Armed with Lowes gift cards, a few Bed Bath & Beyond coupons, and some serious home project motivation, we finally finished the office and it’s all I dreamed of. It didn’t take much to finish. A little trim work here, another coat of poly there, outlet covers, a light fixture, and curtain rod later, the office was an office. Oh, and Colby installed a new cable line. He’s really proud [...]
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The time span between Thanksgiving and New Years is often my most favorite time of the year. I love the music, the lights, the snow, the food, friends & family, and especially the decorations! I love decorating, decorating is my favorite! With a new puppy and a house under serious construction, I significantly scaled back the holiday decorations. Next year however, Clark Griswold watch out!
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As you may have learned about me by now, I like to make things pretty. What isn’t pretty in our house? The kitchen cabinets. They’re gross and I hate them. So how do I make them less gross? Paint them. In dream kitchen 2015 (yes it will take me that long just to figure out how I want the dream kitchen) there will be white bead board cabinets. To test [...]
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Slowly but surely the office is becoming an office. Most of the trim is in, electrical is almost all hooked up, flooring is down with just another couple coats of poly to go, and hopefully the internet cable will be functioning shortly. With only t-minus three weeks until school starts back up again, we better get cracking. Also, I must mention the love affair I’m having with the window trim. [...]
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After a few too many step-on-nail-slash-staple-protruding-from-old-sub-floor and spraining-ankle-in-huge-hole-in-middle-of-old-sub-floor situations in the hall, it was time for Colby to take action. With a couple of packages of cheap aka temporary click flooring and a Skil saw in hand, a few hours later we had a hallway floor to be proud of…temporarily. Now we just need to finish hanging sheetrock and it might actually look like a hallway!
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Shortly after returning from Ver-Hampshire (thanks for the term Danielle….and for those of you who just don’t get it….Vermont & New Hampshire) Colby and I did our own little Thanksgiving feast. We like left overs, what can we say? It’s starting to become a tradition of ours to cook a turkey the weekend after we return from the Thanksgiving holiday. Turkeys are cheap then, make such great leftovers, and we [...]
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As good ol’ Hank Williams Jr. stated, “I’m just carryin’ on an old family tradition.” A family tradition in candy making. The women in my family make the most awesome peppermint patties at Christmas time. Doubt the awesomeness? Try them. They’re like the York Peppermint patty but better…way better. Colby’s first taste stopped him dead in his tracks they were so good. But seriously, the mint making is one of [...]
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With one semester coming to a close and a totally brutal semester coming up, I desperately needed a study space not adjacent to the tv. Studying on Sundays in our household is next to impossible with football on all day. We’ve put the pedal to the metal and have really made some headway on the office space which is upstairs next to the bathroom in one of the spare rooms. [...]
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Halloween is here and we celebrated and by we I also mean the dog. Of course Goose HAD to have a costume! Check out our bat dog in the pictures below! Poor Goose! With every move I’ve made in the past I had expected to have trick-or-treaters. I’ve always lived in residential neighborhoods and with every move i think, “this is the year…it’s got to be the year I get [...]
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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.
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Ikea Alex drawers for storage
Use Ikea Alex drawers to build your own, storage packed desk
