{"id":9641,"date":"2023-09-19T00:46:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T04:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withjackandjim.com\/chr\/?p=9641"},"modified":"2023-09-19T00:46:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T04:46:59","slug":"big_living_room_changes_ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withjackandjim.com\/chr\/project\/big_living_room_changes_ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Changes Ahead for the Chris Loves Julia Living Room Makeover!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s finally time for a Chris Loves Julia Room Giveaway Update!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not going to lie, our plans for the makeover have been a bit of a merry-go-round since we won the giveaway this past winter. Allow me to break a few things down for you about where our plans have been, where they are now, and where they\u2019re headed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan A:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The original plan was for their team to come with their team to Lancaster this past summer for a few days to revamp the room. I would get a mood board from Julia about the plans, then we\u2019d order the goods and share the plan with all of you. In late July, they would arrive en masse early in the week, spend the better part of two days redoing to room, then take some pic and head on the last day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan B:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of the next few months, however, some health issues popped up in Julia\u2019s family, and a mood board was nowhere in sight. As we got closer to the scheduled date, I started to wonder if everyone might be better served if we pushed back the project to the fall. After all, we\u2019ve been living with the room as-is for a couple years already, so what\u2019s a couple more months, especially when there were <em>way<\/em> more important things going on that really demanded their family\u2019s time and attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I reached out to see if they were interested in giving the project some additional time, and everyone was on board with making some adjustments. After some email back and forth about some options, we decided to keep with the plan of having their team come to Lancaster, but we\u2019d push back the date to mid September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan C:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest of the summer was a blur\u2014as summer with a bunch of kids tends to be\u2014and before we knew it, we were once again just a few weeks away from our makeover date, and I was concerned that we\u2019d be limited on furniture choices due to time constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, we went back to our options again to see what made the most sense at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Option 1<\/strong>, which would be having Chris, Julia, &amp; company come to make over the room during the span of a few days, meant that Jim and I wouldn\u2019t really have to do much besides approve the mood board, and their team would take care of the rest. Easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Option 2<\/strong> came about as an alternative because it was pretty clear from this here blog that Jim and I also enjoy getting to do some of this fun house stuff ourselves. Instead of a visit from the Chris Loves Julia team, this would be a \u201cvirtual\u201d option, wherein Julia would send us a mood board, along with a budget to order the furniture and tackle the project ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Both options were pretty damn great, so Jim and I took some time to discuss our hopes for the room, the limitations we might have with each option, and ultimately, what we actually <em>wanted<\/em> to take on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I personally knew I would love to be involved in a more hands-on way, since it\u2019s really, <em>really<\/em> important to me that the room functions well for our family. On the other hand, getting the chance to meet Chris and Julia and see them in action is just an absolute dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were, of course, a ton of pros and cons for each, so in the end, we worked out a hybrid situation that I\u2019m super excited (and also scared?) about\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Option 3<\/strong>, a.k.a. the Hybrid Plan, involves Chris and Julia coming to Lancaster to scope out the room for themselves, so Julia can really get a sense of the space and the unique issues it presents. We&#8217;ll also get to talk \u2013 in person! \u2013 about our ideas and thoughts for the room design and furniture. She might hold a baby as well, who knows?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">After that, we\u2019ll get a customized mood board from Julia, plus a budget to order furniture and get this project going. The downside to the hybrid option is that our budget will be smaller to offset the cost of their trip to Lancaster, but we felt that it was worth the difference to have them get to visit the space in person and kick start the makeover with a bang.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Now that we\u2019ve gotten you up to speed, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hubVrb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">stay tuned for more details soon<\/a><\/strong>, because we really need to go clean our house\u2026 Chris and Julia are coming to Lancaster <em><strong>this week<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not going to lie, our plans for the Chris Loves Julia Room Makeover have been a bit of a merry-go-round since we won the giveaway this past 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