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  • About
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  • Organization
  • Shop Our Home
    • Living Room
    • Kitchen
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    • Den
    • Main Bathroom
    • Main Bedroom
    • Upstairs Bathroom
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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
Life After Loss - The Adored Abode

Life After Loss – Saying Goodbye to Our First and Second Babies

  • September 30, 2018
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I have been struggling with whether to share our story. After all, this is a place where I want to share happy, pretty things to inspire you to love your home. However, as you might have noticed, I haven’t shared…

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One Room Challenge – Week 6: Den Reveal

  • May 10, 2018
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  • DIY Projects, Home Decor

If you are new to the blog, welcome! I am a CPA by day and started this blog as a way to pursue my passion of design, renovation, and all things home. We bought our house two years ago and…

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One Room Challenge – Week 5: The Chairs

  • May 4, 2018
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  • DIY Projects, Home Decor

If you are new to the blog, welcome! I am an accountant by day and started this blog as a way to pursue my passion of design, renovation, and all things home. We bought our house two years ago and…

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One Room Challenge – Week 4: The Paint

  • April 26, 2018
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  • DIY Projects, Home Decor

If you are new to the blog, welcome! I am an accountant by day and started this blog as a way to pursue my passion of design, renovation, and all things home. We bought our house two years ago and…

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One Room Challenge – Week 3: Progress

  • April 19, 2018
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  • DIY Projects, Home Decor

If you are new to the blog, welcome! I am an accountant by day and started this blog as a way to pursue my passion of design, renovation, and all things home. We bought our house two years ago and…

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One Room Challenge – Week 2: The Plan

  • April 12, 2018
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  • DIY Projects, Home Decor

If you are new to the blog, welcome! I am an accountant by day and started this blog as a way to pursue my passion of design, renovation, and all things home. We bought our house two years ago and…

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One Room Challenge – Week 1: The Before

  • April 5, 2018
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  • Home Decor

It’s that time of year again… I am back to do another One Room Challenge! For those who are unfamiliar, the One Room Challenge by Calling it Home is a twice-yearly event that challenges design bloggers to transform a room in 6 weeks.…

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Friday 5 (vol. 12)

  • February 23, 2018
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  • Home Decor, Personal, Renovation

Welcome to The Friday 5 for this week where I share interior design ideas,  home decor inspiration, DIY, products I am loving, and organization tips and tricks… and really anything else as it comes to mind! This post contains affiliate…

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Favorite Floor Lamps Under $100

  • February 21, 2018
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We are in the process of slowly adding pieces to our living room and the next item on the list is a floor lamp. I originally thought I wanted two plug-in sconces flanking artwork above the sofa, but after more consideration I…

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Organized & Accountable: 3 Tips for Taking Control of Your Time - The Adored Abode

Organized & Accountable: 3 Tips to Take Control of Your Time

  • February 7, 2018
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I don't know about you, but for me the new year always brings a desire for change. I had decided 2018 was the year of holding myself accountable. I just had to figure out how to do it first. I…

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