Two thirty-somethings renovate a 1920s Pittsburgh home, one do-it-yourself disaster at a time.

It’s been almost a year since we bought this house, and our marriage is weathering it quite well, I’m relieved to say. We’re still having fun with our growing roster of projects. We almost never fight, and the fights we do have a pretty small-time. Garden-variety stuff, really. There’s The Hungry Fight. It starts with [...]

As if winning a sixth Super Bowl weren’t enough to make this town giddy, we’re finally starting to see signs of spring—or at least a few forecasts that don’t leave us cussing out the TV. Soon, my weekend-warrior comrades, we will emerge from hibernation and start anew. Might I suggest kicking off the season at [...]

Halloween night, we had perfect, long-sleeve fall weather, so we sat on the front porch. Here’s a shot of us eagerly awaiting the cavalcade of costumed kiddos. We’d been looking forward to this first holiday in Casa Vitone for weeks, and the neighborhood didn’t disappoint. There was a Wizard of Oz-themed family of four, the Daddy-slash-scarecrow of whom [...]