Instagram, we sent out a call for questions regarding the financials around renovating. There were so many amazing questions, so we tried to grab those most frequently asked (and juicy!) ones, so we can answer them here. We've learned so much over the last 12 […]
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September 21, 2020

DIY

Our Smart Garage!

This post is sponsored by LiftMaster A few weeks ago, we shared phase one of our garage makeover. As we got our storage and organization fixed up, and our cars parked inside, we really started thinking about upping the security. For how much we use our garage, it's kind of a blind spot when you're […]
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August 10, 2020

Design

Would You Buy Something Refurbished? (I do...a LOT!)

This post is sponsored by eBay. A few fun facts: I have purchased five vacuums (two for our home + three for gifts), a fancy blow dryer, three Frame TVs, two Bose speakers (with perfect sound!), countless kitchen gadgets and other electronics over the years from eBay — all of which were "Certified Refurbished." To […]
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June 25, 2020

Design

Before & After: A Mid-Century Bedroom Makeover with Lowe's!

This post is sponsored by Lowe's Home Improvement. *Whew* What a makeover! What a room! What wonderful people! What a great team! But, I'm getting ahead of myself :) In January, we put the call out: Win a bedroom makeover with CLJ and The Makerista! I have been a fan of Gwen's for years, and […]
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March 5, 2020

DIY

How to: DIY Over-Grouted Stone Fireplace! (For Under $200!)

This post is sponsored by Lowe's. Our bedroom has undergone a lot of changes in the last six months, but I think our fireplace has gone through the most changes. We initially thought about tearing it out completely and re-doing it in a far simpler fashion, but against all odds--I'm attached to it. It's real […]
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January 30, 2020

Design

A Casual Traditional, Serene and Earthy Bedroom Moodboard (in Arizona!)

This post is sponsored by Lowe's Home Improvement. A few weeks ago, we teamed up with The Makerista (Gwen! I love her!) and Lowe's Home Improvement to find a bedroom in the country in need of some TLC and a family that could use some respite. We had hundreds of bedrooms flood in and we […]
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January 28, 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

DIY

Our Freshly Painted Master Bedroom with Contrast Trim!

This post is sponsored by Lowe's Our bedroom had some WORK done over the past couple months. It was a lot! Like, at one point, the room had no walls and no ceiling because we ripped the tray ceiling out to add height to the room. But when we put it all back together, one […]
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January 16, 2020
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