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My Birthday Wishlist

Hello ma friends! I am one of those annoying people that enjoys celebrating their birthday. My brother and I have birthday's three days apart in the month of December and my Mom always did a really good job of trying to make us both feel special on each of our own birthdays. I have to blame her for instilling a true, unabashed love of my favorite 24 hours of the entire year, deep within me. On a side note, I unintentionally gave birth to two humans with July birthday's less than two weeks apart, and I try my hardest to have special birthday celebrations for both of them too - passing on the torch to yet another generation of annoying birthday-loving-jerks. READ MORE
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My August Garden

My August Garden

I thought I'd share shots of my actual gardens rather than close-ups of flowers that I have been sharing in my other gardeny posts. Not too much has changed in my flower beds over the last month except for the weed growth. This is the time of year when I ...
Considering Outdoor Lighting

Considering Outdoor Lighting

Now that our house is freshly painted dark blue it's becoming glaringly apparent how worn and outdated our outdoor lighting is. I would really like to replace a few of the outdoor wall sconces before the cold creeps in. I've been searching online lately and have been drawn to more ...
Mix Tape : End of Summer Jamz

Mix Tape : End of Summer Jamz

I don't know if you know this about me but I kinda love me some jam listening. Seriously though, my husband Jeff and I have spent the last 15 years working on a pretty extensive and deep vinyl collection. It's almost all great with barely any junk. I'm not telling ...
Pink

Pink

Well if you know anything about me, you probably know that I'm not really a "pink" girl, that is until recently. It started with the blog, when my new design went up in January it was all blues and gray and then all of a sudden my links turned pink, ...
End of Summer Kids

End of Summer Kids

Don't mind this messy face No-Shirt-Kids make me happy. We've had a great summer and I'm already feeling like it's over. We had a cool bit of weather last week and it kicked me straight into fall mode. I am really looking forward to being cozy this fall but I ...
Ikea Catalog 2013

Ikea Catalog 2013

Unless you live under a rock, or don't care much about swedish furniture, then you know that the new Ikea catalog is out. I know, I know, it's been out for a few weeks and I'm late to the blog party on this one but I thought I'd throw my ...
Spicy Green Beans

Spicy Green Beans

Like I said in a post last week, our garden is becoming the ultimate bloody mary bar, at least that is what it aspires to be. I really want to can home made bloody mary mix by the end of the summer as well as spicy pickles, beans and peppers ...
Etsy Finds

Etsy Finds

Well this Etsy Finds post is inspired by my black thumb. I just killed every succulent I own, and if you know anything about succulents they're supposed to be fool proof. I don't know what I am doing wrong. I had moved mine all outside to get some extra sun ...

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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.