Chris Loves Julia - DIY | Home Design

“5 Amazing Playhouse / Playset Makeovers!”

June 29, 2017 - 1 Comment

When we shared our plans for our own backyard play area a couple days ago, and subsequently the initial renderings of how we’d like to paint/makeover the playset we have headed our way–I made the mistake of saying that there’s …

Decor, Exterior

“How We Completely Transformed Our Porch Swing With Gel Stain (It couldn’t be easier!)”

June 28, 2017 - 27 Comments

Last week, we shared with you the new, large, porch swing we found for a great price (bonus! it’s an extra 10% off through the 4th with code OUTDOOR10)–the only problem being the wood was a little too orange for …

Design, Exterior

“The Beginnings of Our At-Home Playground”

June 26, 2017 - 57 Comments

We basically have two big projects we have to finish before this baby gets here (in about a month!): the girls’ bathroom, which we feel confident we can get done now (latest update on that here), and the side yard–something we’ve only talked …

DIY

“The Tile Combination for the Girls’ Bathroom”

June 21, 2017 - 20 Comments

We really hoped to have the tile up on the walls of the girls’ bathroom to show you today, but we had to backtrack on a couple things before we could do that, along with some health complications the past …

Mood Boards, Our Life

“My Maternity Must-Haves”

June 20, 2017 - 21 Comments

We’re in the final stretch! I’m a little over 33 weeks, but measuring 3 weeks ahead–which kind of means nothing, but is also giving my a little bit of hope I need to get through these last weeks. We’re crossing …

Podcasts

“Ep. 40: Real Talk on Being Professional Bloggers”

June 19, 2017 - 56 Comments

In this week’s podcast, we are diving deep into all of the questions we have gotten about blogging and have an open and honest conversation about what it takes. For the first time, we’re also discussing why, when and how …

Decor, Inspiration

“Casual Friday”

June 16, 2017 - 16 Comments

Decor, Exterior

“Our New Sprawling Front Porch Swing + Reader Poll on what color to paint it!”

June 15, 2017 - 88 Comments

One of our summer bucket list projects this year was to add a big porch swing to our front porch area. Initially, we thought we’d build one so it would be nice and long and deep and fill up the …

DIY

“Our Little (Really Little) Home Gym”

June 14, 2017 - 22 Comments

It’s been a few months since we put a small home gym in our basement (sharing a space with the storage room, no less!) and we have been loving having the dedicated space to sweat it out, slightly away from …

Ask Julia, Design

“How our Wall-to-Wall Carpet looks Over A Year Later.”

June 13, 2017 - 12 Comments

We had our wall-to-wall carpet installed over a year ago, in March 2016, and since then, we’ve had a lot of readers (especially on the install initial post) anxious to hear how it’s holding up these days. Lighter carpet was definitely …