I love this blog, Im excited to see what you do in a new place. (Also, I fully understand wanting character. I also feel like the emotional aspect of this is part of the mix of content that people literally subscribe to. I cry when Im stressed, sad, disappointed, or happy. Chris was at the cabin with Jordan, unreachable. I always remind myself in times like this. In 2010 the original house I made an offer on went up for sale, for more money, obviously. That is where it becomes unauthentic. Over the break I had, I decided I finally wanted to get invested in your blog and read your story so I read it front to back, every single post (it was the longest shutdown everrrr). I CANNOT WAIT to see what you do with your next home! In 2008 I put an offer in on a home that was a foreclosure, my first offer on a home ever. I had read the blog before watching the updated story. Am I the only one who is slightly taken aback by the whole story? There was a lot of excitement that week and wouldnt it have been perfect if dream home sold us their house and we sold our house in the same week, soserendipitously. Thats half the adventure. Boy vs Girl LAST TO LEAVE HAUNTED HOUSE Jordan Matter 14.8M subscribers Subscribe 414K 22M views 1 year ago My daughter Salish and her friend Nidal compete to see who will be the last to leave. There were three bedrooms for kids and a master all on the main floor with vaulted, cedar-lined ceilings in every room. The moral of this post is actually that everything over here is going to be fine. Our grocery stores have seriously slacked for good peaches. Much more sense than renting an additional office outside of our home, really. They declined our offer. Were optimistic about our hunt! Befores, afters, mood boards, plans, failures, wins. And were so happy to have you here. Its recording the tears, saving it for a week later, then posting it to drive blog traffic. It is pretty excitingthis time of year, our costumes, the party. Ingrid stands up to it all. I visit your page nearly every day to see if a new post is up, or to find inspiration. Yum!! I painted our living room blue! I HATE spiders! It was very off putting. Enjoy the ride! Im so sorry for those tragedies. The house was vacant and he wanted out.) Greta welcomed it with open arms. My husband and I can related (kinda). Again, I totally understand being upset about being let down over something you were excited over, but the Instagram story seemed dramatic. So I completely understand the emotional reaction to getting your hopes up for something you were dreaming about and even the reaction if you got the house and had to leave the home you spent so much time and effort into creating. I freaked out and called my husband who was in another state. 1. Your comment was a hit job with a but Im sincere and usually relly nice at the end. I need them. People should start asking themselves if they would say their comment to their face, if they wouldnt, they probably shouldnt be writing it as a comment. I wasnt ever going to post it. Loloi, a family-owned business based in Dallas, is one of the top rug companies in the United States and is known for designing inventive products for meaningful spaces. Much luck to you!! 4 bedrooms for us, plus a guest room. Best sunrises ever. Read or dont read. Jen, you sure seem upset that theyve worked their asses off to have not one, but 2 homes. Ive been following your blog for 6 years now. Its the best jumping-off point for design, no matter your interior style. It was tricky! At the time we werent in a position to move or sell our home, but we still drove past it often and dreamt about life there. We are in a unique situation where we make a living by renovating our house so its not as simple as what we put into it we have to get out of it, but its definitely something always on our mind. Wed driven by it so much, the worst that could happen is they arent interested in selling and then we still get to stay in our home that we love. Ive followed that blogger for years, and know shes genuine. They have nothing to do with Julia or her feelings or her actions. Fortunately for us, we had been discussing moving but never really sat and discussed in depth. It definitely all works out in the end. Thanks for following along as we uncover our. Spring 2019 House Tour - Chris Loves Julia Chris Loves Julia 67.1K. Because you put the bug in the peoples ears that live there they may come around to the idea and maybe come back to you in a couple weeks. Chris Loves Julia, LLC. I wouldnt rush the process of finding a replacement. Boo hoo someone had something I want and they wont give it to me! "That way I can easily put things for the girls' lunches right into their boxes," says Julia. One evening that week, he found them home and talked to them about selling their house. Keep the faith!! Thanks Lindsay. We looked at it twice, decided half heartedly to make an offer and guess what became our dream house after we lived in and fell in love with it. Now I'm much more reserved in my palette, but I never wonder. Two years ago, there was a house for sale that we lovingly referred to as "dream house.". That is how she achieves success. Joining our weekly newsletter gives you access to exclusive content, never-before-seen photos, your questions answered, and our favorite DIYs. If she wants to cry into her phone because their dream home was literally at the tips of their fingers and they were so excited that it could actually be a possibility and then she had to realize it just wasnt going to happen, Id be very disappointed to the point of tears too. The right house will come along, and I cant wait to see what you do with it when it does! Polly is also GoodWeave certified, ensuring our commitment to ethical production and the support of weavers' communities. Want to do what we do? There were red flags in this situation that have been illuminating for you that is what life is all about. Just because you arent saying it to her face, doesnt mean you have permission to post an accusation and then ask Julia to be reflective about how she can do better. "Sometimes you just need to mask the fact that maybe your cabinets are a . They may come back to you after realizing you actually did give your highest offer and take it. I dont comment very much, but somehow I feel like I know you from the blog, and felt a bit of a need to defend you haha. And last week you posted a YouTube video about how to be a successful influencer. One of my biggest wants was mature trees. Were a couple of homebodies, working to uncover the home our home wants to be. Tears over it, reasonable. But I also come from the point of view where I feel like this is authentic to who Julia seems to be. and it exceeded our expectations. Youre entitled to feel what you feel, and its your business. They took it and waived appraisal! We also love our neighborhood, our kids have tons of friends as do my husband and I. We would consider selling, except wed have to convince someone else to sell us their house too! When I bought my house I was set on a corner lot, facing the park so we knocked on a row of homes without much luck until we got to the very last house who said he was actually on the market. Chris and Julia Marcum built their walk-in wardrobe out of thin airand a whole lot of IKEA. Also, you didnt need to describe the home enough that people could figure out who it is. If its truly your forever home youre looking for, you have time to wait. Natural light and ideally ceilings taller than 8ft are all on our must-haves. Thanks for following along as we uncover. If ya dont like it, bug, bye! i love having things that are quick and easy to make (i love freezing things too) so this is a great idea.good luck with those peaches and the cooking! We have teamed up with Loloi to create a line of rugs that are as affordable as they are beautiful. The part that really sold us was the mother-in-law apartment. Thank you for sharing the other side. We have a long-standing relationship with DIY, and love rolling our sleeves up and making it happen. We put it out of our heads, then 2 years ago they got divorced and the house was left vacant. Your current house is drool-worthy, and Im so excited to see where youll go with your cabin. Hand-tufted of wool and jute pile, the Polly collection for Chris Loves Julia x Loloi brings a fresh take on modern yet classic designs. Because I love Team Marcum & all that youve done for the home-reno arena. Haha. We had to walk away. Its completely your own choice. Im routing for you too. We were invited by Williams Sonoma and William Morris and Co to preview their newest collaboration and the inspiration behind it. Most of the brass knobs in the new kitchen came from Lowe's and were less than $3 per piece, but the couple also splurged on a few matching pulls from Rejuvenation, which clocked in at $13 each, to give the cabinets a high-end feel. I cant wait to see what you do with your next home! "So much has evolvedmy style, the photography, the scheme of projects . We werent even *thinking* about moving this year but then the dream house came up and blah blah blah now we are itching to move. They just said on the news that house pricing is stalling/slowing down. Another famous spot in haunted Arizona is The Jerome Grand Hotel. I hadnt really ever experienced disappointment at that level before. Its a home just five doors down from our current house. But our area is too expensive for us to ever move and I wouldnt make my girls switch schools again. Um, she wasnt defensive at all! CLJ Love Where You Live Sharing the design & renovations of our family's #cljmoderncolonial in NC. Ive cried over lesser things. exhausting. and our house fit the bill of what they were looking for. You can cry. It hurts!!! The fact that you felt the need to cry into your phone, record it, and save it, thinking people would want to see that is what is so out of touch. You are KILLING IT! All the same musts you listed. I had envisioned growing my family there! However, I found your instagram story to be tone deaf and out of touch. It must soften the blow knowing you currently live in one of the most beautifully designed houses in America, right? Such a terrible feeling to get your hopes up and have them dashed over and over again. We are gonna have smoothies for DAAAAAYYYYSSSS. Im sure you already know this, but I want to put it out there that I hope you continue to show us the raw emotions behind the scenes because its exaclty why I love this blog so much. Clad with durable textured thermofoils, this line is compatible with Sektion, Akurum, Godmorgon, and Besta cabinets from IKEA. Yuma Territorial Prison, Yuma. We are absolutely routing for you guys! Cant wait for all of the exciting renos to come. I write the home design and DIY blog chrislovesjulia.com. Rexburg, Idaho. Not sure how open you (or the sellers) are to an offer like that. You never know what may happen. It's the perfect, practical way to add the warmth of wood to all the rooms of your home. Best of luck in finding your forever home!! A place to shop our home room by room, or just catch up on what Julia's wearing / loving right now? MORE RECENT POSTS Portfolio Design I felt this way about the Instagram story too. (ps, your sad light fixture!). Except we offered asking price (the house was listed in our case) and the sellers decided they needed more so rejected it anyway. I painted Greta's room lime green. Thanks! It was also insanely cheap and our mortgage would have been smaller than our house in town, but we would have had 4x the house. It was gross, but I had to keep reminding myself: this creepy thing isnt real. We are excited, its been a long year of highs and lows, but our current house goes on the market in two weeks; so its really happening! One night late as I was trolling realty online I saw it had dropped $80,000 and was now being offered just above the top of our price range which meant we could make a a lower offer! Stay true to you and your family. Ahhhhhh I am not crazy! I am super excited for you guys! Here is the link of the instructions should you feel the urge to make one yourselfit really wasnt that hard, just a bit time consuming, and it really sets the mood for the holiday! When we sold our home to buy our (hopefully) forever home, I cried for months thinking about all the memories we built in our old home and moving day was super hard. Right now. I plan on putting them in freezer bags once they freeze, so theyll be easier to snag a single peach instead of a whole clump. But for the sake of the upcoming holiday and our. We even asked the owners a few times if theyd sell, but their price was too high for us. I think you guys are going to be okay. It didnt look likean Idaho house. The post in and of itself does not give the full picture of the emotion involved in this decision. The following week, we heard back that the offer wasnt enough to make them want to move, but if we ever wanted to make another offer, theyd be open to it. Let people opine- thats part of the territory when Julia decided to make her emotions public. Last week, Chris and I had the incredible opportunity to travel to London for work. Welcome to the Chris Loves Julia YouTube Channel! Good luck hunting and enjoy the looking process. If your home was also a big part of your future business/livelihood, I imagine it would be even more heartbreaking. Your forever house is waiting does you! CLJ Cove. No big peach phenom right now. Congrats again on the adventure. If you dont like what you see, dont follow them. But posting it to my stories then would be very much out of context and confusing to our followers. Moving is tough! Eventually we found our current home (only to have the guys agent call our agent and ask if we were still interested. The house belongs to someone who HAS NOT listed it. I left no color un-turned, and I tried it all. But times are changing and our evenings are too crammed with me cooking for Greta, then Chris coming home playing with Greta. I live in Tract-ville, USA. If the color itch strikes again, I'm not afraid to go for it. Keep it up Chris and Julia. We were invited by Williams Sonoma and William Morris and Co to preview their newest collaboration and the inspiration behind it. . Honestly, as a long time reader I thought you may have lost a baby or another family member. That does make sense that you should be ready to go if you knock on their door just not what I wanted to hear because I loooove this one house but itll be a long time before my hubs and I could ever afford it :). There is something endearing about a person how can graciously accept thoughtful, constructive criticism. Buuuuut for the sake of the month, Im putting up some spiders too. Does it greatly alter your day so much that you just HAVE to say something so that you feel better about yourself? Ugh that is so heartbreaking! but there are people dealing with real problems, and gut wrenching heartache out there. Youll find your forever house some day, Im sure. The downstairs had an additional rec room (and home gym and giant storage room!) 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