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Cabin Update

Hey Team! I’ve been meaning to blog so many times lately, but I just couldn’t get it together to do it. Earlier this year I decided to only write and work on the blog when I really truly felt inspired to, and I didn’t like the stress I was putting on myself to share a certain amount of times a week. I wanted to be more present in the day-to-day, which made me realize that blogging is only really READ MORE
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Save The Date's for Allison & Jamie

Save The Date’s for Allison & Jamie

We're so excited, we finally get to start working on the stationery for our first wedding! Here is one of the final ideas for Allison & Jamie's save the dates (or as we like to say STD's, oh man does that joke goes a long way.) Allison and Jamie are ...
What's Growin' On: A Garden Story

What’s Growin’ On: A Garden Story


So I've been waiting to do this post since the day we put an offer on our house. We moved in to our first house in March of this year. It's our "dream house", and we plan on living here for as long as humanly possible, but with all good ...
Don't Mind Me

Don’t Mind Me



Sorry for the lack of posts, I happened to be on vacation with my dear friends Beak & Cam (click here for Beak's version of the story.) plus my husband, the one and only Waff Allen.

We were just taking a minute to do some chillaxin' in old Cancun, Meh-hee-co.




This ...
Let Me Introduce You to My AWESOME New Friend!

Let Me Introduce You to My AWESOME New Friend!



I have to tell you how excited I am! Two weekends ago on my way up to our annual cabin adventure weekend at Matt's folks place in Cross Lake, we stopped in Saint Cloud and met a guy in a parking lot between a thrift store and a bar and ...
Make A Carrot Cake!

Make A Carrot Cake!



My intent was to actually cook a lot this summer with the food that I grew in my tiny little garden, including a whole bunch of carrots I planted. But I adopted a ginormous tomato plant at the beginning of the spring and since then it has taken over a ...
My Basement Studio

My Basement Studio



I wanted to take a minute and show you what I've been working on. I always appreciate seeing other peoples creative places, and now that I've gotten settled in my new house, I'd like to share mine with you.

Of course, my studio is located in the basement next to the ...
Mmmm Twine

Mmmm Twine



I just received the sweetest little package in the mail today...

I ordered some baker's twine about a week ago from a place called The Twinery. Colz and I had been brainstorming ways to package our new wares. We set our focus on giving our customers the experience of opening the ...
We're in Business

We’re in Business


Hey Everybody!

We are so excited we can't even stand it anymore!!!!

We just wanted to take a second to let everyone know why we haven't been blogging for the last few weeks. We are proud to announce the opening of our new business "The Henhouse Press," specializing in charming screen-printed stationery ...

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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.