So....I fully intended for this to be a quick post that was like a paragraph and a few pictures long, and that's it. Something that I could easily get out in a day. Instead I've been adding stuff to it for a week, and it's hella long and has five videos in it. Anyway...hope you enjoy my ramblings. Now let me introduce you to the original intro paragraph of this post....Â
Before we dive into all the kitchen goodness, I wanted to write a quick post (haha, week ago Ashley was so adorable) about …
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Wickham Gray Interior Paint (I hate it and it’s perfect)
I'm going to start this post off with a controversial opinion. Are y'all ready? Here we go -
I hate gray.
Now I've never liked gray, but the gray trend over the last decade absolutely killed me. We took gray to the extreme and put it on everything, and it turned my dislike of gray into a true hatred. Take a look at the examples below. It's easy to see that these are nice rooms that someone put a lot of time, money, thought, and effort into -
But they are just so.....depressing. …
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How to Choose a Paint Color (VIDEO)
Choosing a paint color for your walls isn't easy. There are just SO MANY options, and narrowing it down can be overwhelming and even a bit paralyzing. Somehow you have to pick just one, and have it not look like hot garbage on your wall.
So how do you do it? How do you choose a wall color for your interior? Like anything, if you break it down into baby steps, choosing a paint color isn't that scary or difficult.
HOW TO CHOOSE A WALL COLOR (and get it right the first time!)
Below is a video …
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Modern Fireplace Inspiration and Tile Selection
We've talked about the fireplace before, and how I basically designed my entire house around this one photo...
I didn't want this home to have a wide open floor plan like my last house did, I was after something more compartmentalized and cozy. When I stumbled upon the above picture during a late night phone scrolling when I should be sleeping session, I knew instantly that plopping a double sided fireplace right in the middle of the house is how I wanted to accomplish that …
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Interior House Tour (Drywall Stage)
Ok, time to jump into the interior of this house, which I know is where we all want to be. This is Wildfire INTERIORS, after all. I'm not going to write posts about all the mechanicals (plumbing, electrical, HVAC, insulation) because it's boring and I want to get to the pretty stuff. Instead, I'm just going to show you a few pictures of the interior progress so far.
These are all of the kitchen, here is what it looked like at frame stage -
Here is the same view with the roof, siding, …
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Breeze Block Wall – Price, Process, and Photos
The exterior of the house is almost complete, and the very last piece of the puzzle is the breeze block wall! This is the part I've been the most excited about, since it's probably the most unique feature on the front elevation and really gives it that mid-century flair I'm after.
Before I show you pictures of it going up on my house, let me answer a few questions.
What is breeze block?
Breeze block is a decorative concrete block that was popular in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. …
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6 Blue Exterior House Colors (and the Winner)
I love paint colors. I don't think anyone is surprised by that statement, but I thought I'd clarify just in case someone thought I was secretly really into monster trucks or something. I'm not. I think a large percentage of the population would rather claw their eyes out (or worse, talk about monster trucks) than read a blog about paint colors, but I'm not one of them. And I'm thinking, that if you are here reading this, you just might be right there with me. Either that or you are just here to …
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The Blog Post Where Framing Happens
You know what's insane? Framing a house. Because one day a pile of wood gets delivered...
And then like two days later, BOOM. House.
I don't know how they do it, but it's very satisfying. Especially when the resulting house looks exactly like the the one you designed. I know it's supposed to and all, but it's just so cool to see the thing you've created in your head come to life before your eyes.
Before we move on, here are some clips of the process …
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Mid-Century Modern Exterior Finishes
Alright, let's talk about what I have in mind for the outside of the house. Here is what the front elevation looks like on my blueprints....
And here is a mood board I put together of everything I'm planning for the exterior.
I would love to play it cool here and tell you that when I look at that picture I'm like "Yeah, that's nice...it will probably look good or whatever."Â
But honestly, when I look at that photo, I'm 100% this girl...
I …
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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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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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How to Build Thick Floating Shelves from Plywood
Alright everyone...if y'all are looking for a fun and entertaining blog post, then you've come to the wrong place! Today I'll be sharing a detailed tutorial for the floating shelves we have installed 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 so …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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