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About three months into quarantine we realized that the home goals that we had made for the year were quickly changing. We had talked about getting the house painted and adding onto the deck at the cabin maybe even getting a hot tub, but all of that began to melt away as the days of quarantine lingered on. Then, after a champagne fueled morning, we decided we needed a project so our weekend mornings wouldn't be entirely filled with just drinking champ. READ MORE
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Slow Design & The Stairwell/Hallway/Entry

Slow Design & The Stairwell/Hallway/Entry

Hey-O Guys! You won't even believe when I originally started working on this post! It has been nearly 3 months! It's been weighing on me too, I often sit down to work on this post, and I just don't feel right about it so I put it away. The problem ...
DIY Light Fixture : Woodsy & Brass Sconce

DIY Light Fixture : Woodsy & Brass Sconce

↑ drag cursor over image ↑ Wazzup team? I wanted to share instructions for these two plug-in sconces that I recently made for our bedroom at the cabin. I wanted to design something that had retro feel to reference the age of the cabin (circa 1968) but I wanted it ...
2018 Goalzzzzzzz

2018 Goalzzzzzzz

Hey Team! I just spent the last 10 days flat on my back annihilated by some sort of flu/strep combo. It is no joke people! Jeff has it now too, of course he does, but somehow we spared our children. For them, it's been like lord of the flies (sans ...
A Solution for the Corner TV

A Solution for the Corner TV

It's so hard having so many windows and glass sliding doors in this cabin, I mean where am I supposed to put our tv? It's a real problem. No matter how much of an eye sore the tv is, we can't survive without it, and because this is just a ...
Cabin Update : Bunk Room

Cabin Update : Bunk Room

This post is in partnership with Beddy's Hey Guyses! Hope all is well in the new year! Things are starting off with a bang around here, and I'm ready to hit the ground running! I'll fill you in on my next post, but I'm ready to get back at ...
Cabin Ideas : The Bunkroom

Cabin Ideas : The Bunkroom

Happy Holidays, Team! So glad I was able to click “Publish” on this. I have at least three different posts in the works and I haven’t been able to pull the trigger on a single one of ’em. I think part of the reason for my “writer’s block” is that ...
Cabin Update : The Kitchen

Cabin Update : The Kitchen

Hello, budz! It’s so weird writing posts without having the luxury of easily photographing the subject. We have such limited time at the cabin, that when I’m there, project time is strictly for projects and chill time is strictly for chilling. Get it? I bring you my best stab at ...
Reveal : Jeff's Office / Music Room

Reveal : Jeff’s Office / Music Room

Hey-O! How's everybody doing out there? Things are pretty good here! The kids are getting really good at playing Minecraft and eating junk, I really couldn't be prouder. Meanwhile, The husband and I are figuring out our groove now that he's working from home. He's been very busy, and it ...

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Hi! I’m Alison Allen

I started Deuce Cities Henhouse in 2009 – a blog about fixing up and restoring my 110-year-old Minneapolis home and updating our worn out and out, dated Wisconsin cabin. My family and I (my husband and two boys) moved into our current home nearly ten years ago, and since then I’ve been chronicling my journey of owning, renovating, decorating and DIY-ing our home.
 
I’m passionate about empowering women to take on projects that they might have normally not had the confidence to do, incorporating modern design and aesthetic into my home, thoughtful design solutions, and landscaping. I’ve done it all, from easy do-it-yourself home improvement projects to full on renovations and remodels.