#cljfam #cljtransformations, I am not a spider person. Thanks. Haha. What they wanted, and fell in love with, was the lot next to it. MORE RECENT POSTS Portfolio Design I had envisioned growing my family there! He set up a time that we could come walk through it (Chris played at the house as a young child, but barely remembered it and I had never been inside!) That's what I had to improve our apartment. A realtor approached us and told us someone was looking for a house in the country on 5 acres and would we sell? That is totally understandable. You do great work! The peaches were from a neighbor kid selling them in bulk for his cross country team. Im definitely rooting for you :). Chris and Julia Marcum built their walk-in wardrobe out of thin airand a whole lot of IKEA. Mar 4. I could barely pick it up. Youll find your forever house some day, Im sure. ago. At least for today anyway! You find properties you love, you let yourself get carried away, a buyer pulls out at the last minute and everything comes tumbling down. I hope you find one that you love just as much! Not kidding when I say we have loved it for a long time. Its my home and when Im ready to sell itll be made public and at that point Ill be detached from it. Keep in mind, they only bought it two years ago, but to our surprise they were open to an offer! Mature trees. Joining our weekly newsletter gives you access to exclusive content, never-before-seen photos, your questions answered, and our favorite DIYs. Im sorry youre seeing backlash. This is Chris Loves Julia, Welcome! Comments like this are so annoying! Youre one of the very few bloggers I follow. I always think of homes as meant to be when you find the one youre meant to live in so maybe there is an even better one out there for you. This does sound super cool idea on also offering your services for free! Its a home just five doors down from our current house. Usually, I had already begun redecorating it in my mind and started making a shopping list for furniture pieces I wanted in each space! I remember realizing that I wouldnt sell it for a million dollars, because to me it was a magical place that made me feel so good and happy. An offer for a house that wasnt for sale. Finally the price came down enough where we were comfortable to make an offer to the bank (lower than what they were asked). Im routing for you too. However, eventually we found another one we love just as much, in much better condition. Fortunately for us, we had been discussing moving but never really sat and discussed in depth. Sale. For the Homebody in everybody, ProperTee is our line of cozy/cool apparel, branded with odes to staying in and celebrating the indoors. Thanks for following along as we uncover. This just happened to us two weeks ago! You never know whats around the next corner ???? $53.99. It doesnt lean warm or cool, its that just right in-between. I write the home design and DIY blog chrislovesjulia.com. Thank goodness we didnt get the house though. We were invited by Williams Sonoma and William Morris and Co to preview their newest collaboration and the inspiration behind it. When you buy a Chris Loves Julia x Loloi Alice Machine Woven / Power Loomed Performance Cream/Charcoal Rug online from Wayfair, we make it as easy as possible for you to find out when your product will be delivered. No big peach phenom right now. 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. And they took another offer that we couldnt compete with because of our home sale contingency. Things have to be edited and posted in context. Shame on them. This might sound crazy but did you not post this house on your blog a long time ago? It's the perfect, practical way to add the warmth of wood to all the rooms of your home. :). 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 found the most exciting house but it was $100,000 over the very top of our price range. It. Up until a few weeks ago a few weeks ago, I read your blog here and there when I had the time. So heartbreaking! We got caught up in the possibility. I was so delighted when I read the bit about being drawn to making tired spaces loved and beautiful again. Sometimes just the possibility of something new is enough to give you new energy. It was during the week that we were waiting to hear back about dream house and another realtor had approached ours on behalf of their client that was looking for a house not listed (apparently there is a whole secret list that realtors keep of houses that are willing to sell but dont want to list!) I feel for the owners that youve put in a odd situation now knowing their neighbors are hawking them out like vultures ready to pounce and redo their clean but dated home. Spring 2019 House Tour - Chris Loves Julia Chris Loves Julia 67.1K. ( 110) Fast Delivery. Tearsim talking vaulted ceilings, gorgeous rock fireplace, amazing living room, mountain and city views, gorgeous big white kitchen, spacious bedrooms, totally awesome 80s ready for a small makeover. It's just paint. Just addressing her comment . We are just researching the best products and think we finally have a method nailed down. Congrats again on the adventure. The other fear I am facing: cooking for Chris. Tell me Im crazy! But dont you want to know you are losing readers over the time this blog has taken on? Welcome to the Chris Loves Julia YouTube Channel! As much as you wanted that house, it wasnt meant for you. How do you forever have the same needs and desires that one house fulfills til you die? Oh man, I can totally relate. However, I found your instagram story to be tone deaf and out of touch. We GOTTA make a new one soon. All that for him to reject the offer and ask for $15k more which was WAY over value. Wait! But I cried to myself (and my sister) over the disappointment -my feelings were about more than just some dude. But I will admit that we got very invested in the possibility. Most of our friends told us we were nuts. Oh my goodness. It was a main selling point for the house and neighborhood were in now. Like if Chris & Julia came knocking at my door, id be like yes, you can have it for freee! Read all about it today on the blog, plus all the sources, details. We just love our smoothies, so the majority will go toward that. 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. 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. Houses can cause emotional reactions for sure. You might need a little help searching, huh? The right house will come along, and I cant wait to see what you do with it when it does! I think well make a little profit! 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. Long story short: we signed paperwork on a 2.5 acre plot of land today. I love this blog, Im excited to see what you do in a new place. Building would be a different kind of adventure but not our first choice. Not sure how open you (or the sellers) are to an offer like that. Last week, Chris and I had the incredible opportunity to travel to London for work. :). I believe your home will always find you. When the couple behind the blog Chris Loves Julia moved into their Idaho Falls home in June 2019, the number-one priority was to create a cozy space for their daughters, Greta (10), Faye (6), and Polly (3), to play while the ground floor was getting a gut renovation.. Upstairs, a 7-by-10-foot nook that jutted out of a . This honestly is not like the Chris Loves Julia blog I have grown to know and become loyal to over the last six years, you two usually stay above click bait. I personally love your blog. MLV, people make offers on homes that arent listed aLL the time. The garage was in the basement and there were 2 living rooms and 2 dining rooms and a weird hallway sort of kitchen. And jumped on it when it finally was. Ohhhhhhhhh, I am intrigued. I do not like spiders ONE bit. Plus we ended up with the most amazing neighbors, more peivacy and so many things we didnt even know we needed. Within 10 days, he found a house, waived conditions, accepted my offer, and we had a firm deal. We lost our dream home for some unknown reason. Besides, does it really make sense to pay way above market value? But I also come from the point of view where I feel like this is authentic to who Julia seems to be. They took it and waived appraisal! The moral of this post is actually that everything over here is going to be fine. Thanks! Trust that things will work out exactly how they are supposed to! Im not there yet! I think I cried for a few weeks. Again, I totally understand being upset about being let down over something you were excited over, but the Instagram story seemed dramatic. And last week you posted a YouTube video about how to be a successful influencer. Our wood grain Shaker cabinet fronts were designed for busy, high-traffic homes like ours. We dont regret it, but it was very intense even as a seller. So, it could be that the offer may have been fine, but it was too much too fast. I know youll be able to find a dream home and Im so excited to follow you on this journey. Am I the only one who is slightly taken aback by the whole story? I was so upset that I went home early from work and drank a bottle of wine, and Im not a drinker. A year later, we got back in touch and the rest is history :) A lot can happen in a year. This story reminds me so much of what Gwen from The Makerista went through a few years ago, it ended up working out perfectly for her! BUT NO. We partnered with Stuga on a line of hardwood floors The Ingrid is really livable, and the color is very neutral. I wish I had your guys problems truly I would thank all of my lucky stars if I could make an offer even remotely close to being able to pay for my dream home. Get the tools, mentorship, and training to be a Good Influencer professionally. Oh no! He gave us a price, so we went home and wrote it up (for slightly more than that AND a super quick escrow. A one-stop source of home design inspiration, step-by-step how-Tos, cooking tutorials and more! The price I might agree to, has no financial sense for anybody else, specially for those who could afford it. :) Good luck on the hunt whatever you end up getting will be perfect! And our realtor later told us that original dream house, turned out to have a ton of problems including needing a completely new septic system. With striking gridded designs toned down by a neutral color palette, Polly is a timeless choice for any room. So many gamesmaybe they will call next month having changed their mind. The possibility of tackling a different house, especially one you can see yourself living in forever, is so exciting! I painted our living room blue! Welcome to the Chris Loves Julia YouTube Channel! Keep it up Chris and Julia. We decided to build a couple years ago. We saw them moving in, and it felt like watching a family moving into our own house. So many houses in our area never even make it to actually getting listed, so the secret list is foreal. Within days we were in final negotiations and about to sign for far less than the asking price. I hope the universe conspires together in your favor, whatever that looks like, but know Ill be anxiously waiting to see it all unfold!! PS: I was in real estate for a while and we called the secret listings pocket listingsbc you kept them in your pocket as people who might move if the number is right. It was also the perfect location for us, not to far out of town but far enough to enjoy the quiet of the country. Welcome to our online community where we've posted home, DIY, style, renovations, and family since '09. Yes, their livelihood allows them to make big choices like this more freely, but that doesnt make it less heartbreaking when it doesnt turn out the way they had hoped. 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