I have always had a love affair with bangs. My best friend in first grade, Jenny F., had bangs, and I wanted some just like hers sooooo badly. I begged and begged, and finally a couple of years later, I was allowed to have them. I had to do something...
I was going to wait and do this as a full on “before and after” post, but I’m just so excited about this bike I got, that I had to post it immediately. About a month ago, a friend fo mine posted on my Facebook page that she saw this bike...
YAY! I’m soooo excited to finally be showing you our nursery plans! We’ve been planning this for months and this weekend finished painting and even put together the crib! It’s still nowhere near finished (and just barely started), but we wanted to show you our overall design. So just plan...
Something big happened this weekend. I ate a cheeseburger. A real one. With meat. On Saturday night we stayed home and cooked up the most delicious meal: grilled corn on the cob (first time grilling it and I might never cook it another way again), salad with veggies from our farm share, and,...
Our backyard is embarrassing. Like, “let’s not invite anyone over, ever, because we don’t want them to see the mess of our backyard” embarrassing. We’ve been putting off any work to our yard this year because we had some bigger plans for the whole thing. And of course, like any...
You might find this hard to believe, but sometimes Kerry and I are NOT busy writing the blog. Don’t get me wrong, we’re pretty much always busy, but we try to squeeze in some time for our own entertainment. One of the ways we both do that is listening to...
{Edit: This giveaway is over. Congratulations Cathy for winning the tickets!} We’re excited to have two tickets to give away, as well as a discount offer on tickets, to the Sixth Annual Great Big Home + Garden Show at the Cleveland I-X Center, Feb. 6-15! Featuring over 1,000 experts and 600 exhibitors in...
Oliver James Bindernagel arrived on August 3rd at 3:40 a.m. 7 pounds, 5 ounces and 20 inches long. We call him Olly! I was induced at 39 weeks because an ultrasound showed that there was too much amniotic fluid, which can be dangerous if water breaks at home, and the baby...
We’ve been talking about our Rumpus Room for the last couple of days (first with a tour and then with our credenza DIY), so naturally my brain jumped from “rumpus” to “rompers” … totally normal, right? Um. Right? Anyway, I love to wear rompers in the summer. They remind me of being...
We’re so excited to let you know that we’ve been chosen to be part of the 2015 Ohio City Home Tour! The 2015 tour will take guests by trolley to five stops in the neighborhood, with food and drinks from Ohio City restaurants at each stop, and then desserts and entertainment...