The Chris Loves Julia Podcast w/ Preston Pugmire

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Conversations about DIY, Home Design, and family. Chris Loves Julia is a DIY home design blog that started in 2008. It has since become the go to place for design and home renovation info for millions of readers. On this podcast we go behind the curtain on blogging, home renovation, and design in general and how it all relates to having a home that is "lived in" by a family.

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Ep 49: How to Incorporate S...

11.06.2017

In this episode we cover a lot of ground, starting with upcoming bathroom renovation plans. We talk about a common sentiment regarding tubs in the master bath, and why we think it's wrong. We also discuss incorporating the tastes and ...

The Chris Loves Julia Podcast w/ Preston Pugmire episodes:

11.06.2017 Ep 49: How to Incorporate Sports Decor, and Are Tubs Really Necessary for Resale? In this episode we cover a lot of ground, starting with upcoming bathroom renovation plans. We talk about a common sentiment regarding tubs in the master bath, and why we think it's wrong. We also discuss incorporating the tastes and ...
10.09.2017 Ep 47: Behind The Scenes Of A Magazine Shoot & Visually Raising Ceilings After discussing my (Chris) laziest way of being thoughtful, this episode goes deep on all the details of our DIY Magazine shoot. Julia and I share the parts that surprised us most, and give a few confessions of how underprepared ...
09.25.2017 Ep 46: Amazon's Worst Products, & Getting Babies To Sleep After a quick dip into some recent reviews, we talk about Chris's process for the planning and building parts of projects. We share some of the thoughts that have gone into our outdoor cooking area and then jump head first ...
09.11.2017 Ep 45: The Property Brothers! Our Interview With Jonathan And Drew Scott In this episode we talk about a few things, but the main event is, of course, The Property Brothers. Drew & Jonathan Scott talk about their relationship as brothers & business partners, their recently released book, It Takes Two: Our ...
08.28.2017 Ep 44: Baby Blues, Mixed Metals, And Firing Contractors We talk about our little baby girl, some major things that happened this week in CLJ history, and give some great tips on mixing metals. We also talk about some issues we've had with contractors and how we handled them, ...
07.31.2017 Ep 43: Mailbag Monday - For Kitchen Noobs, Lighting Woes, Paint Colors, And More In this special Q&A; episode, we start off talking about the progress of our big backyard project and how we're charting new territory with it. Julia reveals her neurosis when it comes to their third child's birth date and they ...
07.17.2017 Ep 42: How We Handle Sponsorships, And Renovating As A Couple We start this episode talking about a few behind-the-scenes details of our furniture line we launched last week and how that even came about. Then we go in-depth into how we handle sponsors and sponsored posts, answering a few questions ...
06.19.2017 Ep 40: Real Talk On Being Professional Bloggers 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 ...
06.05.2017 Ep 39: Cabin Hunting, What's Wrong With Zillow? And A 2017 Trend Check In Hunting for cabins! The gang gets into it about Chris and Julia's new journey to buy a cabin and how their frustration with Zillow has shaped the search. Then we discuss trends that were supposed to take over your house ...
05.22.2017 Ep 38: You're Not Invited To My Party, And Other Outdoor Entertaining Tips This week the gang tackles a sensitive and hot topic about how to tactfully invite or not invite people to events at your house. And we cover the top ten things to do to get your house ready for an ...
05.08.2017 Ep 37: Behind The Curtain Of The One Room Challenge w/ LInda Weinstein Peeling back the curtain and talking candidly about the behind the scenes stuff with the One Room Challenge. The gang talks to One Room Challenge creator Linda Weinstein and we learn a lot from her about the entire project. Then ...
04.24.2017 Ep 36: The Woman's Place In DIY, Broken Noses, And Giving Yourself Credit The Gang discusses slightly sexist attitudes toward women when it comes to DIY and home renovation. Julia breaks down her feelings on the dynamic between her and Chris when it comes to projects. Chris and Julia talk about the things ...
04.10.2017 Ep 35: Why Your Neighbors Might Hate You, And Give Me More, Baltimore The gang breaks down what happened behind the scenes in their weekend kitchen refresh, which ended up being a complete renovation. We find out who was happy about it, who wasn't, and what they would've done differently. Then we discuss ...
02.27.2017 Ep 32: White Paint Isn't White, And You're Super Unorganized The gang listens to Julia crack eggs of knowledge all over our heads about how to choose a white paint and make it work for different lighting situations and different rooms. And also how to make white paint work with ...
02.13.2017 Ep 31: Sorry, But Your "Classic" Design Is Just Trendy This week the gang talks about proper technique for asking a friend to assist with a DIY project. Then we revisit an old hot topic and update our response to a question about the usefulness of remodeling when you live ...
02.06.2017 Ep 30: Why Is Beyoncé Always Trying To One-Up Us?!? Chris and Julia are having another baby! This is the conversations about family episode. Next week we will bring you the DIY and Home design elements once again. Yes thats next week, you won't have to wait two weeks for ...
01.23.2017 Ep 29: Your Town Is Boring, No Need To Renovate The gang discusses and mocks Preston's process for choosing paint in his studio and then Julia drops the #1 tip for choosing a color. Our reader questions lead to talks on how minimalism and curtains can be at odds in ...
01.09.2017 Ep 28: RIP Home Blogging, And Your House Looks Cheap The gang recaps the year and Julia gives the best advice ever for patching walls and painting over the patches. Our Hot Topic: Is home Blogging Dead? We discuss DIY blogs compared to other styles of blogs and see why ...
12.19.2016 Ep 27: Christmas Lights, Negative Reviews, and Compromise The Gang listens to Chris tell tales of woe from the trials and tribulations of DIY christmas light installation. Then we have an interesting difference of opinion about compromise vs. win/win when it comes to people having different goals with ...
12.05.2016 Ep 26: Buying Houses That Aren't For Sale, and Babies On Airplanes. In this episode the gang reunites after three long weeks apart because of the holidays and vacations. Julia discusses her trials and tribulations in a birthday glass blowing class and The Marcums give their top tips for flying with children. ...
11.21.2016 Ep 25: Storage Units, Asymmetry, and Screwing Up The gang discusses Julia's love/hate relationship with storage units and the Marcum's new upstairs bathroom. For our reader email, Julia breaks down the best way to handle and design around asymmetrical features already existing in a home. We accidentally have ...
10.24.2016 Ep 23: Upgrades, Deadlines, & Lawsuits Julia, Chris and Preston talk about what they have going on right now, a few hiccups they've experienced and the chaos resulting from trying to juggle so many projects at once. They also talk about how to stay motivated at ...
10.10.2016 Ep 22: The Real World: Blogging Edition In this episode we discuss Chris and Julia's plans of the One Room Challenge and discuss adventures that happened on the way to IKEA. In our Hot Topic segment, we go behind the scenes to take a look at the ...
09.26.2016 Ep 21: Life is a Mixing of All Kinds of Things - Blending Styles In Your Home In this episode, Chris and Julia celebrate one year in their new kitchen by revisiting some of the things they love most about it, as well as sharing a few recent additions they’ve completed. They also talk about blending styles ...
09.19.2016 Ep 20: Let's Keep it Clean In this episode we talk about our front porch area and how it's driving us a bit crazy this week. We also discuss having house keepers or hiring other help for your home, and share some thoughts on why there ...
09.12.2016 Ep 19: Becoming Affiliated with Affiliates
09.05.2016 Ep 18: Every Dog Must Have His Day - Living (Happily) With Pets Living with animals brings a lot of joy to a home, but it can also presents some challenges. In this episode, Chris & Julia talk about their life with Charly, their 150 lb St. Pyrenees. They share how she has ...
08.29.2016 Ep 17: No Money, No Problems - Projects You Can Do Now On The Cheap Nearly every home owner who wants to renovate experiences that point where you simply don't have the money to do the things you want. And sometimes, when the furnace, water heater and AC units all go out in the same ...
08.15.2016 Ep 15: It’s Never Enough Until You’ve Got All The Stuff: Discussions On Online Shopping Online shopping is the way of the now, but there are still things about it that make some people uneasy. How can you buy a couch online when you’ve never sat on it? What do you do if the color ...
08.08.2016 Ep 14: Wake Me Up With Indecision: Which Updates Are Worth Making? Every renovation project is a balancing act, between budget, time, needs, wants, etc.. But when you don't know how long you're going to be in your home, is it really worth spending the time and money to update it? Chris ...
08.01.2016 Ep 13: Shea McGee of Studio McGee: The Sun is Gone, But I Have a Light Lighting fixtures are as varied as any other product for your home, but once you've found that perfect fixture, how do you make sure it will give off the light you want for your space? Sometimes you want it to ...
07.11.2016 Ep 11: Make it Happen, Cap'n - Taking on Projects You've Never Done Before One thing we hear from people all the time is, "How do you guys know how to do all this stuff?" Usually followed by some version of, "I could never do that." But here's the thing - you can do ...
06.21.2016 Ep 08: Renovating, DIY, and Personal Relationships On this episode, we go behind the scenes on the complete kitchen renovation Chris and Julia did in Pittsburgh and hear some funny and also frustrating stories from them. We also talk about how renovating and doing DIY projects affects ...
06.13.2016 Ep 07: Chairman of the Mood Board In this episode, we dive into how to start a design or remodeling project. The first thing is the planning sessions. Julia breaks down her process and gives some helpful hints about how to give your space the design it ...
06.07.2016 Ep 06: To Theme Or Not To Theme? On this episode we tackle kids rooms. Should they be themed? What works? What doesn't? Even if you don't have children, you learn stuff about Chris and Julia and things about their childhood rooms and we also discuss superheroes for ...
05.30.2016 Ep 05: Shanty 2 Chic w/ Whitney and Ashley: Open Concept meets Multi-functional We chat with Whitney and Ashley from the amazing blog Shanty 2 Chic and talk about their show Open Concept on HGTV. We also talk about multi-functional spaces and rooms and how to make them cohesive and intentional. Please Rate ...
05.16.2016 Ep 03: Vintage Revivals w/ Mandi Gubler: DIY With Kids On The Block We chat with Mandi from the DIY design blog Vintage Revivals and discuss how to manage projects and home renovation when there are children in the mix. Tips, tricks, and homework to take your DIY to the next level even ...