While we’re painting our house, it might be time to do some other upgrades to the exterior, like replacing our old front doorknob. I actually don’t mind the looks of what we have because it’s brass and shiny, but it’s tricky to use, which is...
When one of my best friends told me that she wanted to throw me a baby shower, well, first I got all teary … and then I said I wanted to be in charge of decorations! We decided to throw the shower at our new house. At the...
Let’s continue our house tour in the family room! As we’ve mentioned before, we’ve gone back and forth about what to do with this room, but it’s currently an unused extra-TV room, an occasionally used office (I’m literally in here now writing this post), an...
We have the most exciting, crazy news. I’ve been imagining writing this post for months and it kind of feels surreal to finally be telling you our big exciting news… See that house? We bought it. That’s our new vacation home in Traverse City, Michigan!! Holy crap, we bought...
When we painted our house, we thought it was a good time to also make some other updates to our curb appeal while we were at it, and one of our big priorities was replacing the old house numbers. What we had before was an...
The holidays are always a whirlwind, right? We had a few frantic days before Christmas going to lots of parties with friends and family, and then we spent a wonderful Christmas morning just the two of us, exchanging gifts (so many good things this year!),...
We can cross number 29 (Try a new dinner recipe) off my list because this weekend we made a great meal: Macaroni and Cheese with Bacon. This was basically this recipe from Kelsey Nixon. Kerry and I are big fans of her show, Kelsey’s Essentials, because...
You guysssss! When we shared our holiday home tour the other day you got a peek at my new Palm Springs-inspired midcentury Christmas village. I’m so excited to share more because this might just be my favorite project I’ve EVER made!!! I’ve had this idea in...
I hope you saw our big news on Friday! But for those of you who didn’t … SURPRISE, we’re moving! We bought a new house in Bay Village, which is about 15 minutes west of where we live now. You can see Friday’s post for more about our reasons...
The subtitle of this post is: Family Drama in the Family Room … Andy and I Disagree About a Rug I’m having a crisis when it comes to our family room/playroom. Have you ever had a space in your house that just will not come together? That’s...