We ended last week by ripping bark off clay pots, bark that I had painstakingly hot glued to the pots and carved the pots with Colby’s and my own initials for our wedding reception centerpieces. But I managed to salvage one piece of bark and had planned to frame it and add it to the gallery wall in the parlor. Well, I just so happened to be cruising the home [...]
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It’s memory test time. Ready?! Do you remember how way back when we decided to use ferns as centerpieces for our wedding? And made birch bark covered pots with our initials carved into the sides of them? Here’s a refresher: Well, post wedding we had to figure out what to do with all the ferns. We started with 25 ferns, only 20 of which lived to even make it to [...]
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Shortly after the arrival of our new couch (shortly as in we had to have a nap on the couch first…obviously) we put our curtains back up. And since we’re working on upgrading the living room overall, it was time to update the curtain rods from those basic, costs a buck curtain rods to something with a little more pizzazz. On my quest for the perfect curtain rod, Target sadly [...]
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Another 30 Before 30 task is officially crossed off the list…the new “big girl” couch is in the house and the too small love seat is officially outta here! Booyah! Well…technically the too small love seat has been relocated to Colby’s shop aka man cave in the basement. Without further ado, I introduce you to our new, grey sectional with a chaise. But before you can REALLY appreciate the new [...]
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And another 30 Before 30 item bites the dust. The task…hold a yard sale. We’ve been planning on having a yard sale pretty much since the day we moved into the house and we FINALLY pulled the trigger on it this weekend. After months of pulling “merchandise” we were ready and had a little free time (now that we’re post wedding) to hold a successful sale. So I bring you [...]
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And with joy…absolute, pure joy…I bring you the August monthly roundup. August was a pretty big month around the roost this year…probably one of the best months of my life. Why?! Because (caution…upcoming sky high sappy moment) I married my best friend! No…not Heather…she’s just the hetero lifemate…Colby and I got hitched! So I bring you a very wedding-ie August monthly roundup. Best Week Ever: When we kicked off the [...]
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Confession…sometimes I add things to my to-do list just so I can cross them off two seconds later. Like I did this evening when I wrote down “paint living room trim” on my to-do list and promptly crossed it off. Ding dong the trim is done! And the furniture was moved back into its rightful place. It never ceases to amaze me how much of a difference a fresh coat [...]
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1 Comment I have been planning this blog post…well more like the blog title…for nearly two years now. I always wanted to do a blog post about throw pillows and call it “Pillow Panache” ever since I was running to some rap tunes (weird…I know) and this song came on and rapped about “that girl’s got panache” and I’ve been addicted to the word “panache” ever since. And thought it went so [...]
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Neighbors rejoice, we now have blinds in our master bedroom. Cue up the band! I know, they’re hard to see and equally hard to photograph with sun streaming through the natural, bamboo shades. But trust me, they’re there and the neighbors are rejoicing that they no longer can see into our room. Here’s the room pre-shades. All naked like and exposed…the windows…not us…but we sure felt that way most mornings [...]
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Have you ever had one of those moments when you just get all tied up in knots? Or your laundry does? Yeah, that happened. And that was after I spent about an hour cutting away at some of the knots. Those are the table runners from our wedding that I had sent through the washing machine. I was trying to remove all remnants of ketchup stains from the fabric before [...]
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Welcome to Angie's Roost (and Colby's Hen House) where you'll find daily posts about our misadventures in DIY home improvement. We bought a 100+ year old home that desperately needed some love and blogged about our entire adventure.
Robert Abbey Kinetic Antique Brass Pharmacy Desk Lamp
Architect Style Clamp-On Base Desk Lamp
Work space with industrial style desk
