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DIY marble coasters

I’m so excited about the DIY project I have for you today. You’d never know by looking at these marble coasters that they’re homemade — or that they’re so easy to make! As soon as I saw the carerra marble tiles that we used for our...

What does a wedding cost?

A couple of days ago a local radio station was asking people to write in about how much they spent on their wedding. I caught a minute of the DJ saying that he received answers as low as $500 and as high as $30,000. He...

Life Lately — Babies and Puppies

I was going to put together another post about our kitchen renovation for today, but it didn’t quite happen. We had a great weekend, though. Andy’s brother and his fiancee were in town from NYC to meet Joey and celebrate Andy’s birthday, so we ate...

I am a juice cleanse failure

Last week I tried my first juice cleanse. I actually won this collection of Garden of Flavor juices through a giveaway on I Heart Cleveland. I’d been wanting to try Garden of Flavor for a while, so I was super excited for the opportunity. I...

10 Things About Kerry & Andy

Hiiii! We wanted to do something a little different today and tell you about ourselves. I mean, you’re here, so you kind of know who we are, but we don’t really talk much about ourselves as much as we talk about like, our house and stuff. You...

Representation Matters: Our Favorite Diverse Picture Books

We love the town where we live. It has great schools. We can walk to the beach, the coffee shop, the library, the grocery store. We’ve made good friends here. We’re 20 minutes from Cleveland but have a population of only 15,000 people. BUT… and...

Room of the week: blue ceiling

I’m starting a new regular feature on my blog called “room of the week.” I think it’ll be fun to pick a different room every week and look at what I like about it, and I’d love to hear your opinions! Please leave comments! Here’s the...

5 Tips For Tackling Big Renovations

We may not be professional contractors or flippers, but in our eight years of home ownership and two houses, we have tackled quite a few big renovations and remodels — two kitchens, four bathrooms, two exteriors, a new porch, and a new garage… so far!...

Happy Birthday, Andy!

Happy birthday (tomorrow) to the best husband, friend, puppy and cat dad, travel planner, project finisher, business partner, daydreamer, pizza maker and all-around most amazing person in the whole world! ...

Giveaway! Cleveland Home + Remodeling Expo (closed)

(Edit: congratulations to Monica for winning the tickets! I like Rehab Addict, too — I always learn so much every time I watch!) We’re excited to have two tickets to give away to the Cleveland Home + Remodeling Expo, March 27-29 at the Cleveland Convention Center! This three-day home...