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Main Bedroom Design Plan - The Adored Abode

Main Bedroom Refresh

Before baby boy comes I really wanted to do a light main bedroom refresh, mainly inspired by painting our room a lighter color. I love the darker color we painted it previously (Gray Pinstripe by Benjamin Moore), but wanted something a little lighter. This room doesn't get much natural light and I found myself craving a lighter and brighter bedroom. I told Nathan this will be our last DIY project before the baby comes. Painting the room turned into a…

Toddler Room Reveal

Toddler Bedroom Reveal

With a baby boy on the way we are aiming to wrap up a few house projects before he makes his arrival. One of those being switching Leo to his new "big" toddler room. Leo's big bedroom is now finished and he loves it! My goal was to create a sweet, toddler bedroom that could grow with him over time, which is a large part of the reason we jumped right to a queen size bed (hoping he will have…

Faux Concrete Counters - The Adored Abode
Playroom - The Adored Abode

Playroom Reveal

Last fall I set out to make Nathan's office on our main level into a playroom! Nathan recently took a new job and is now working in the office most of the time, so we felt it made sense to swap the room to a main level playroom instead. Now the playroom is finished and we are so happy with it! All sources linked at bottom of post for reference. I shared the plan we had for Nathan's office, but…

Upstairs Office - The Adored Abode

DIY Modern Pleated Lampshade

I made a DIY modern pleated lampshade for my office. I’m sharing a step by step tutorial for how to get this look in your home! It’s an easy DIY that can be done in a day. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. For more information, see my disclosures here.  SUPPLIES 2 yards of fabric (cut to height of lampshade - 11" for me)Stiffen sprayHot glue gunIron THE PROCESS Start by laying your fabric on a long piece of…

Upstairs Office - The Adored Abode

DIY Fluted Lamp

I made a DIY fluted lamp for my office. I'm sharing a step by step tutorial for how to get this look in your home! It's an easy DIY that can be done in less than a day. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. For more information, see my disclosures here.  Supplies Lamp base (I chose a skinnier base)1/2" dowel rods (I used 3 packages)Hot glue gunPrimerPaint The Process Start by removing the lamp shade from the base so…

Upstairs Office - The Adored Abode

DIY Monitor Stand

Office ergonomics are important! I struggled with recurring shoulder pain and headaches for the past few years. I assumed my desk set up had something to do with that, but it became very clear to me that the height of my desk was a major contributor to my issues when I sat at Nathan's adjustable height desk for a few weeks. In my search for a new desk for my office I made sure to find something the right height…

Main Closet - The Adored Abode

IKEA PAX Closet Hack – 6 Lessons Learned

There are countless IKEA PAX closet hack tutorials out there, like this, and this and this - we did our own variation on this project and love the result but we had some struggles and learned some valuable lessons along the way. We thought we might share a few of our pain points in the hope that any other IKEA PAX closet hackers might not run into the same trouble we did. 1 - Uneven Walls Be aware of lumpy…

Main Closet - The Adored Abode

Look for Less: DIY West Elm Mirror

The design in our closet called for a floor length mirror on the back wall. Fortunately we had an old frameless mirror that used to be attached to our old closet door. We used this frameless mirror to re-create something similar to this West Elm Wood Frame Ledge Floor mirror, for much less! Below is how we created this DIY West Elm mirror, including the supplies needed, the process we used and what we would do differently if we were…

Main Closet - The Adored Abode

DIY Faux Soapstone Painted Counter

Our main closet renovation has been underway for over a year! It has been a slow project for multiple reasons - doing house renovation projects with a baby (now toddler) is a lot slower for us and IKEA was out of stock of half of the PAX cabinet bases we wanted to use for the closet for nearly 8 months. After what has felt like forever, we finally have a groove to make time to work on projects with a…