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August 2, 2022

Concrete Slab Foundation; What are the Steps and Cost?

If this morning you woke up, rubbed the sleep out of your eyes, and thought to yourself "Self, you know what you should learn more about today? Foundations!" .....then holy crap do I have some amazing news for you. Today your knowledge-craving dreams are coming true and you get to fill your brain full of information about pouring a residential post tension concrete foundation on a sloped lot in South Central Texas. That's right...life is good and dreams do come true. Woohoo! So let's jump …
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Filed Under: Building a house, House 3 - The Wildfire House12 Comments

office

April 4, 2020

Our Tiny Home Office Reveal!

So I finally have the office reveal post finished, but I can't just dive in and show you the finished product without addressing the elephant in the room. Ummm....what he heck is life these days? I feel like I'm living in a history book. My kids school is canceled, Adam is working from home, everything is closed, I can't see my friends or family, and I'm on week three (Four? Seventeen?) of being at home with my kids. You would think these circumstances would lead to me cranking out the projects …
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Filed Under: Building a house, Home Improvement, House 2, Office, Popular Posts, Projects, Room Reveals, Spaces33 Comments

DIY thick floating shelves

February 24, 2020

How to Build Thick Floating Shelves from Plywood

Alright everyone...if y'all are looking for a fun and entertaining blog post then you came to the wrong place! Today I'll be sharing a detailed tutorial for the floating shelves we have been installing all over the house, most recently in the office and bathrooms. I love these shelves because they are simple, functional, and budget-friendly. The thickness is my favorite part...they look like they cost a lot of time and/or money, even though that isn't the case. They are made from plywood …
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Filed Under: Building/Woodworking, DIY Basics, Home Improvement, Popular Posts, Projects15 Comments

small home office ideas

February 5, 2020

Our Tiny Home Office – Part 1

Who's ready to dive into another room remodel? I know I am! This one should be super quick and satisfying too, since it's a teeny tiny room.  Also, just to throw things off track right at the beginning of a post... I have no idea what to call what we do these days. We are not remodeling, since the house is new. And it's not a room makeover, since we are starting from scratch. Help me...words are hard. ANYWAY, the room we are conquering next is our home office. I'm really excited about this …
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Filed Under: Home Improvement, House 2, Office, Projects, Spaces15 Comments

Water based sealer

December 3, 2019

Oil-based vs. water-based sealer – which to use and why

Imagine you spend forever sanding, priming, and painting a beautiful piece of furniture you found at a garage sale. It looks fantastic...you breathed new life into it like a freaking pro. Go you! The last step is to protect the paint so it looks this amazing forever. You grab a sealer from the hardware store without much thought...because sealer is sealer, right? Except it's not, and your entire project turns yellow and streaky, completely ruining it. As you can see in the above photo, …
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Filed Under: DIY Basics, Painting10 Comments

farmhouse laundry room

November 12, 2019

Our DIY Farmhouse Laundry Room – The Reveal!

It's a big day around here, because it's room reveal day! Our farmhouse laundry room is completely finished...man it feels good to type that. Room reveals are my absolute favorite, not only because they mean I get to check another space off my to-do list, but also because I get to move onto a new space and appease my project ADD. So here is the finished laundry room...check out this before and after! Looking at the photo makes me smile so hard...what a difference! To get a better …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, Home Improvement, House 2, Laundry Room, Popular Posts, Projects, Room Reveals, Spaces14 Comments

farmhouse laundry room with green cabinets, wood countertop, open shelving, laundry tower and a brick floor

October 9, 2019

How to Make a Countertop out of Wood Flooring

So Adam and I have been working on our laundry room for a while now, but as we are not HGTV it actually takes us real-life amounts of time to finish a room remodel. Two years so far, I think... that's normal, right? Don't answer that. It has been a process but I swear we are almost done, and it gets more usable every time we work on it. It's actually starting to look pretty dang amazing. As a refresher, here are the posts I have already written about the laundry room - Laundry room …
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Filed Under: Building/Woodworking, Countertops, DIY Basics, Home Improvement, House 2, Laundry Room, Projects23 Comments

Article Timber sofa review

September 12, 2019

Our Leather Article Sofa – One Year Later

Every once in a while I go through my blog analytics to see what posts are doing really well, and which ones were a big 'ol flop. Doing this is extremely eye-opening, because the posts/projects that do really well are never the ones I expect. The two most popular posts I wrote in 2018 were "How to Paint Shiplap" (this one surprised the heck out of me), my series and review of our leather furniture from Article. The question I get asked most often these days is "How is your Timber leather sofa …
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Filed Under: Follow-ups, Furniture, House 2, Living Room, Popular Posts19 Comments

adult patio

July 23, 2019

Hot Tub Patio Reveal!

*Thank you to Article for providing the furniture to complete this project! Hey there strangers, hope your summer is going well! Ours has been good...busy at times, slow at others, sometimes I'm enjoying the heck out of it, and sometimes I look at the calendar and count the days till school starts again. Don't pretend you don't do it too. This is a safe space. Honestly Adam and I haven't been doing many projects lately, and it's been kinda nice. We did recently finish the hot tub patio …
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Filed Under: Home Improvement, House 2, Landscaping, Outdoor, Popular Posts, Projects8 Comments

budget DIY kitchen remodel

May 28, 2019

The Ultimate Guide to Painting Cabinets

A few months ago I asked which DIY topics y'all would like me to cover, and the most popular answer was a post on how to paint cabinets. That surprised me a bit, because I've actually written quite a few posts on the subject. The information is scattered and not easy to find though, so the obvious answer was to write one big post containing everything I've learned so far. So here it is, my ultimate guide to painting cabinets!   The first thing you need to know about painting …
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Filed Under: DIY Basics, Home Improvement, Kitchen, Painting, Popular Posts, Projects7 Comments

farmhouse entry

May 6, 2019

Entry Refresh and a Wooden Doormat Update

Today I have the most well-tested follow-up post for you ever. Not a year, or two years like most of my follow-up posts, but SEVEN years. So what project are we talking about today? These babies... I made these wooden doormats back in 2012, when my blog was just a year old and I only had two kids. It feels like yesterday, but it wasn't. It's crazy how quickly time goes. In the original post I said that I had no idea how these mats were going to work out...if they would catch dirt and …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, DIY Decor, Follow-ups, Outdoor, Projects11 Comments

DIY small concrete patio

April 16, 2019

Hot Tub Patio – Our 2019 Surprise Project

At the beginning of this year I wrote a post outlining our house goals for 2019. It had projects we for sure wanted to finish, along with projects we may or may not get to (you can read that list here). So as soon as Adam and I scratched the RV remodel off that list we started talking about what project we wanted to conquer next. My suggestion was to finish the laundry room. We started it about a year and a half ago, and it is probably 70% finished. I would love to wrap that up, check another …
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Filed Under: Home Improvement, House 2, Outdoor, Projects14 Comments

Do DIY garage epoxy floors hold up over time?

April 10, 2019

Our DIY Epoxy Garage Floor – One Year Later

Alright, time for another follow-up post! Today we are talking about the DIY epoxy floor coating Adam and I did in the garage a little over a year ago. We used the RockSolid kit from RustOleum. and applying it was simple but fairly labor intensive. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORIGINAL POST AND TUTORIAL Before - After - Here is a quick video about the process of applying the epoxy floor coating - . So our garage is really large, a four car. The front half is where we park …
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Filed Under: Flooring, Follow-ups, Garage, Home Improvement, Roundups/Reviews5 Comments

floor interlocking bricks

March 25, 2019

A Review of our Brick Flooring – One Year Later

Almost exactly a year ago we installed the brick flooring in the mudroom, laundry room, and half bathroom. When we installed it I knew I loved the look, but had no idea how it would actually function and hold up in real life. Would it be easy to clean? Catch all the dirt? Can you mop it? Will it hurt to walk on with bare feet? Will it stain easily? Adam and I didn't know the answers to any of these questions, but we decided to install it anyway and see how it …
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Filed Under: Flooring, Follow-ups, Home Improvement, House 2, Laundry Room, Mudroom, Popular Posts, Spaces31 Comments

Adding a wood wall to an RV

February 13, 2019

Lightweight Rustic Wood RV Walls

*Thank you to Stikwood for sponsoring this post!* I'm so excited to finally be at this point in the RV remodel! This entire time I have been schlepping away at this remodel....painting cabinets, painting walls, and painting countertops, and that whole time all I wanted to do was get to the part where Adam and I got to install the rustic wood walls.  I knew it would be my favorite part, and I am not disappointed. Just look at the difference! Bedroom before (WAY before) - Bedroom, …
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Filed Under: Projects, Roundups/Reviews, RV remodel, Walls15 Comments

How to paint countertops with chalkboard paint

January 22, 2019

Painting Laminate Countertops with Chalkboard Paint

I considered lots of different things for the laminate countertops in the RV (I was this close to skimming it with concrete). It's a tiny amount of surface space, so I could pretty much do anything without it being expensive. In the end, I decided just to paint them since neither my husband nor I wanted to put in the time or effort to rip out and replace the counters (or risk the concrete layer cracking and flaking off). There are a ton of kits and products out there for painting countertops, …
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Filed Under: Countertops, DIY Basics, Painting, Projects, RV remodel24 Comments

electric fireplace

January 3, 2019

DIY Electric Fireplace

So I know we said the bedroom was finished, but that was a lie. We still needed to add wood flooring and a fireplace, but neither one was going to happen for a few years (since my four sons are now eating our house projects budget. Literally eating it...they never stop eating. I'm screwed when they're teenagers.) Adam and I found a way to add a fireplace and not break the bank though, and now this exists in our bedroom... I'm so glad we didn't wait, because having a fireplace in …
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Filed Under: Building/Woodworking, Decor & Crafts, Home Improvement, House 2, Master Bedroom, Popular Posts, Projects9 Comments

how to build a frame around your TV

December 3, 2018

How to Build a TV Frame

Today I have a very simple and practical project for you. It's something that you 100% can do yourself....even if you are new to DIY and your tool collection is nearly nonexistent. Why would you want to frame your TV? Well because of this... This giant gap full of cords isn't exactly the prettiest sight, and I'm going to assume that if you have a flatscreen TV hung on the wall then you have the same issue. Fortunately there is a simple solution, and it only requires is a few …
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Filed Under: Building/Woodworking, DIY Basics, DIY Decor, Home Improvement, Master Bedroom, Projects16 Comments

painting RV walls

November 29, 2018

Painting RV Walls (it’s actually really easy!)

When I first started planning the RV remodel I was very against painting the walls. For some reason, I thought they would be a giant pain and require lots of prep, plus the spongy brown was fairly neutral and inoffensive. In hindsight, that was stupid. My husband told me that was stupid, and he was right. It hurts just to admit it, but he was. I painted the walls, it was super easy (unlike the cabinets) and it looks so much better. It looks less like an outdated travel trailer and more …
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Filed Under: Painting, Projects, RV remodel, Walls21 Comments

limestone interior wall

November 7, 2018

Our Rustic Master Bedroom Retreat – The Reveal!

Thank you to Modsy for sponsoring this post. Want to try Modsy for yourself? Use code ASHLEY20 to get 20% off a design package! It's here! Master bedroom reveal day! Adam and I have been chipping away at the bedroom for the last couple of years, and slowly but surely it went from a mostly empty mishmash of random items to a relaxing retreat where we can escape at the end of the day. It's amazing. So just to tide you over before we get to the guts of the blog post, here are a few pictures …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, Home Improvement, House 2, Master Bedroom, Popular Posts, Projects, Room Reveals, Spaces32 Comments

old RV remodel - paining cabinets

October 2, 2018

Painting RV Cabinets (and what I did wrong)

Y'all...I did it. I finished painting the cabinets in the RV. Somebody get me a drink. I'd love to tell you a wonderful, uplifting tale about how it was an easy project and I enjoyed every second of it, but that would be a lie. This project sucked and I'm really glad it's over. I CAN tell you it was worth it though, so at least this story has a happy ending. I mean, just look at how much brighter and less depressing the kitchen looks with bright white cabinets. Worth it. Alright, let's …
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Filed Under: Painting, Projects, RV remodel27 Comments

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Ashley - Wildfire Interiors
Welcome to Wildfire Interiors! I’m Ashley, and I think you should love where you live. Small budget or big budget, color-obsessed or neutral lover, trend follower or trendsetter, and whether you know anything about design or not…we can all have homes that make us smile. Read more…

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