Now that we’ve properly rung in the new year, Bangor style, it’s time for some resolutions. For those of you unfamiliar with Bangor, Maine’s NYE tradition, we all trek downtown to see a beach ball covered in Christmas lights thrown from the top of the building on the corner of the square. Yes, it sounds … Read more
With 2011 quickly coming to a close and with everybody and their brother…scratch that…everybody (in the blog world) and their brother, sister, grandmother, cousin, uncle, aunt, neighbor, cousin, and second cousin twice removed are all doing big year end posts, recapping what they’ve done this year. Well, I’m about to join the masses and share … Read more
And now for an exclusive, behind the scenes tour of what went on in our not-always-so-humble abode during the Christmas season house project moratorium, declared a month ago. The idea behind the house project moratorium was twofold. First, we could use a little break from all the crazyness and the mess that often comes with … Read more
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you spent some serious time with all your families, ate too much of mom’s cooking, and made the nice list so Santa brought you something special (he sure did spoil me). Christmas this year snuck up on me like Batman in the shadows. I couldn’t believe how fast the Christmas … Read more
It’s official…the Christmas season is upon us. And with the Christmas season comes one of my favorite holiday activities…decorating. AND…one of my FAVORITE blogs, Centsational Style, is hosting a holiday table setting contest. How perfect. We just finished up, well almost finished up, our dining room remodel and are ready to show it off with … Read more
Are you ready for a little chalkboard/frame action? Well hooo-wheee, you’re in luck, here we go. A couple weekends ago I was out gallivanting around Presque Isle with my mom and we stumbled across this old, gorgeous frame at the downtown antique shop (there’s only one so you locals know what I’m talking about). You … Read more
There was some serious house project shenanigans going on this weekend here at Angie’s Roost. Definitely no shortage of blog posts coming up this week! First up on the docket, we’ll be revisiting the curtain making project that my mom and I tackled last weekend with a little curtain hanging…two panels that is…not ten. Without … Read more
And we’re back in the dining room for yet another update. Are you sick of our dining room projects yet? It’s okay…you can tell us…we’re here for you. We’re definitely not sick of the dining room projects because it’s been shaping up really well lately. This time, it’s window related. Specifically with the window sashes. … Read more
This past weekend, while Colby was traipsing around the woods up at hunting camp, I trekked the three hours north to visit my folks. Not only did I bring the pup (he LOVES his grandparents house) but I also brought a whole bag of fabric. Yup…fabric. As in fabric to make some curtains for the … Read more
I can hardly believe this, but I do not have a single caulk joke to open with. Not one. I’m empty, like an empty vase (remember that Friends episode where the Latin line cook wrote a poem for Monica titled the “Empty Vase”? And she was really dense about poetry and didn’t understand it? No? … Read more
So remember back when I mentioned that we were oh so close to being ready to send out our save the date cards? Well, apparently that wasn’t true. I’ve been sitting on this project (figuratively…not literally…sheesh) for quite some time now and it’s high time I make a decision. I am about to present to … Read more
I could have also called this post “You’re Feeling Dizzy…Very Very Dizzy” because we’re going to do a little spin right round baby right round our dining room to show off all the freshly primed trim that’s happening in there. By the time we’re done you should be able to navigate your way through our … Read more
It should come as no surprise, but bead board and I are tight. We’re talking peanut butter and jelly tight, or Monica and Rachel tight, or Ben Affleck and Matt Damon tight. Yeah…that’s tight all right. If I could have it my way our whole house would be covered in bead board…bead board ceiling, bead … Read more
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 … Read more
Four hundred and seventy six nails in the wall, four hundred and seventy six nails, punch one through, fill it with glue, four hundred and seventy five nails int the wall, four hundred and seventy five nails, punch one through, fill it with glue, four hundred and seventy four nails in the wall…….I could go … Read more
Because I love tackling a good ol’ to-do list I decided it was high time I got back to working on the dining room. And it didn’t hurt my motivation having gaping holes in our floor where the heating vents used to be, which dates back to before we even stained the floor. We’ve managed … Read more