Let’s just file this post under random purchases for $100 Alex. Oh…but they changed Jeopardy and there is no longer a $100 category…I rephrase…let’s file this post under random purchases for $200 Alex. Not that I spent $200…more like $66.48. Anyway, after returning home from our Puerto Rico adventure, we’re talking immediately after returning home from Puerto Rico, I settled into the couch for a long winter’s nap catching up [...]
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7 Comments The other night, while Colby was away working at a construction show, I decided it was high time for some craftiness. We’re talking a serious impulse craft project going on here. I had a mess of leftover rope from the CD crate project and a boring lampshade that was attached to the hallway light fixture so I decided to go to town. Sorry for the weird light. It was all [...]
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I love a good photograph. Especially a well framed photograph. I’ve become a master of framing my photographs during the craziness that has been our home remodel over the last couple of years. Typically, just outside the photograph is a giant stack of papers, trash bag full of construction debris, pile of paint cans, and a ginormous hole in the wall (or missing wall altogether). The parlor has been no [...]
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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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Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah….welcome to the next episode, of new lighting here at Angie’s Roost (and Colby’s hen house….aka casa de Colby & Angie). We recently added a chandelier to the staircase loft area that you can read about here, a few months ago added a light fixture to the lower hallway which is found here, and my fave lighting project in the kitchen from back here, now we’re adding a light fixture [...]
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Wasn’t that a TLC song….Red Light Special? Oh TLC how you helped me through some tough times as a seventh grader. I always stuck to the rivers and the lakes that I was used to. But seriously…I believe Red Light Special was one of the more prominent songs off their Crazy Sexy Cool album (which by the way was one of the first CDs I ever purchased). It went something [...]
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I love a crafty project. Especially when said crafty project means that this goes away: Yup. That’s our “temporary” hallway light that’s been “temporary” for oh….13 months. We haven’t had a traditional light fixture in the hallway since we ripped it out way back here, last August. Instead, we’ve had this pig tail light, which actually makes it a dream to drywall, mud/sand, and paint without constantly taking the light [...]
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So…remember a few days ago when I posted this picture? And I assured you that everything would turn out okay? And that Colby knew what he was doing? Well…more on that as the story unfolds. This past Saturday, the painter finally finished her amazingly awesome work on painting the new section above the sink. Scratch that, it really wasn’t my best work but who will ever notice other than me? [...]
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After one minor electrocution incident from flicking a light switch on, we realized it was finally time to conquer the old wiring. The vast majority of the house is old knob and tube wiring so as we’ve been working on projects (like the bathroom remodel) we’ve been trying to replace it with modern wiring. After realizing a few problem children areas, it was time to push forward. We gutted the [...]
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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.
Dakota Adjustable Height Swivel Stool from Target
Robert Abbey Kinetic Antique Brass Pharmacy Desk Lamp
Architect Style Clamp-On Base Desk Lamp
