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New Legs on My Foot Stool

Hi Guys. I'm back! I needed some time to process all of the new things happening in life while also settling into a routine with the kids and school. It's am keeping my goal to post twice a week, although I'm sure I won't be able to every week. I'm gonna do my best... READ MORE
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Window Cleaning 101 | Deuce Cities Henhouse

Window Cleaning!

Guys! I'm gonna share a secret, the one thing you can do to improve your homes interior during the winter months, is make sure to give your windows (storms too) a good cleaning before it gets too cold. Although there are many different brands of window cleaner and a lot ...
Truth : Dark Walls Luv Unpainted Woodwork

Truth : Dark Walls Luv Unpainted Woodwork

Hey my friends! As promised, I painted the DR and I am super happy with the way it turned out! I wish I would've done it long ago, but sometimes it just takes time to realize what is best for a space. It started to click for me after I ...
Thinking About : My Living Room

Thinking About : My Living Room

Okay, the fall dreaming is becoming a reality. I'm just about to throw on my painting garb and head downstairs to put my first coat of nearly-black-paint on the walls in the DR. I'll be using the same color (Behr paint matched to Ace's Arabian Night) that I used in ...
Thinking About : My Dining Room

Thinking About : My Dining Room

I'm back to my seasonal need to tweak everything inside the house. This happens every fall, it's that whole nesting thing. Our time outdoors is limited, daylight is waning, and we begin to nestle into our winter ways (I'm so damn poetic today). We spend a lot more time in ...
New Stuff @ Target

New Stuff @ Target

+++ sources +++ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hey Pals! Can we talk for a sec about how Target is ruling this shit right now! Holy smokes, this new stuff that's coming out this ...
Sunporch turned Workspace | Deuce Cities Henhouse

Reveal : My Work Space – Part II

Hey-O! Hope you guys have all had a good start to your week. We are just recovering from our epic weekend in Las Vegas, where we wrapped up what might amount to one of the best three days period ever. We had the privilege to see The Killers at the ...
New at Ikea : Svärtan

Cool Alert : Ikea Svärtan

I stopped dead in my tracks during a quick trip to the Ikea marketplace last week. Uh, there was a display of all these wonderful textiles and patterns, I had to touch and look at everything, and swooped up a few things for the house. This is the new Ikea ...

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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.