Tonight’s original post was to dish all about “how to hack a buffet to turn it into a bathroom vanity”. But after yesterday’s March monthly roundup, and realizing how construction heavy it was (read…one serious lack of light, fun, and decorator-ie projects) I scraped the post-plan and am bringing you a little mirror story…a pretty in pink mirror story. Although I told Colby it was “coral” not “pink” so he [...]
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When we last left off on the great saga that will forever be known to the world as “operation blue entry”, the only thing left to tackle on the to-do list was to add some art. Since I’m all for working with what ya got, I pulled out a few packs of hula girl postcards that have been hiding in the closet for a few years. Nothing like a hula [...]
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Before I dive into today’s blog post I need to explain the title and the associated Jeanne-ism. Jeanne is one of my co-workers, probably one of the loudest, and one of her top ten phrases is “succa-please”. Succa-Please Passive-aggressive behavior at its most eloquent Colby: Let’s just take one more lap around the Dick’s Sporting Goods hunting department before we go to Sephora. Angie: ”Succa-please!” It’s a phrase that’s used [...]
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It’s official…our entry is done! And done with pizazz, otherwise known as entrifical force. And an entrifical force our entry certainly is complete with some organization and Nate Berkus accessories. Bam! Almost knocked you over there, didn’t she?! I told you the entry is sporting some serious entrifical force. Last time I say that, I swear. But let’s step back to the very beginning. Back to when Colby built a [...]
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I’m in love, I’m in love and I don’t care who knows it! One hundred thousand space bucks to the person who can name that movie quote (or that one). But back to the seriousness, or as serious as I can get. I just stained up the bench that Colby built and I’m in love! I may have a new favorite stain color. Excuse the weird light. We get [...]
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I’m about to unleash some serious words of wisdom here so everyone grab a pen and a notepad…bonus points if it says “I Love Lists” at the top of it. Here is Angie’s no fail process to getting a wooden bench for your entry. Step 1…find the most amazing rustic bench on Pinterest (which was originally from West Elm) and GUSH about it in front of your husband. I mean [...]
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Now that all the Christmas and New Year’s festivities are behind us, it’s time to get back to our roots…The Roost roots…affectionately known around these here parts as DIY shenanigans. Shortly before Christmas, Colby and I started revamping our entryway to make it a little more stylish and more importantly, a little more functional. Here’s where we left off: In the jail cell otherwise known as our entry. We had [...]
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The board and batten is up people…I repeat…the board and batten is up in the entry. After a couple of hours worth of installation thanks to the boy toy husband, we officially have a board and batten-ed up entryway. And I’m not gonna lie, it kind of feels like jail in there…not that I would know what the clink feels like. I feel like I should be taking a coffee [...]
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Lately I’ve been doing a decent amount of thinking…musing over the functionality of our house. Especially in a small house, such as ours, where every square inch has to work overtime in the functionality department. One space that I always question is the entry. It’s cute and adorable when it’s all picked up and cleaned up. Unfortunately, that’s not terribly often. Most days it looks like this: And that’s not [...]
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1 Comment And by painted piggy I don’t mean of the toe variety, but of the farm animal variety. Put the phone down…stop calling the animal abuse hotline on me…I didn’t paint a real pig…I painted up a pig tray. The tray was gifted to us via Colby’s mama…she…like Uncle Marcus also likes to hand down items to us. But thankfully there was no sentimental value to the pig tray because farm [...]
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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.
Work space with industrial style desk
Industrial style desk
Home office with rustic stool
