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How to Clean the Kitchen Sink (without chemicals) - The Adored Abode

How to Clean the Kitchen Sink (Without Chemicals)

Who doesn’t love a clean sink? Having a clean sink makes the kitchen really shine in my opinion. I used to rely on traditional cleaners to get my sink sparkling white, but I never felt great using them between the harsh smell and the film it would leave on my hands if any got under the gloves I was using. I kept using it because it worked, and it was easy. I do my best to use mild or natural…

Master Bedroom Refresh - The Adored Abode

Easy No Sew Curtain Hemming

Have you ever bought curtains that are too long? I certainly have. I actually prefer buying them a little longer than necessary and hemming them myself. Here’s the catch, I don’t own a sewing machine, nor do I really have a desire to learn to sew during this season of my life. Maybe someday I will learn to sew - I think it would be an awesome skill to have and I admire all the people that do! But for…

Large Scale Canvas Print - The Adored Abode

DIY Large Scale Canvas

We have a new art addition to our living room and I am so excited about it! I saw this White Sands print from Juniper Print Shop and fell in love. I knew it could make a statement printed as a canvas with a floating frame around it. Plus, Nathan loves New Mexico and this beautiful print of New Mexico felt like it melded both of our styles nicely (neutral for me and paid homage to Nathan's love for that…

DIY Block Print Textile Art - The Adored Abode

DIY Block Print Textile Art (Using a Sweet Potato Stamp!)

This DIY project has been on my mind for a while! I was inspired by all the block print textiles I have seen lately, and I love a good art DIY project, so I thought I could create my own block print textile and frame it as art! I am always looking for different mediums of art to hang on our walls. For a while we were very heavy in the picture department, and while I love pictures, I have…

Light and Bright Powder Room - The Adored Abode

Rookie Reno Lessons: Selecting Paint Colors

Today I’m back with the second edition of Rookie Reno Lessons (see the lessons we learned about prepping subfloor for flooring install here). When we bought our home almost 3 years ago we were renovation newbies. Over the course of 3 years we have tackled many projects in our home and with each project comes a few new lessons learned, things we would have done differently, and things we wish we would have known ahead of time. This post is…

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 the hardware store and figuring out which product or tool to buy can be really overwhelming! I'm here to help you out and point you in the direction of the products I love and even some items I wish I…

DIY Abstract Art - The Adored Abode

DIY Abstract Art

Deciding what to put on our walls has always been a struggle for me, which is why most our walls were empty for the first 2 years we have lived in this home. It wasn’t until this last year or so that I decided to take some chances and hang a few things up. The one room that has really given me trouble is our living room. We have paneled trim throughout the entire room, which I love, but because…

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 we would do the full kitchen renovation (or kitchen renovation 2.0 as we like to call it). A few months after we moved in we started to slowly update our kitchen. We removed a few cabinets above the stove and…

Modern Traditional Office - The Adored Abode

How to Paint a Cabinet

Are you big into Valentine's Day? We don't usually do much - we have plans to make a nice dinner at home and spend the evening together. As I was taking the pictures of the finished cabinet I couldn't help but notice the unity sand from our wedding is on the top shelf. Such a good reminder of where we started and how much we have grown as a couple - and fitting for Valentine's Day. I am still  catching…

DIY Pinboard - The Adored Abode

DIY Pinboard

I am finally catching up on writing the smaller DIY posts from our office that we completed as part of the fall One Room Challenge. The reveal was back in November! I can't believe it's now almost February, where has time gone? The first project up is the DIY pinboard I created for the office. I knew I wanted a place that acted like a real-life Pinterest board in our office (you should follow me on Pinterest if you don't…