Let’s put that door in already! Right?! To recap our door slab to installed door saga, we first learned a little door lingo and then prepped the raw door slab for hanging, which included routing out the door and jambs for hinges. Now all that’s left is a little door hanging. So let’s hang, shall we? And by “hang” I don’t mean hang out at the Max, Saved By The [...]
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Now that you’re all up to speed in door hanging lingo, let’s hang a door, shall we? And I’m about to say “jamb” way too often so why don’t we turn this into a little drinking game? Kidding. I wouldn’t survive that game! Anyway…as we mentioned in last week’s post, one of our shameless money saving tricks is purchasing unfinished door slabs on clearance from local lumber yards and hanging [...]
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10 Comments I’m getting ahead of myself tonight with this project. Or maybe I’m just REALLY behind. Depends on how you look at it. Kind of like one of those glass is half empty or half full kind of deals. So I painted a bookcase green and plopped it into the guest bedroom. Game day bucket go boom! There is no other furniture in the guest bedroom (no bed, no nightstand, no [...]
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2 Comments Today we’re unleashing upon you all our secrets. Well…no…not ALL our secrets, otherwise what kind of incentive do you have to keep reading?! Today, I’m revealing to you our “secrets of a stainer”. Did anybody get the Emily Henderson Secrets of a Stylist spoof in there? I’m sure a few of you die hard Design Star fans out there caught on. Anyway, Colby and I were staining and polying monsters [...]
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When we last left off in the guest room renovation saga, it looked a little something like this: Walls up, joints mudded, painted ceiling and walls, and freshly installed wide pine flooring. It was already starting to look better, kind of like Kim Kardashian once she takes off all that makeup. But what would make the room look even more finished? TRIM! It’s like good eyeliner for those of us [...]
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We certainly don’t give a ship around here! I don’t give a ship that I’m up past my bedtime writing this post. I don’t give a ship that our dog is acting uber annoying this evening. And I certainly don’t give a ship that it’s raining outside right now. What do I give a ship about? The shiplap flooring shenanigan-ery going on in our guest bedroom. We recently took the [...]
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Today’s post isn’t about a glamorous project, or a terribly exciting project, but one of those necessities that you just have to pull up your big girl pants and take care of…the attic staircase installation. When we did all the demo work upstairs, we moved the tiny attic staircase opening that Colby barely fit through, from our master bedroom into the guest bedroom. And when we did that, we (and [...]
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And just like that, our guest bedroom is officially painted. Booyah. I wish I could tell you that we “hemmed and hawed” over the wall color, tested out the paint chips in the room during various times of day and light, and made an informed decision after serious deliberations. But I can’t. Instead, I turned to the Privet House for Target napkins that I picked up last year (they’re my [...]
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Saturday morning, while it was hardcore snowing outside, we brought the white out inside and primed up the guest bedroom. All it took was a couple of hours time and a gallon of primer to achieve the little white box. Not gonna lie…I’m pretty sure this is the best the room has ever looked! It’s so clean in there…and echo-ie! And as I look into our own little white box, I [...]
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This weekend was a whirlwind…wait…uh…no…not really. We got snowed in this past weekend thanks to winter storm Nemo. Neither Colby or myself left the house the entire day on Saturday, but we stocked up and prepared for the storm Friday night. And by stocked up I mean we came home with a case of beer (Long Trail’s winter classics variety pack…mmmm mmmm good) and a couple gallons of paint. We [...]
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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.
Jars of citrus fruit on the counter
Dining room filled with vintage finds
I know this is an outdoor space, but how great is that rustic wood coffee table for a living room?!
