One of my new online indulgences is lifestyle blogs. I have a shortlist of best lifestyle blogs that I check almost every evening. Because most of them post five days a week, there is plenty of content for me to peruse when I sit down to relax with a glass of wine after my kids go to bed. I spend only about 10 minutes browsing through them most evenings, but I enjoy the colorful photos (often of California), food photos, design inspiration, travel ideas, and even parenting posts. After browsing many, I’ve narrowed it down to these 10 best lifestyle blogs. What are your favorite lifestyle blogs?
Hither and Thither
This blog features lifestyle snippets from my home region (she lives down the freeway in Davis, a perfect college town) and as a parent of her second child, includes plenty about being a mother and having kids, things I certainly can relate to. Her design posts (like this one) about her Streng Bros. designed home are gorgeous, but it’s often the little details, like picking blackberries in her family’s garden and walking among almond blossoms in spring, that I enjoy most. And Ashley’s travelogues are inspiring!
A Cup of Jo
A Cup of Jo is a bit more girly than my usual interests, but the content is varied and fun and sometimes unexpected. This former magazine editor’s blog posts cover parenting, life in New York City, relationships, clothing, food, and much more.
Apartment 34
It seems like almost everything trendy comes out of San Francisco, this website included. This blog has become a big business, and for good reason…it’s sleek, stylish and fun. And her site has gotten a bit more fun for parents like me because the founder has just had her first child.
Paris in Four Months
This site is just so nice to look at! The design is clean (no sidebar, no ads) and the photos of Paris are beautiful. If you’re like me and enjoy seeing life in some of Europe’s grandest cities, you’ll ooh and ahh over the flowers, streets, parks, markets, and other details of life in Paris.
A House in the Hills
Sarah and her husband are both photographers, so the site is gorgeous. She lives what she calls a “simple and slow-paced” life in Southern California, and focuses on style, food, travel, and difficult topics like her health struggles and the end of her father-in-law’s life. I appreciate that she opens up about something of real importance on occasion.
And a few more additions:
Reading My Tea Leaves
A lifestyle blog mostly about minimalism plus travel, food and family life.
Kinlake
A new favorite! Minimalism, design, and more from a creative couple based in Luxembourg.
Design Mom
One of my favorite sites for modern moms.
Lost in Florence and Girl in Florence
Sigh…I love Florence, and these blogs show the best of contemporary life in this stylish Italian city.
And 6 of the best minimalism blogs
What are your favorite lifestyle blogs? Please share!
I totally agree re: Hither/Thither. Amazing how she can make having a newborn + toddler look so light and stylish. Thanks for A House in the Hill rec: great site!
Thank you to both of you for saying that! So flattered to be included on this list, Jenna! (And sorry for saying so so belatedly!)
Will have to check some of this out, thanks for sharing!
i love lifestyle focused blogs, I’ll have to check these out to, thanks for sharing Jenna
Then I think you’ll really enjoy these.
First thing I noticed is that they all have great designs!
Yes, they definitely do!
Thank you so much for the link love!
oooh, thanks for sharing! I’m always looking for new blogs – especially lifestyle and travel ones. The ones you’ve shared sound really interesting. can’t wait to check them out!
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Really enjoying Apartment 34 – Thanks for the tip!
Yes, that site always has good new design & style inspiration.
I have been looking for some new blogs to read and all of these look great and I haven’t heard of any of them. Thanks so much for sharing them!
I’m sure you’ll love them!
Amazing list of blogs to checkout, even more exciting is that I don’t even know of any of them.
I hope you will continue to share more blogs, especially ones on lifestyle, as you discover more great ones out there.
I will be checking them out right now.
i’ve definitely followed along a cup of jo and hither and thither. 🙂 i’m going to check out the others now!
Thank you for the list 🙂
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Wow great picks! I didn’t know about any of these lifestyle blogs, thank for introducing me to them.
I love cup of Jo too! I’m such a sucker for clean sites and good photos.
I particularly adore “Sincerely Jules” has great fashion and travel shots, plus her casual style is very California.
Thanks for these others, Ill be checking them out!
I don’t know of Sincerely Jules but will check it out now. Thanks!
I like Apartment 34 too. But also agree with the other person commenting, Sincerely Jules is awesome – she does great inspo looks & travel.
Thanks for compiling this list. the Girl in Florence blog really caught my attention.
This is awesome thanks for sharing!
http://myprettylifeblog.blogspot.co.nz/
Thanks for the list! I was just looking for inspirations.
I love Cup of Jo! Some of my best finds have come from there, including one of my favorite brands, Everlane.
http://www.PeonyandGrahams.com
The EveryGirl is also pretty great and inspired my own efforts with a capsule wardrobe + a variation on her methodology. http://www.peonyandgrahams.com/2015/08/the-dream-closetthe-simple-chic-capsule.html
A Cup of Jo is great! My blog is just as girly, but it’s about Love and Relationships! 🙂
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Great list! I am in LOVE with Paris in Four Months. Thanks for offering some more inspiration :).
I hope you found some others that you like!
Really appreciate you putting together this list! Hard to find new blogs to follow, I find, so when other bloggers introduce their favourite bloggers – it makes discovering diamonds so much easier 🙂
Thanks again!!
🙂 And many of these I still read every day!
Hey there,
Nice content! Check out our blog at http://www.kinlake.com
We’re two young designers working on all sorts of creative jobs. Hope it inspires some of you guys 😉
I love your site! Thanks for sharing it on here.
Found some new favorites here! Thank you for the inspiration!
http://www.windlasse.com
that is cool 🙂
Hi, nice choice 🙂
In parallel with my job, I also have a small lifestyle blog.
Hope it’ll inspire you!
Thanks you all 🙂
fewstyle.com
I will check it out. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for the list!
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Great list! I really love Reading My Tea Leaves and will now be following 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
It is so inspirational to browse through these blogs.
My personal favorite is the blogs from Florence, but that is because I love Florence. So I must admit that I’m biased!
Wonderful list! I’d like to add Tonya Leigh’s, who commented a little ways up this stream, French Kiss Life ( http://tonyaleigh.com/ )
Thanks, Jenna!
Oh, I love Hither and Thither too! Thanks for the rest of your recommendations; it’s tricky finding quality lifestyle blogs out there so it’s nice to get some ideas from someone you enjoy! These are great; will definitely check them out! 🙂
Katie
http://lifeshelives.com
Yes, her site is one of my very favorites!
Just starting out blogging…I love all the different designs! I think I need to do a “little” no a lot more research to even compare! LOL Thanks for the site Jenna!
Michelle @ lifestylepriorities.com
It’s so hard to decide on a design, but browsing other blogs to find what you like is helpful. Good luck!
Checked out all the different blogs, like that theya are all really diffrent in style. I´ looking my to change mine, so got a few ideas on how to move foward!
Thanks for a great post x
I recently started blogging and I fell in love with something on each blog!
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A Cup of Jo is great! My blog is somewhat pretty with girly colors, but it’s about Love and Relationships! 🙂
https://penmyemotions.com/
Great inspiration here, thank you.
Check out my father’s blog. It’s a sort of self-held blog; a thoughtful and entertaining diary of his musings:
https://how2livewithcancer.blogspot.ie/2017/09/23-china.html
On an important topic! Thanks for sharing.
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Wow the blog is so amazing and I love lifestyle blogs.Last week I have read a lifestyle blog of Sean Hughes and it was worth reading.It is one of the best lifestyle blogs I have read.
Some great examples here. I had a nice time looking at all of them. My blog is not exactly lifestyle but rather my random thoughts on a blog.
Thanks for posting these. They’ve too become some of my favourite blogs! 🙂
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