One of the keys to finally finishing painting the corner hutch, which we revealed back here, was our investment in a paint sprayer. I haven’t always been pro spray painting. You could say that I’ve crossed party lines. Sorry…I couldn’t help myself throwing in a little election night pun. Consider yourselves lucky that I’m not posting a vote on the blog about whether or not buffalo check is the new [...]
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The secret closet door china hutch is painted…boom! And all setup and fully stocked…double boom! When we last left off in our little “let’s turn a china hutch into a hidden closet door” saga, we had yet to paint the hutch. And boy did this guy need a couple coats of paint. It needed paint bad…kind of like how our dog badly needs a bath after rolling in turds and [...]
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I know I always say this after finishing a project, but the Fall Pinterest Challenge project that I worked on is SERIOUSLY the COOLEST project we’ve ever done! Woo to the hoo cue up the band and set off the fireworks! As you may or may not recall, my inspiration for the project looked a little something like this (read a little bit more about it back here): Hidden closet [...]
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And the award for the longest, most drawn out project here at Angie’s Roost goes to…the basement door in our dining room! Ding ding ding….we have a winner…come on down…the price is right! The door better hold onto and relish its title while it can because the kitchen closet saga is totally going to overtake it in length/drawn out-ed-ness. But anyway, after painting the door, refinishing the hardware, and repairing [...]
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We’re just going to keep this little “how to fix old stuff” train right on rolling through. Yesterday we talked about how to restore old hardware and today we’re going to dive right in and do the how-to-fix-old-trim post. But first, let’s say hello to our basement dwelling friend, Mr. Einstein, who’s hanging out by the trim we’re about to fix. Colby doesn’t like my Einstein poster so he was [...]
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When we last left off in the dining room door refinishing project, we had finished priming and painting the door. Meaning we still had to fix the door casing, prime and paint the casing, and refinish the door hardware. Originally, I had planned to spray paint the hardware oil rubbed bronze. But when I told Colby my game plan he cringed his face up like a pug…and not one of [...]
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Blue! You’re my boy! Or should I say door. But let’s back up a step. We’ll get to the blue door in just a minute. But you see, we have this basement door. It’s in our dining room. And one side of it got a coat of primer a couple years ago. That’s it. End of story. It’s not that it’s a bad door. It didn’t go all gangsta on [...]
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This little project definitely belongs in the “2012…Year of the Nagging Project” category. It’s the wine rack in the dining room. Colby built it for me based off an old Pottery Barn wine rack design way back, we’re talking circa July 2011 (back here). The wine rack has just sat in it’s little corner of the dining room throughout the entire dining room renovation. And sadly, because I knew I [...]
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Because I just can’t bear the thought of doing any painting right now, I bring you a quick fix, plant as decoration project. And I use the term “project” very loosely here since this “project” simply required a quick trip to Lowes and some quick setting up. So yesterday, when I was blogging about the dining room ceiling medallion, and sorting through the pics of the space, I was starting [...]
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Since we’ve pretty much neglected the dining room since just before the Christmas season hit us, it’s high time we started back in on that room. It’s oh so close to done, that is if a room is ever REALLY done, but there are still a few other projects that need to be tackled. This weekend, we fixed the light fixture. The dining room desperately needed a ceiling medallion to [...]
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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.
Tangerine Metal 24-inch Counter Stools (Set of 2)
Natural Anchor Porch Pillow
Thumbtack washi tape idea
