Chris loves Julia’s kitchen

[Anonymous]

Yes, I follow Chris Loves Julia. I started following them in their earlier houses (before the last 2 I think?) and liked their choices. Not anymore so much. Although I would love to live in the house they are in now, I don't like their design choices. The powder room is not my style at all.

But to the kitchen: I have to see it play out. The only thing right now I just can't picture is the claustrophic vent hood thingy. I hate that look in general, but Chris is tall and it doesn't look like he fits in the space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP if you want responses you have to give a little more context. I have no idea who these people are. How about a link so I can join the discussion?

Google "Chris Loves Julia" and you'll see.

[Anonymous]

I had heard of them before but never followed them until very recently. We just bought our first home and have a lot of renovations in our future.
I am interested to see how the kitchen comes together. The wallpaper in the girls room is so pretty but I was shocked at the price.
I would love to know a ballpark figure on these renovations. I just have no understanding of the level of cost on this sort of stuff. I was shocked when they just flippantly and casually mentioned moving the fireplace to a new wall so they could put a window to overlook the pool. I mean, that has to be a lot of money!
Also, very curious how all of this translates into resale value. I know they aren't planning on selling but curious.

[Anonymous]

They’re outsourcing a lot of design now to more well known designers (e.g. exterior of the last house, now the kitchen). So it’s sort of changed. I’m a bit less interested. Compare that to Emily Henderson who still seems much more in charge of the design aspects

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have a “look” or formula that they seem to follow in their design. It’s moody and sometimes the totally unexpected. I thought their recent powder room remodel would be atrocious, but besides the boob light sconces, which I hope they will one day swap, I think it’s really beautiful.

Sarcasm? That is one of the ugliest bathrooms I have ever seen, incorporating several bad design trends of the 90s — brown horizontally striped wall paper, wooden toilet seat and a wooden Ethan Allen dresser mirror. Let’s not forget both the wallpaper and the tile floor design are off center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP if you want responses you have to give a little more context. I have no idea who these people are. How about a link so I can join the discussion?

Sorry. They are bloggers. I just assumed there would be no need for a link as they have been talked about before on here. I’m not sure I know how to post a link either way!

I’m on here a disturbingly large amount of time, and no, they are not a frequent topic of discussion.

Op here. I didn’t say frequently. They have been talked about before on this forum. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have started a thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had heard of them before but never followed them until very recently. We just bought our first home and have a lot of renovations in our future.
I am interested to see how the kitchen comes together. The wallpaper in the girls room is so pretty but I was shocked at the price.
I would love to know a ballpark figure on these renovations. I just have no understanding of the level of cost on this sort of stuff. I was shocked when they just flippantly and casually mentioned moving the fireplace to a new wall so they could put a window to overlook the pool. I mean, that has to be a lot of money!
Also, very curious how all of this translates into resale value. I know they aren't planning on selling but curious.

Right? That was my reaction too! That's tearing down a 2 story brick wall and rebuilding. I like what the outcome would be but can't imagine paying the ticket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had heard of them before but never followed them until very recently. We just bought our first home and have a lot of renovations in our future.
I am interested to see how the kitchen comes together. The wallpaper in the girls room is so pretty but I was shocked at the price.
I would love to know a ballpark figure on these renovations. I just have no understanding of the level of cost on this sort of stuff. I was shocked when they just flippantly and casually mentioned moving the fireplace to a new wall so they could put a window to overlook the pool. I mean, that has to be a lot of money!
Also, very curious how all of this translates into resale value. I know they aren't planning on selling but curious.

Their blog and income has grown a lot in the past 10 years. Their last gut kitchen was an ikea kitchen! This current one is probably close to 200k. I believe her cabinets alone were 80k!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had heard of them before but never followed them until very recently. We just bought our first home and have a lot of renovations in our future.
I am interested to see how the kitchen comes together. The wallpaper in the girls room is so pretty but I was shocked at the price.
I would love to know a ballpark figure on these renovations. I just have no understanding of the level of cost on this sort of stuff. I was shocked when they just flippantly and casually mentioned moving the fireplace to a new wall so they could put a window to overlook the pool. I mean, that has to be a lot of money!
Also, very curious how all of this translates into resale value. I know they aren't planning on selling but curious.

Right? That was my reaction too! That's tearing down a 2 story brick wall and rebuilding. I like what the outcome would be but can't imagine paying the ticket.

I don’t think it makes enough sense as the pool will surely be covered a lot won’t it? Who would want that as their view?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have a “look” or formula that they seem to follow in their design. It’s moody and sometimes the totally unexpected. I thought their recent powder room remodel would be atrocious, but besides the boob light sconces, which I hope they will one day swap, I think it’s really beautiful.

Sarcasm? That is one of the ugliest bathrooms I have ever seen, incorporating several bad design trends of the 90s — brown horizontally striped wall paper, wooden toilet seat and a wooden Ethan Allen dresser mirror. Let’s not forget both the wallpaper and the tile floor design are off center.

No sarcasm. I love the floors and the wallpaper and sink. I guess I didn’t notice that they are off center. I don’t mind the mirror but would probably change out the toilet seat if it were my place and for sure the lights. I abhor those lights!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I follow Chris Loves Julia. I started following them in their earlier houses (before the last 2 I think?) and liked their choices. Not anymore so much. Although I would love to live in the house they are in now, I don't like their design choices. The powder room is not my style at all.

But to the kitchen: I have to see it play out. The only thing right now I just can't picture is the claustrophic vent hood thingy. I hate that look in general, but Chris is tall and it doesn't look like he fits in the space.

Hmmm. It looks like he will need to bend over and inside of it to cook. I think they should make the header area a little higher.

[Anonymous]

I have no idea what you're talking about. Are they into MLM's?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what you're talking about. Are they into MLM's?

Read the thread.

[Anonymous]

Spam?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what you're talking about. Are they into MLM's?

Read the thread.

No, the title makes no sense.