I totaly get itand I dont blame you one bit for sharing that story telling with the slew of followers who love what you offer. . Julia I cry over everything. Hugs! I can honestly sympathize with how youre feeling. I think you guys are going to be okay. Came off cringey/ entitled/ over privileged. Thank you for being so raw and honest with your content. A ridiculous construct that leaves us unhappy or wishing we had more? A place to shop our home room by room, or just catch up on what Julia's wearing / loving right now? You should do those things. We just love our smoothies, so the majority will go toward that. The thing I give merit to is that SO MUCH OF WHO YOU BOTH ARE is wrapped up in what you buyand because your livlihood is built on renovation and seeing a vision bigger than it isof course you became emotionally invested!! She decided she wasnt going to let anything hold her back. You have two homes already, and you crying over a third. I think you make a lot of great points. Keep doing you and everything will fall in to place when its ready. Youd think living so close to Georgia that we would get beautiful peaches. Have always wondered why you dont make that green room your office. Breaking even? Um, she wasnt defensive at all! Were not on a specific timeline, although this year would be ideal, but were actively looking and ready to move. Our daughters could continue going to the same school and walking to play with the same friends. Chris was at the cabin with Jordan, unreachable. Which I can definitely learn fromI guess. I have never felt like the Marcums have come off as entitled, out of touch, privileged, or anything of the sort. You can feel. It didnt look likean Idaho house. If it was live, I dont think I would be as put off about as I am. Julia, I think you are doing the right thing by not making another offer. We put it out of our heads, then 2 years ago they got divorced and the house was left vacant. Its home. Haha. Its hard to buy a house that doesnt have a starting price. Caleb presented them with the offer and they were going to take the weekend to think about it. Good luck with your house search, Julia! You have a beautiful home in a sought after neighborhood. Im routing for you too. I envisioned our daughters having their wedding receptions in the backyard. "It was sort of like live-journaling, in a way," says Marcum, who describes her journey as an "evolution" of sorts. I hate the spider. Dont let them crap on your dream to make themselves feel better. Ingrid stands up to it all. Cant wait to see where you settle and all of the wonderful changes you are going to make in a new blank slate. Thanks! What do you think of this 3 bds 3 ba 2,344 sqft home I found on Zillow? I love your work. I cant wait to see what you do with your next home! Julia, I dont think anyone is harping on you for crying. 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 hope not, being vulnerable and admitting stuff sucks makes it easier for the rest of us to admit it. Weve been in our dream house for almost 3 years now and have completely remodeled it and are head over heels. 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. If your are wanting to move to Florida there are a lot for sale near Panama City that are up for a remodel after the hurricane. It does look kind of amazing on that light! I dont blame you for being emotional about losing the house. We've been doing this since 2009 and we've posted a whopping 24145+ blog posts and counting. I am just wondering if the clips would have been better on this blog post or a normal instagram post would have been given clearer context? We also had to shoot a Make us move price.so it was a bit different in that we gave an asking price. A little sad each time, But we ended up in the right house. Im wondering if perhaps that may be contributing to this negative sentiment youve received from your story as well? Its so tough to have your heart set on something and it cant be yours! Natural light and ideally ceilings taller than 8ft are all on our must-haves. Its completely your own choice. 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. I CANNOT WAIT to see what you do with your next home! Thats what happened to us. 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. Thats the plain and simple, yet harsh truth. Julia, I definitely dont think you made a mistake. But our area is too expensive for us to ever move and I wouldnt make my girls switch schools again. 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. And, end of story: three years later they emailed us out of the blue. Welcome to our online community where we've posted home, DIY, style, renovations, and family since '09. Wherever and whenever that will take you. Cant wait for all of the exciting renos to come. Ive always wondered if its ok to knock on doors and ask if the current owners would be willing to sell! Im praying you get the dream home in the end. Thanks Lindsay. I wouldnt rush the process of finding a replacement. I left no color un-turned, and I tried it all. :). Thats who Julia is if you havent noticed by now. I HATE spiders! We're pleased to launch our Semihandmade x Chris Loves Julia collection. I meant specifically in our neighborhood, there are a lot of new homes. Our wood grain Shaker cabinet fronts were designed for busy, high-traffic homes like ours. but there are people dealing with real problems, and gut wrenching heartache out there. I remember when I first met my now husband, he wasnt ready for a relationship as he had JUST gotten out of a long term serious one. Im so sorry for those tragedies. Oh man. It felt like it was supposed to be our forever house, and we wanted it to be so badly for the past two years! At the very last minute another offer came in higher and we lost the dream house wed been dreaming about for months that had so miraculously not sold and was now in our price range. Youre place will find you whether its a lot or 2 to build on or the house youre looking for. Greta loves the spooky spider and is constantly pointing to it and jumping around in excitement. Up until a few weeks ago a few weeks ago, I read your blog here and there when I had the time. I think its ok to knock and ask someone to sell (a home thats not listed) because usually things ARE for sale, at the right price. It was a beautiful home, albeit a little rundown, and had a huge shop on several acres. 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. The house was vacant and he wanted out.) Browse the CLJ shop. I was gagging and shaking and threw it in the cart as if it were alive because I just knew that it would look amazing on top of our light. And let me be clear in that no one should apologize for their success. We have really loved putting it everywhere in our house. Welcome to the Chris Loves Julia YouTube Channel! So many houses in our area never even make it to actually getting listed, so the secret list is foreal. We got caught up in the possibility. Youre darn right there are people who wont ever buy one house, let alone 2. It is pretty excitingthis time of year, our costumes, the party. It was my first time in London and although it was a quick trip, they brought us all over []. Want to do what we do? In our first house, I painted our living room purple! There are people who will never buy one home, and you are crying to your phone that you cant buy your third home? We obviously love Idaho. Ohhhhhhhhh, I am intrigued. Someone in the comments actually said "Chris loves Julia indeed" but all see is annoyance. Long story short, we knocked on the doors of our dream house that wasnt listed. He gave us a price, so we went home and wrote it up (for slightly more than that AND a super quick escrow. The part that really sold us was the mother-in-law apartment. Props to you though! 42. I kept watching it as we failed to find a house we liked for six more months. Another way for us to stay in touch! Julia and Chris rock and if you dont have any nice to say then dont say it! We knew and loved the neighborhood, because it was our neighborhood. I get worked up about way smaller things. But times are changing and our evenings are too crammed with me cooking for Greta, then Chris coming home playing with Greta. I always remind myself in times like this. Plus, mature trees. What is with these negative people? Last week, Chris and I had the incredible opportunity to travel to London for work. Thank you for sharing the other side. Much luck to you!! What is a forever house? But from a business/blog perspective, Ill just put it out there that I (and from her survey, many others) was way less interested in Emily Hendersons recent renovations because she was doing two at once, so maybe waiting until the cabin is done to start renovating a new home would interest readers more. 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. We are now in another home that we are slowly redoing, cosmetically only at this point, but the style wont ever be what Im looking for in our forever home. Its my home and when Im ready to sell itll be made public and at that point Ill be detached from it. As much as you wanted that house, it wasnt meant for you. Sign up below! ;-) Every picture you show of your current house fills me with equal parts inspiration and insane jealousy, but I suppose the grass is always greener? Want to do what we do? Ive lived here for almost 9 years and have made a lot of updates. Best of luck in finding your forever home!! This collection houses a great mix of traditional and modern rugs, in cottage-y colorways, as well as vintage-inspired beauties that youll want to roll out in every room. Then we went back and looked at a goofy house we had written off without even seeing it in person because it was too weird and there were literally 40 pictures of sagebrush in the yard in the profile. Obviously buying a house where youll live is so personal! And thats how we human being learn how to respect life and be patient. Really just came here to say, Chris and Julia, keep hunting! Youre work and dreams are inspiring. So, it could be that the offer may have been fine, but it was too much too fast. Want to know what I saw? You were meant for something a little better. Like if Chris & Julia came knocking at my door, id be like yes, you can have it for freee! I feel trapped in a home that isnt our forever house. We have stopped looking for an office space (that would have doubled our mortgage anyway) and started looking for a home that has an area where our little team can work more comfortably. Absolutely! Im sure it will be just as amazing if not more amazing than the one you are currently in. Now I'm much more reserved in my palette, but I never wonder. We post fresh, honest and creative content 4-6 days a week . 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 :). I just drizzled it with a little lemon juice for preservation. with a guest room. Julia is a person, just like us. Nicely written, my thoughts exactly! We can live anywhere, but love our friends and family and cabin so much where we are that wed love to stay localalthough I might claim insanity willingly living through these cold, long winters for the rest of my life. 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! I dont blame them at all for not selling. At this point, I was already basically picking out new flooring for the house. We got our current house because my father-in-law (who is a real estate agent) told the owner wed be interested in buying her house, and she called is a few years later. 25lbs for $15! Im bothered by starter home too. You always have the BEST ideas and plans! :). Im so glad your current home ended up being so completely perfect for you. When the couple behind the popular blog Chris Loves Julia bought their Tudor home in Idaho Falls last year, the space adjacent to their main bedroom was a void created by the dining room's two-story ceiling. I was banking on being here two-three more years, but on January 1st, I woke up and rolled over and told Chris that maybe we should just knock on that door and see if theyd be open to selling it. In 2010 the original house I made an offer on went up for sale, for more money, obviously. 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! Jen, you sure seem upset that theyve worked their asses off to have not one, but 2 homes. I just thought this was a lovely story, Kalani. That is totally understandable. by Chris Loves Julia x Loloi. But please dont perpetuate that Idaho has no homes with interesting architecture, or that all of Idaho is the same. I believe this too. We totally stalked our home before it was on the market. We lost out on our dream forever home bc they were taking best/final offers while we were on a cruise. Get a grip lady. For my warm up act, my domestic duty today: peeling, slicing and freezing 25 pounds of peaches. HAHA just hoping to throw some comic relief on this otherwise ridiculously catty conversation over a home purchase. 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 . Luckily, no one was hurt, but the couple was forced to put. 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. If you'd prefer something a little tamer, friendlier mazes with zero frights are also offered. Loving. I was so surprised to see the negative comments on this post! Right now. Best of luck on the next house! I truly feel there will be another perfect home for you, even if it doesnt seem that way now. What a fun adventure! We're Chris + Julia read more Semihandmade Our wood grain Shaker cabinet fronts were designed for busy, high-traffic homes like ours. I am super excited for you guys! Hauntworld rates and reviews more haunted houses than any other website on the web now featuring over 200 haunted house reviews and over 5000 haunted attractions. 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. They have nothing to do with Julia or her feelings or her actions. 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. Good luck hunting and enjoy the looking process. Oh no! Clad with durable textured thermofoils, this line is compatible with Sektion, Akurum, Godmorgon, and Besta cabinets from IKEA. Xoxo. Opens in a new tab. Im sorry youre dealing with negative commentary on what is supposed to be an exciting time, and is also a super emotional one. I am so sorry it did not workout, but when one door is closed there is always another one open. I love this blog, Im excited to see what you do in a new place. I have been so lucky to have a husband that loves to cook and I can count the number of times that I have cooked dinner for us since we have been married. And even though I LOVE Halloween I cant bring myself to decorate with any spiders bigger than my palm. We took a leap of faith and did it, but some people just cant handle quick decision. They took it and waived appraisal! Your forever house is waiting does you! Where on earth did you find beautiful peaches?? Through trial and error i learned (sometimes the hard way) that everything in life happens for a reason. And, now that I know you are looking for a new house, I am SO excited to follow you along on this journey! There is something endearing about a person how can graciously accept thoughtful, constructive criticism. However, a part of me feels grateful that they didnt take advantage of you making an offer well above what the house was worth. I hope you take this comment as constructive criticism and know Im usually not one to comment in a negative way. But I cried to myself (and my sister) over the disappointment -my feelings were about more than just some dude. We are closing on a home April 12 that was not for sale! Youll find your forever house some day, Im sure. But I also come from the point of view where I feel like this is authentic to who Julia seems to be. I was devastated when we lost out. Dont give up! The problem was, they couldnt find their dream location that was in the area they wanted. wow! Get it by Sat. This so exciting and bittersweet! Youre one of the very few bloggers I follow. Was my comment defensive? If you offered me above market price PLUS your services to make my next home as beautiful as everything you do, Id be sold in a heartbeatjust an idea that could maybe work. We GOTTA make a new one soon. And jumped on it when it finally was. But posting it to my stories then would be very much out of context and confusing to our followers. Im so mad! That's what I had to improve our apartment. Keep up the good work and I hope you find your forever home. You might need a little help searching, huh? There were three bedrooms for kids and a master all on the main floor with vaulted, cedar-lined ceilings in every room. Youre entitled to feel what you feel, and its your business. and some private moments may be better kept as just that keep doing you. "So much has evolvedmy style, the photography, the scheme of projects . I cry when Im stressed, sad, disappointed, or happy. All the same musts you listed. You might as well have just called Julia a fraud. I hadnt really ever experienced disappointment at that level before. Getting Greta in bed. Amy, there are often stories in shelter magazines about people who find houses this way. Didnt this happen, sorry if, with an A frame you found? I was very turned off by the reaction to a house that wasnt even for sale. So they WROTE A PERSONAL letter to the owners themselves telling them why they wanted to build there and their hopes for their family (aka you seeing your daughters wedding receptions there) and with that hand written note the homeowners actually decided to sell. Cape cod, hardwood, mature trees, no neighbors for a mile, 10 acres, wildlife preserve I the backyard. One evening that week, he found them home and talked to them about selling their house. $252.85. Seems so much more convenient than the room downstairs. Founder @goodinfluence_r Daily updates + sources chrislovesjulia.com Posts Guides Reels Videos Tagged Then theyll be kicking themselves. We live just down the street and also drive by all the time. It doesnt lean warm or cool, its that just right in-between. However, I found your instagram story to be tone deaf and out of touch. 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