Burritos and Bubbly – Home Improvement, Design & Family

Painting Seventies-Style Stripes at the Cabin!

Alright alright alright. Our 1972 cabin just got real groovy, and we’re digging it! When we were deciding what direction to go with the styling of the cabin as a whole, I was first thinking the obvious “preppy lake house” or “rustic cabin,” but after...

Back to (Pre)School… in Style!

Two big things are happening that have me totally stunned … It’s already back to school time. We have a three-and-a-half-year-old who is starting preschool for the first time!! We are equally so ready for Joanna to start school and a little shocked that it’s happening already. Is...

Falling in love with…

I’ve been working really hard over the last few days to get caught up on my google reader. (Ha, wouldn’t it be great if that actually was work!!) I follow sooo many fantastic blogs and am constantly adding new ones, so it’s next to impossible...

DIY Rainbow Wall Hanging

I knew early on that I wanted to make some sort of a wall-hanging to go above Olly’s changing table. In his big sister Joanna’s room, we have large 3D paper flowers on the wall that she always enjoyed looking at during diaper changes. I wanted to...

A Quick Look Ahead: 2015 Goals

Our to-do list this year is, well, a little ambitious. 25 things for 2015. It kind of has a nice ring to it. We just really want to get our house DONE, once and for all. Is that even a thing, to be done with a...

Drab to Fab: Palm Springs-Inspired Chair

For the Cleveland Home + Remodeling Expo we are among several local designers and bloggers who were invited to update a chair from drab to fab to be auctioned off at the show. We were so honored and excited to participate! Our first step was to find...

House Tour, One Year In: Master Bedroom

As promised, we’re taking you on a tour of our house, one year in. We’re starting the tour with our master bedroom because it was actually the very first room we worked on. But for some reason we have never shared pictures. (Well, the reason is our bedroom...

Our wedding is two months from today!!

At this point in my life everything is being broken down into what I call BW or AW — “Before Wedding” or “After Wedding.” With our wedding just two months from today (!!), we are buckling down and working so hard to get everything done....

8 Hours for Gnocchi … A Weekend in Cincinnati

Hi guys! Can you believe it’s Monday already? It always happens so fast. We hope you had a great weekend. We sure did, because we snuck out of town to go to our favorite restaurant … in Cincinnati! Yep, we drove eight hours round trip just...

New Design Plan for the Kitchen + Living Room

When I’m decorating a room, my absolute favorite thing is to put together a design plan. I need to see how things will go together, if the shapes, colors and patterns work well and tell the overall “story” that we’re trying to convey. It’s a super time...