The Living Room Plan
So I spent my lunch break today creating a mood board of my plan for our living room/dining room area to present to my husband. Yup, you read that correctly–I have to do a presentation of my ideas to my [...]
Read MorePersonal Decorating Projects for 2012
It’s probably a shameful thing to admit, but I’ve discovered that if I really want to get any little thing accomplished, I need to either create a sense of urgency for it or set up some type of accountability system. [...]
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In the Trenches with Alicia of Project Alicia
Do you tweet? If you don’t, I think I’m about to give you a good reason to consider starting your [...]
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Ikea Hack: How to make a $15 shelf look like a $1000 bucks
Okay, so I might be exaggerating a little bit. I mean, maybe my hacked Ikea Ivar shelf doesn’t look exactly like [...]
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Inspiration Friday: A Pretty Frock Inspired Room
Browsing Pinterest this morning, I fell in love with this dress: I’ve spent the day daydreaming about reasons to own [...]
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Tips for Scoring a Great Deal on Craigslist
If you’ve been reading A Beautiful Abode for any period of time, you KNOW how much I love Craigslist! My [...]
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$30 Office Redesign – COMPLETED!
And under budget too! $25.36!!! Boo-YAH!!! And if I do say so myself, it looks pretty dang AWESOME! Let me [...]
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Paint + Discarded Sofa = Gorgeous Budget Design
Honestly, I can’t exactly remember how I ran across designer Justina Blakeney’s blog, but as soon as I saw the [...]
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