We’re having family over this weekend for some “tailgating” before the Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh Steelers game, so I wanted to put up a few seasonal decorations to make our house look festive. If we don’t have a working kitchen or guest bath, at least we can...
IT’S THE SUMMER OF ICE CREAM!! Andy and I made a list of 12 of Cleveland’s ice cream shops that we are going to visit this summer, and I’ve maybe never been more excited about anything in my life!! This list is based on research of “best...
So it was about time for us to throw a party at our house. We haven’t had one since Halloween — since the week our kitchen was ripped out — and most of our friends hadn’t seen the updates yet. Now that all of our...
Well, of course as soon as I learned that our laundry is moving to the pantry, I immediately started thinking about all the ways I can make this functional space also a pretty one. Oh, laundry rooms can be pretty, believe me. Just take a...
I just put in an order for the photos from our second month of marriage. As I’ve mentioned before, one of the things we’re doing to make our first year of marriage feel special is to take a photo of ourselves together every day. Then...
I’m up to my eyeballs in projects today so I don’t have time for a real post today, but I just had to stop and show you this amazing thing. Saturday, Sept. 19, 1891, written on the wall in a bedroom closet. I don’t go in this...
I thought it would be really fun to make a polka dotted lampshade for my living room, to go with the new polka dotted rug. You can’t have too many polka dots, right?! I wanted my polka dots to be nice and big, which was a...
We are going on a quick trip to Palm Springs, California soon, which of course has me dreaming about everything I want to pack. And of course I want to pack all new clothes! Ok, Andy, I won’t buy ALL new clothes, but I can still daydream...
Happy Friday! I’m so excited for the weekend. The sun is out, it’s supposed to get a little warmer, and we have plans to go out to dinner with friends tomorrow. Bring on the margaritas! This photo is an outtake from the rainbow wall-hanging post I...
Ruby will be four months old soon, which means we’ve almost survived the first two months of puppy-parenthood. Phew! Having a puppy is hard work, but it also can be a lot of fun. In the matter of five minutes we can go from “Ruby is so...