Burritos and Bubbly – Home Improvement, Design & Family

Merry Christmas

We don’t usually post on Tuesdays but since someone (um, me) totally forgot to write a blog post for yesterday… and last Friday… I wanted to pop in today and just say hello and wish all of you the happiest of holidays. I’m assuming a...

Inspiration: Decorating With Blue

All of a sudden I’m totally obsessed with blue. I can’t get enough. I want blue everywhere in my house. It may have something to do with the fact that we just painted our guest room a phenomenal shade of dark blue with crisp white...

Countdown to a Housewarming Halloween

I’m going to share an embarrassing picture. This is what my house looks like right now, standing at the front door. Piles of boxes.  Furniture shoved wherever it will fit.  4 rooms to paint.  A costume to plan.  Decorations to make. Only 8 weekends to do it! Eeeek!!!...

Guest bed inspiration

While I’m still thinking about moving our guest room up to the third floor, I decided to look through my Pinterest boards to find inspiration for the new room. I love Pinterest as a means of seeing all of the things that I’ve liked before,...

House Tour, One Year In: Living Room

This view makes me so happy!!! The living room is still a work in progress, but to walk into our house and see this big open living room/kitchen space, I love love love love it!! It’s hard to even believe what it used to look like just a...

All the Sweaters I Want Right Now

Sweater weather is my favorite weather, at least for clothes. I love to be cozy and I love to be nice and warm! I have a drawer full of sweaters but at this point I’ve realized I reach for only three of them on repeat,...

More Snapshots of London

You guys. (I have a friend who hates it when people start things with “you guys” and I think of him every time I say it, but I still say it anyway …) So. You guys. We were planning on having a “Burrito Summer” update for you...

DIY Photostrip Frame

When we were on the Ohio City Home Tour and hundreds of people toured our house, one of the most commented upon things was really surprising to me: the photostrips I had hung on the wall in our office. People loved them and so many people wanted to talk...

Maternity Style: Party Dresses

Thanksgiving is next week, you guys, and you know what that means … it’s party season! Between our shower last weekend, a wedding next weekend and then all the holiday parties between now and the end of the year, our calendar is already filling up....

New House Sneak Peek: The Living Room

I thought it might be fun to show you a few sneak peeks into what’s happening at the new house, starting with our living room! I don’t have my real camera here, so I snapped these quickly on my phone (and I need a new one …...