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Going Digital with Analog Media

At home, on the weekends we spend a decent chunk of the mornings listening to records, sipping coffee, and flipping vinyl. We absolutely love the ritual of it. That's not so easy to do at the cabin where we have run into problems with wiring speakers. Recently the clouds parted, and the vinyl gods pointed us in the direction of Sonos wireless speakers to solve all our listening problems... READ MORE
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Baby Book

Baby Book

Jeff and I started a family tradition back when Finn when was a babe. We decided that rather than giving Finn the standard baby book we would instead take lots of lots of photographs and publish them as a book documenting the first and second years of his life. If ...
Travel Gear

Travel Gear

I thought I'd take a sec and share with you some of the things I traveled with on my recent trip to Ireland. We've been planning this trip over the last six months. Every time we purchased something new it was always with the idea that we'd be able to ...
Easy Cake Decorating

Easy Cake Decorating

I wanted to share with you a really easy way to make a pretty cake that takes little to no cake decorating skillz. This is the second time I've made this birthday cake. Last week we celebrated Finn's 4th birthday and by request he asked me to make him a ...
Ireland & Bruce

Ireland & Bruce

We're back! Our quick trip to Ireland was super successful as you can see by the photo above. We were in Ireland for 5 days, we missed one flight, spent a total of 24 hours over a 48 hour period waiting in line to hang with Bruce Springsteen, we met ...
Ireland!

Ireland!

Hey Guys! I'm over in Ireland right now hanging out with Bruce Springsteen. I've got this post feeding straight into my instagram account. Stop by often to check in on my latest snaps OR just follow me directly (@scoopers)! I'll see you next Monday ...
Happy Birthday Crazies!

Happy Birthday Crazies!

This is one of my favoritist days of the year, it's the day where I get to celebrate two of best kids I know! Happy 4th Birthday to my main man Finn and Happy 3rd to my little lady Elsa!!! You guys are wild and crazy and totally silly. I've ...
And the Winner Is...

And the Winner Is…

Congrats to Meredith who won the super cool Leisure Class Bracelet!! Way to go lady! Thanks to everyone who entered! I loved hearing about your Fourth of July adventures. Thanks to Annie for sponsoring the giveaway! Have a sweet weekend everybody! P.S. Finn wrote out everyone's name's with a pen ...
Tyte Navigation

Tyte Navigation

Because half the fun of having a blog is playing around with code and design (well at least for me it is) I thought I'd introduce you to a few small changes that have taken place in the henhouse blog land. I've been thinking really hard about the organization of ...

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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.