DJ, drop the beat — and by beat, we mean the show notes for Episode 24 of Young House Love Has A Podcast. This week we welcome our friends from the blog Chris Loves Julia, who’ve renovated three kitchens in three years and even completed a full kitchen overhaul in under six days. They share practical experience, smart advice, and entertaining stories to help anyone thinking about a kitchen remodel. We also update you on John’s progress organizing the shed, explore a few useful decluttering revelations, and look at paint-color research that suggests surprising hues can influence sale prices.
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What’s New
- Above is a peek at the lumber organizer I built for the shed. It’s mostly constructed from scrap lumber and, naturally, filled with more scraps — so it’s sometimes hard to tell where the organizer ends and the organized pile begins.
- Sherry has been inspired to declutter after reading an article about simplifying and the benefits of owning less. The ideas sparked a productive purge and some satisfying discoveries about what to keep and what to let go.
What’s Not
- We discuss Zillow’s analysis of paint colors and how different hues correlate with home sale prices. The findings are interesting and, in some cases, counterintuitive — worth considering if you’re prepping a house for sale or just repainting for resale value.
Chris & Julia Marcum
Chris and Julia bring a wealth of renovation experience, from full kitchen overhauls to time-saving strategies that make fast schedules possible. Their blog documents step-by-step details, decision-making moments, and honest renovation realities, including timelines, budgets, and the lessons learned along the way.
- Explore their blog ChrisLovesJulia.com and follow their Instagram for ongoing updates. They also host The Chris Loves Julia Podcast with Preston Pugmire where they discuss design, renovations, and the practical side of home projects.
- We highlighted a few posts about their Pittsburgh kitchen renovation — the schedule and the reveal are particularly illuminating if you’re curious how a six-day transformation is planned and executed. Their work includes two other notable kitchens: the current Idaho kitchen and their original Utah kitchen, each with its own set of challenges and solutions.
We’re Digging
- We share a love for aerial, beachy photography and mentioned three books and photographers that capture that aesthetic:
- Time And Tide by Christian Chaize — a soothing collection of coastal aerial images that we hung in our laundry room.
- Beaches by Gray Malin — a bright, playful look at large-scale beach scenes, often with a beautifully composed aerial perspective.
- Overview by Benjamin Grant — a collection of satellite and aerial imagery that reframes familiar places into striking, graphic compositions.
- One of Benjamin Grant’s images of Niagara Falls was a standout example during our conversation — a reminder of how powerful aerial photography can be for home art and décor.
- We also dug up some personalized Christmas ornaments that felt worth sharing — the kind that bring a little extra meaning to holiday decorating. A few of the ornaments we pulled out included custom-printed and engraved options that make memorable gifts or family keepsakes.
(Some of those cute fox ornaments are personalized on the back for extra charm.)
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