Burritos and Bubbly – Home Improvement, Design & Family

Burritos, Accordions, and Guinness Floats

It’s been a slightly productive week as far as my 30 before 30 list goes. I got a few things crossed off the list. Some more exciting than others. I also started number 2, Beat a Video Game, with a game that I don’t think...

Let’s go: Ottawa in winter

We went to Ottawa, Ontario over the weekend and had the best time. I know going north to Canada isn’t necessarily the first place a lot of people think to travel in February, but Ottawa is a city that really makes winter fun — and...

Homemade Sun-dried Tomato Pizza

One of our favorite things to do is make pizza at home. It’s really fun anytime but especially when we have friends over and everyone can get whatever they want. We have go-to dough and sauce recipes that Andy has made a ton of times,...

Thing I love: Kate Spade’s things we love

I’m really loving the new book Kate Spade New York: Things We Love. Over the last 20 years, the creative team at Kate Spade has been collecting little bits of inspiration — from the color of a shoe to a funny saying to a gorgeous...

Beach cottage daydreams

It’s around this time every year, when it’s been cold and dreary and grey for far too long in the upper Midwest, that I start to daydream about living somewhere sunny and warm and near the sea. I imagine a bright house full of light...

No-Spend August: We’re Doing This Thing

You guys, Olly’s first birthday party was on Sunday and we’re STILL recovering. I’m going to be tired for a week. It was so so so so good. I can’t wait to show you ALL the photos and tell you all about it. Here’s one...

Getting stuff done

A big part of our wedding to-do list is actually a list of things to do around the house. We’re hosting an open house brunch the morning after our wedding. And of course the house has to be perfect! A lot of our friends and...

Is there a garage makeover in my future?

I sure hope so! I’ve seen a few really amazing garage makeovers lately that have me daydreaming about someday turning mine into something, well, tolerable.  I know the garage I have will never be amazing, but I’ll be happy with functional, organized and safe.  Um, yeah,...

A happy Easter with a side of waffles

We woke up Easter morning with grand plans of making ourselves a huge french toast brunch. And then realized our “day-old” bread was actually about a week old and hard as a rock. French toast fail. We managed to scrape together 3/4 of a cup of...

Our urban farmhouse kitchen: the plans

Ok, let’s talk details. Or as I like to call it “the sauce.” Andy and I like to say that he is all about “the meat” of a project and I’m about “the sauce,” and neither one would be any good without the other. So last...