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January 31, 2014 - 17 Comments

Before I get into this week’s painting, I wanted to let you all know that after a lot of encouragement (thank you!), I have started selling fine art giclee prints of my weekly paintings, starting with last week’s Night Fishing. The …

Inspiration

Celebrating at Home

January 30, 2014 - 9 Comments

We’re reaching the end of our party-every-week season. The holidays for us start in mid-October with Chris’s birthday, then our Halloween party, then our anniversary at the beginning of November, Thanksgiving and my birthday at the end. And then Christmas, …

Recipes

Braised Beef Short Rib with Mushrooms and Polenta

January 29, 2014 - 4 Comments

I love beef. Seriously, I’d eat it every day if I didn’t care about being around for my daughters’ weddings. And when I do have it, any cut that weighs less than 12 ounces just isn’t worth my time. Horrible? …

Art

DIY Huge Letter Art on the Cheap

January 28, 2014 - 43 Comments

Even though the nursery has a long way to go and will be under construction while we install new floors in the coming weeks, continually collecting and adding pieces is still a priority. Furniture and fixtures are on their way! …

DIY

Pre-Prepping

January 27, 2014 - 18 Comments

Now that we’ve decided on flooring for our upstairs (you can read about our choice here), this weekend we officially started the prep. Or maybe pre-prep? Our home is a ranch-style home meaning it is two levels of the same …

Art

Painting of the Week | 02 Night Fishing

January 24, 2014 - 21 Comments

This week’s painting was such a positive experience. It was an emotional and difficult week with this pregnancy and with every brush stroke, I felt myself escaping more and more. It was therapeutic to continue to add layers of pigment …

DIY

Our Flooring: Solid Wood vs. Faux Wood Tile

January 23, 2014 - 51 Comments

We have, literally, been researching and planning to replace all the flooring on the first floor in this home since last August. We were initially going to go with a bamboo, but the one we were looking at wasn’t very …

Mood Boards

The Nursery Mood Board: Sweet + Sophisticated

January 22, 2014 - 6 Comments

If you follow us on Instagram (@chrislovesjulia), you know that we had a little pre-term labor scare on Sunday that sent us to the hospital. I’m home and doing much better now resting in bed, but when the nurse asked …

Recipes

Dry-Rubbed Baked Chicken Wings

January 21, 2014 - 18 Comments

This past summer, when I shared my favorite chicken wing recipe, I said that I’d probably share others. Here I am, making good on that. And usually I’m all about a great sauce on my wings, but every so often, …

Art

Painting of the Week | 01 The Takeoff

January 17, 2014 - 21 Comments

I have never been one to name my works of art, but it’s a new year and this is a new project–so here I am, naming paintings. This one I called, The Takeoff since it is the very first painting …

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