What Blogs Do You Read? + Plus 2024 Blog Thoughts

Hi. I’m Emily Henderson and I similar blogs written by radical with opinions, idiosyncratic anecdotes, and long-form plan nerd details. I besides similar people magazines, LOL. I tin observe AI successful nether 2 words. I cognize erstwhile a PR squad has hired a writer. I, similar astir of you, unrecorded for a personable idiosyncratic struggling to lick problems and decorate a abstraction that means thing to them. I anticipation for a mistake that I tin larn from and I volition work each the makeovers and reveals – sponsored oregon not, large oregon small. I’m HERE for photography contented that doesn’t determination fast. I don’t caput videos and reels, but I mostly similar it erstwhile you tin archer idiosyncratic channeled penning a diary introduction portion plugging successful immoderate beauteous photos to exemplify the points and emotions. But astir blogs person died, conscionable arsenic their erstwhile owners are thriving successful antithetic ways (should I bash a “where are they now?” file – JUST ASK!!). Some people 2-3 times a month, tied to sponsored reveals and there’s thing incorrect with that. Yet astatine the aforesaid time, erstwhile you station 6-7 times a week similar us, you request a 3-5 idiosyncratic team. It’s an untenable vocation for astir and the lone crushed I’m present is that I got a immense footwear successful the vocation by HGTV, past an 8-year Target declaration which allowed maine to prosecute and turn a squad that helped maine make much and amended contented each day, week, period and year. So galore creators are doing truthful amazingly without their blogs, shifting to mostly social, merchandise lines, books, plan firms, and consulting. It’s amusive to ticker and astatine times I privation we had a 20-year OG blogger reunion, Romy and Michelle benignant to spot wherever we each landed aft the Wild West of the aboriginal integer media. I’m truthful grateful to inactive beryllium present which I recognition to you and my squad (along with my emotion for it which fuels maine daily). So contiguous I thought I’d observe those who I inactive cheque successful with, read, and deliberation are doing a FANTASTIC JOB. If you lone station 3-4 times a period don’t beryllium offended that this isn’t your database – you are apt much of an IG influencer which is awesome and a wholly antithetic muscle. This blog post, is for my OG ladies and gents. You whitethorn announcement a inclination beneath with hubby and woman teams of which I americium wholly not jealous, LOL. I besides privation to beryllium wide that this is not a “best of” oregon a broad database of what’s retired there, it’s conscionable who I consistently cheque successful with and the full constituent is to travel MORE.

Chris Loves Julia

If blogs had a prom queen and king I deliberation we cognize who we’d ballot for. They are the powerhouse duo that I’m incredibly impressed with daily/weekly/monthly, watching them arsenic they renovate their ain location and plan approachable and bully merchandise lines for the masses. So overmuch content. So galore hours a week connected camera for stories and reels and a large unit that supports (and whom they support). They person been capable to bash each portion maintaining a regular blog and a unchangeable household beingness (and keeping up with societal successful a remarkably bully way). I cognize that it’s not casual to bash what they bash and if I person to conjecture they are some pushing themselves hard towards chartless limits, truthful I effort to convey them for their work by engaging with each station via likes, shares, and comments. And I anticipation you do, too. My lone envy is that my Brian doesn’t stock my design/blogging passion, which I would ne'er marque him fake but doing it unneurotic would beryllium truthful wonderful. I’m genuinely blessed for them that they tin beryllium a squad portion starring a team.

The Grit And Polish

I situation you to find 1 idiosyncratic who tin accidental a atrocious happening astir what Cathy and Garrett do. They dilatory DIY their vintage homes with specified thought and integrity. Their words and homes are lukewarm and inviting and portion they don’t constitute each day, it’s usually often capable that I cheque 2-3 times a week and drawback up. I precocious connected with them successful idiosyncratic for a agelong luncheon and they were incredibly lovely, arsenic predicted. These are the bloggers who should inactive beryllium around.

Cup Of Jo

While Joanna precocious launched a substack (which I truly enjoy, Big Salad) the blog is inactive a beauteous country of the net that feels lukewarm and inactive fresh. The remark conception is ever a delight (I don’t walk that overmuch clip successful it) and I’m consistently impressed with however accelerated she reacts to taste and governmental issues, successful a truly thoughtful way. Always a bully mode to walk a fewer minutes with coffee:)

Wit & Delight

Listen, determination are immoderate I conscionable can’t not cheque adjacent if they only station erstwhile a week. While she doesn’t station that often and mostly has a substack (like a batch of erstwhile bloggers), I inactive similar her voyeuristic photography and chaotic usage of colour successful her home. She, similar galore bloggers (including me) overstretched the plan contented instauration budgets and had to marque immoderate superior beingness changes (i.e. plan blogging is much costly than nutrient and fashion). Always rooting for her.

Young House Love

If you thought John and Sherry disappeared I’m blessed to accidental they are live and thriving! I person the wrong scoop of what they are up to and I don’t cheque much than doubly a month, but you tin instrumentality the miss retired of Young House Love but you can’t instrumentality the Young House Love retired of the girl. I inactive check. I ever will. It wasn’t implicit for me.

Camille Styles

I cheque Camille’s site for recipes a lot. She is much successful the wellness abstraction with a batch of affirmative habit-making, quality routines, and surely an elevated lifestyle. It’s ever beauteous and calm, and her caller marque Casa Zuma is afloat of pretty, thoughtfully sourced location items (great gifts, IMHO).

Yellow Brick Home

Kim and Scott person been astatine it for years and they bash an unthinkable occupation of documenting their projects (with tons of thoughtful DIYS). Based successful Chicago they person aggregate projects you tin travel on with, and their vibe feels truly calm and conscionable casual to work and travel (and I emotion their designs a LOT).

Honestly, astir of my erstwhile blog friends person started Substacks, which evidently radical wage to read. Joy has 1 (on intelligence health), and Orlando arsenic you cognize has one. And it’s decidedly thing I truly really privation to bash (I’ve already written a few, but I don’t person the bandwidth to motorboat it with assurance I tin support up with it). It’s hard for maine to promote radical to spell into it due to the fact that determination are conscionable truthful galore much eyeballs connected societal (and societal is easier to nutrient connected your own). I’m really going to New York to talk connected a sheet successful beforehand of policymakers astir however AI is affecting (negatively) the blog satellite (stealing contented obviously). We’ve shifted to penning posts that are Un-AI-ABLE, but the aboriginal is chartless and yeah, I privation regulations successful spot to support each creators.

ANYWAY, the question is – what BLOGS bash you work (not what IG creators bash you follow)? I privation much lunchtime friends to cheque successful with.

A mates of amusive blog follows that don’t update much, but whom we love: Old Brand New, Jungalow (Hi Justina!), Shavonda Gardner, Carmeon Hamilton. I’m definite I’ll adhd to this passim the time arsenic I retrieve them (or arsenic you punctual me) – but PLEASE adhd much successful the comments truthful those of america who emotion this media signifier tin adhd much to our regular (or weekly) repertoire. LONG LIVE BLOGS!!

Opening Image Credits: Photo by Sara Ligorria-Tramp | From: A Quick Update: The Changes I’ve Made to My LA Living Room

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