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2019: A Year in Recap

I started the year by sharing a 2019 project preview – and I’m happy to report we accomplished almost everything on the list. Except finishing the upstairs hallway and starting master bathroom renovation, which was a huge maybe for the end of the year anyway. Technically we haven’t finalized the den and living room either, but we’re making slow changes and that’s what matters to me. Creating a home you love doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time and patience. Life…

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Modern Traditional Bathroom - The Adored Abode

Rookie Reno Lessons: 10 Tiling 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 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…

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Modern Traditional Bathroom Reveal

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 - we are finally done!! Sources are at the bottom of this post for your reference. What we’ve accomplished since my last update: Shower cement board was waterproofedAdded cement board to the floorInstalled LOTS of tile on the shower, walls,…

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New Stamped Concrete Patio (& how much it cost)

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 process and likely won't be finished until spring because I need to redo a few pieces of furniture, but for today’s post I am breaking down exactly what we had done to our patio and landscaping – and how much…

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

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 trim pieces. The sides and back of our house are wood board and batten. I broke it down in this post, but we decided to embrace the Tudor style, rather than try to hide it. Meaning, we wanted the trim…

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6 Tips for Selecting an Exterior Paint Color

I have mentioned it before, but our we had our exterior painted late this summer. Yes, I have been holding out on you - a reveal is coming soon! Before revealing the finished product I want to dive into how we decided on the exterior paint color scheme. There are many, many things to consider when selecting an exterior paint color. So much thought went into this decision! Selecting exterior paint colors felt like such a big thing to me…

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Backyard Patio Plans

2019 has been the year of exterior work on our home. We’ve been dreaming and planning to tackle this for the past 3 years. Our plans included repainting the exterior and addressing all the wood rot, installing a new patio, and landscaping our backyard! We knew all the projects we wanted to do would be a lot of money (to us), especially since we pay cash for all renovation projects, so we put it off and saved our pennies. Earlier…

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