Burritos and Bubbly – Home Improvement, Design & Family

Rumpus Room hopscotch

I was looking through my older posts, and it looks like somehow I’ve managed to not share many pictures of our Rumpus Room, which is weird since it’s where we spend 90% of our time. If we’re not cooking or sleeping, we’re pretty much guaranteed...

Plank Wall Wainscoting in the Master Bath

For some strange reason, I recently told Kerry, “Hey wouldn’t be a good idea if we made our own wainscoting?” And for some even stranger reason, she agreed that it would be. Not sure why we both liked that idea, but hey, that’s what we...

Kitchens and weddings! Kitchens and weddings!

One time Andy yelled, “KITCHENS AND WEDDINGS! KITCHENS AND WEDDINGS! THAT’S ALL YOU THINK ABOUT!” and stomped out of the room. He was totally kidding and came back a minute later laughing. Joking, yes, but wrong? Um, not at all. And that was before we were...

Working hard — not hardly working

I wanted to write a really dramatic story about how we’ve worked so hard this week and how I’m utterly exhausted and every muscle hurts. But I don’t really have the energy for drama right now, for once in my life, haha. Mostly I just...

Joey Lulu, One Month Old! Plus, What We Can’t Live Without

Yesterday was Joanna’s one-month birthday! There’s something about being a whole month old that makes her seem so much more grown up … we’re not counting the weeks anymore! Every month for the next year or more, we’ll be documenting Joey’s birthdays with photos and...

Dyngus Day Cleveland

After working really hard around the house every weekend for so long, we decided this weekend to take a little holiday break from all our projects and just have fun. We celebrated our 23-month-iversary with dinner at El Carnicero (mm, margaritas!), drinks at Lava Lounge, Easter dinner at...

Another Day, Another Kitchen Layout

Thanks for weighing in on our kitchen layout options that we posted on Monday! Andy came up with another new idea that I wanted to show you. If you missed Monday’s post, be sure to check out the two kitchen layouts we’re considering! Someone had asked if...

Let’s Eat: No-Bake S’mores Ice Box Pie

It may be officially fall, but here in Cleveland it still feels like the height of summer with temps in the 90s, which makes this easy peasy, no-bake s’mores ice box pie the perfect thing to make this week. It combines all the best things...

Our First Floor Guest Bathroom

(P.S. We’re in Europe! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for photos and updates from our trip!) One of our friends was over a couple of weeks ago who had not seen our first floor bathroom since the renovation last December, and that reminded me,...

Family Room Updates

Hi guys! Happy Friday! We wanted to show you the progress we’ve made in our family room. This room has always been sort of neglected and messy and we never used to hang out in it at all, so it’s so great to finally see...