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The Lily has Landed

April 3, 2013 - 24 Comments

What can I say, yesterday was like Christmas. Our countertops arrived–more on that tomorrow, exclamation point–and our new couch arrived. Our “old” one, the Klippan from Ikea, we have had for about two years. Ikea discontinued this longer model and …

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Two Year Houseiversary

April 2, 2013 - 26 Comments

Two years ago, today, we moved into this house–our very first after looking at over 90 homes and putting an offer on two others. But when we walked into this one–our eyes were big. This was it. Our hands were …

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Flokati Pillows At Every Price Point

March 29, 2013 - 11 Comments

I have created mood boards for budgets from $200 to “unlimited” and with that, I like to keep decor classics filed away for every price point. This round-up that I’ve accumulated is just too good not to share. I present …

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Three–It’s A Magic Number

March 28, 2013 - 13 Comments

Almost two years ago, we took down one of our upper cabinets and put in a couple of shelves–which we love, love, love. In fact, so much so that last weekend we added another one. Of course, there were a …

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Before And After: Greta’s Big Girl Room

March 26, 2013 - 29 Comments

Today is the monumental day when we call Greta’s “big girl room” done-zo. We have been working on it since the end of November. And now, four months later, we are so happy our girl has a beautiful room that …

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The New Kitchen Lighting (Or Fluorescent Be Gone!)

March 22, 2013 - 26 Comments

First off, I am doing much better after Monday’s incident. Thank you so much for your concern and comments. I was able to get up and walk around and even do some dishes yesterday. Strangely thrilling about the dishes. This …

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DIY Etched Glass Windows

March 18, 2013 - 18 Comments

In order to make our personal deadline for the kitchen of April 13th, we kicked it in high gear this weekend. Our countertops are ordered (we’ll share those details soon) and we checked a few other projects off this weekend …

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An Easy Closet for Greta Part III: It’s Finished!

March 15, 2013 - 25 Comments

Greta’s closet is complete (!!) and we’re stoked to share with you the outcome with lots and lots of pictures today. That’s the same closet. That’s the sa-ame closet! I’m going to say we helped it rise to its full …

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Spring Has Arrived in the Dining Room

March 14, 2013 - 21 Comments

Read between the lines. I got it! If you follow me on Instagram (do!!@chrislovesjulia) you saw that I was debating picking up this, apparently, very popular rug from Ikea that was marked down to half off of $250 in the as-is section. …

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The Lily and Lessons In Chronic Couch Purchases

March 12, 2013 - 13 Comments

We have been married almost 4.5 years and we just bought our sixth couch to replace this one (that is still needing a new home): We knew this Klippan wasn’t going to be a forever couch, or even a 10-year …

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