When Andy and I started building Burritos and Bubbly, we divided our strengths. Andy is what I call “meat and potatoes” — he knows how to do the techy coding part — and I’m more of the “sauce” — I love thinking about colors, fonts,...
So my second week here a utility guy needed to access a closet on the first floor where a certain utility box was located. He asked if he could remove the shelves in that closet, which I’d actually thought were built in. He pulled them...
Let’s put away the grey. Say no to the beige. Bring out the sunny yellows, grass greens, beach blues and hot pinks. Make life a little brighter. I’m so sick of this winter, with the sky the same color as the ground every day, and...
You guys! It’s here! It’s summer! I hope you all had a really nice long weekend! Ok, I know summer doesn’t technically start for a few weeks, but we all know that Memorial Day is the (Un)Official Start of Summer!! To celebrate, we’re jetting off...
Today’s post is a little late, but it’s worth it, I promise! I am so excited to show you the DIY project we did for our new home office! You may remember that our theme for this room is white, wood and gold … aka,...
That time Rosie the Riveter, a Viking and Krusty the Clown took pictures with a tiger at 2:00 in the morning in downtown Detroit… So I mentioned the other day that last weekend I went to Detroit to visit one of my best friends and her boyfriend....
Isn’t this little girl wearing polka dots and striped tights adorable? I’m pretty sure this just proves that dots are timeless — and go with anything. ( image via OldPhotoShop ) I hope you all had a great week! But what’s up with this weather? 60 degrees...
I want to remind everyone, before we get started here, that most of the things we are doing in the kitchen are firsts for us. Cabinets, counter, sink, dishwasher, etc… we’ve never installed these things before. This is the third kitchen renovation we’re living through,...
Growing up I never did the huge family Thanksgiving that other people do with aunts and uncles and cousins and grandparents. Since my family lived in Alaska, a gazillion miles away from anyone we were related to, every holiday dinner was spent with just me, my...
Do you remember last week when we failed miserably at trying to hang curtains in our bedroom? To refresh your memory, I wanted to hang a double curtain rod on all four windows in our plaster-walled bedroom, but every kind of anchor and screw we...