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  • Shop Our Home
    • Living Room
    • Kitchen
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  • Birth Story & Hydrocephalus Diagnosis - The Adored Abode

    The Story of Jack’s Birth (and Hydrocephalus Diagnosis)

    We welcomed our son, Jack, late last March and our lives have not been the same since. He is the sweetest and usually happiest little guy, who just turned one year old! We love him to pieces. Adjusting to life…

    • May 15, 2024
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  • Upstairs Office Refresh - The Adored Abode

    How to Create a Design Board Using PowerPoint

    How to Create a Design Board Using PowerPoint

    • March 29, 2022
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    • Renovation Tips
  • Main Closet - The Adored Abode

    Main Closet Renovation – The REVEAL

    Our main closet renovation has been a long time coming. We renovated our main bathroom in the spring of 2020 and at the same time had the space for the closet prepped and ready for a closet install (floors &…

    • February 28, 2022
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    • Renovation
  • Guest Room Refresh - The Adored Abode

    Guest Room Refresh

    I shared our guest room plans months ago and truthfully the guest room has now been finished (and photographed) for months, but alas I am just getting around to writing the post. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.…

    • December 13, 2021
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    • DIY Projects, Home Decor, Renovation
  • Main Bathroom Reveal - The Adored Abode

    Main Bathroom Renovation Reveal

    The main bathroom is officially complete! The renovation work has been done for a few months now, but I slowly added all of the finishing decor touches and I feel like I can finally say it’s complete now. I’m sure…

    • July 26, 2020
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  • 5 Tips to Reduce Clutter in Your Home - The Adored Abode

    5 TIPS FOR REDUCING CLUTTER IN YOUR HOME

    I am not a minimalist by any means, but I do love for my home to feel tidy and be free of clutter. I have always been a fairly tidy person, but I have my areas that tend to be…

    • May 29, 2019
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    • Organization
  • Favorite Painting Tools - The Adored Abode

    Favorite Tools & Products for Painting

    I was talking with one of my dear friends who just recently bought a house and she gave me a great idea for a few blog posts – my favorite tools and products I use for house projects. Standing in…

    • April 15, 2019
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    • DIY Projects, DIY Tools, Renovation
  • Vintage Style Rug - The Adored Abode

    New Vintage Style Living Room Rug – First Impression

    This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. For more information, see my disclosures here.  As of this last weekend we have a new rug in our living room! I originally bought this rug for our bedroom refresh since our previous…

    • April 2, 2019
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    • Home Decor
  • Snowy Tudor Exterior - The Adored Abode

    10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Buying an Older Home

    I want to preface this post by saying that I love our home. When we first walked through our house I knew it was ours. It just felt right. In April of 2016 we sold our brand-new home that we’d…

    • March 27, 2019
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  • Our master bedroom has been 3 years in the making and I am finally sharing the plans to finish the space #moodymasterbedroom

    Master Bedroom Refresh – Plans

    Our master bedroom has been almost 3 years in the making. We have made a lot of progress on our room, but it is still lacking the finishing touches. Despite our ongoing upstairs bathroom remodel (and my better judgement) I…

    • March 5, 2019
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  • Upstairs Hallway Progress - The Adored Abode

    How it’s Holding Up: Our Hardwood Floors

    Shortly after we moved into our home almost 3 years ago we began the search to replace our flooring. Most of the flooring in our home was very old carpet, except for tile in the entryway and kitchen. Nathan and…

    • February 27, 2019
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    • Renovation
  • How to Make Your Grout Look New Again - The Adored Abode

    How to Make Grout Look New Again

    When we first moved into our house our kitchen looked a little something like this. Knowing a full kitchen renovation would cost $$$ we decided to work with what we had, with the idea that 5-10 years down the road…

    • February 20, 2019
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    • DIY Projects, Renovation
  • Modern Traditional Living Room - The Adored Abode

    How It’s Holding Up: Our West Elm Sectional Review

    This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. For more information, see my disclosures here. This post is not sponsored. All thoughts and  opinions are my own. We’ve had our West Elm sectional a year and half now. During that time I have received a number of…

    • February 10, 2019
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    • Home Decor
  • Upstairs Hallway Progress - The Adored Abode

    Upstairs Bathroom Plans

    After a lot of mulling and many, many re-designs our upstairs bathroom plans are finally complete. The bathroom’s current state is… dated. We have made some updates in the 2.5 years we’ve lived here, but they were temporary fixes until…

    • January 30, 2019
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    • Renovation
  • Upstairs Hallway Progress - The Adored Abode

    Staircase & Upstairs Hallway Progress

    Oh, our staircase and upstairs hallway. I have been putting off writing this post. Why you may ask? Honestly, because I was terrible at blogging in 2018 and did not share about any of the progress we have made upstairs…

    • January 24, 2019
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    • DIY Projects, Renovation
Modern Traditional Dining Room - The Adored Abode

Modern Traditional Dining Room Reveal – 2 Week, Under $300 Challenge

  • November 26, 2019
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  • Home Decor, Renovation

Our 2 week, under $300 dining room refresh is complete! Check out my original plans for the space here. I truly did not change too much about the room, but to me it feels like a completely different space! It’s…

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Rookie Reno Lessons: 10 Tiling Tips

  • November 20, 2019
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  • Renovation, Renovation Tips

Today I’m back with the third edition of Rookie Reno Lessons (see the lessons we learned about prepping subfloor for flooring install here and lessons we learned selected paint colors here). When we bought our home over 3 years ago…

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Thanksgiving Table with Fall Tones

  • November 19, 2019
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  • Home Decor, Seasonal Decor

We are hosting Thanksgiving this year and I can’t help but think ahead to what I want my table to look like! I gravitate towards a simpler table scape. I’m all about creating a casual and welcoming environment when we…

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Fall Living Room - The Adored Abode

Weekend Edition – A Cozy Sweater, Slow Living, and a Log Cabin Remodel

  • November 17, 2019
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Welcome to The Weekend Edition where I share everything from design ideas, home decor inspiration, and DIY, to life happenings, products I am loving, organization tips, health and wellness, and really any other topic as it comes to mind. This…

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Modern Traditional Bathroom - The Adored Abode

Modern Traditional Bathroom Reveal

  • November 13, 2019
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Last I posted a dedicated post on the bathroom, we had gutted everything (except the tub), added cement board to the shower, and patched the walls where the wallpaper removal damaged the walls. Since then we have done so much…

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Dining Room - The Adored Abode

2 Week Challenge – Dining Room Refresh

  • November 12, 2019
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  • DIY Projects, Home Decor

We are hosting Thanksgiving this year and it is just the motivation I needed to show our dining room a little bit of love. It's one of the first rooms you see when you walk in our house and to…

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Patio Progress - The Adored Abode

New Stamped Concrete Patio (& how much it cost)

  • November 11, 2019
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We had a new patio poured earlier this summer and added new landscape around it to make everything look more finished. We are so happy with our new patio! My plan for finalizing the furnishing the patio is still in…

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Light and Bright Kitchen - The Adored Abode

Weekend Edition – A New Decade, Composting and a Duvet I’m Eyeing

  • November 8, 2019
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Welcome to The Weekend Edition where I share everything from design ideas, home decor inspiration, and DIY, to life happenings, products I am loving, organization tips, health and wellness, and really any other topic as it comes to mind. This…

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Tudor Style Exterior - The Adored Abode

TUDOR STYLE HOME PAINT REVEAL (& how much it cost)

  • November 5, 2019
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I am beyond excited to finally be sharing the reveal of our new exterior paint! Our home is a Tudor style that was built in 1980. The front of our house has a base of stucco with traditional wood cross…

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Bathroom Progress - The Adored Abode

Weekend Edition – Leopard Print Flats, My Favorite Faucet, Lake House Love

  • October 18, 2019
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Welcome to The Weekend Edition where I share everything from design ideas, home decor inspiration, and DIY, to life happenings, products I am loving, organization tips, health and wellness, and really any other topic as it comes to mind. This…

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I am a firm believer your home should be a reflection of you; your personality, your style, your interests, and most of all your story. This is my place to share decor ideas, DIY projects, and style inspiration to create a well-loved home.

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