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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

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, Spaces29 Comments

April 18, 2018

Herringbone Brick Paver Floor

Y'all. The brick paver floor is finished and it turned out AMAZING. It is exactly what I wanted, which is impressive considering my list demands was pretty specific. I've seen plenty of brick floors that aren't my favorite, so I was only interested in installing a brick paver floor if three things were involved....lots of earthy color variation, light colored grout, and a herringbone pattern. Oh, and not shiny. So four things. Knowing exactly what you want is a good thing, …
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Filed Under: Flooring, Home Improvement, House 2, Laundry Room, Mudroom, Projects49 Comments

December 12, 2017

DIY Epoxy Floor Coating – A Step by Step Tutorial

Rustoleum generously donated the products used in this post. All opinions (good and bad) are 100% my own.  I know everyone is in holiday mode right now, but I'm here today to give you some (much needed?) relief from everything Christmas. Not that Christmas isn't amazing and all...but so an epoxy floor coating, right?  I know that when I showed the kids the finished garage floor they were like "That is so much better than Santa!" Ha...obviously that's not true, I think their exact reaction was …
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Filed Under: Flooring, Garage, Home Improvement, House 2, Painting, Projects, Spaces26 Comments

June 26, 2017

The Reason We Have Sealed Concrete Floors

Whenever I post pictures of the inside of my house I get questions or comments about the concrete floor. I’ve never talked about it before, and just like most things there is a story behind it.   So why did we choose concrete floors for our new home? Was it because we love the look? Because they're indestructible and easy to clean? Budget friendly? No, no, and sorta. The only reason we have sealed concrete floors in our new house is because we can’t afford to put wood …
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Filed Under: Building a house, Flooring, Home Improvement, House 2, Projects22 Comments

April 26, 2016

Grout mistakes and installed bathroom tile

*Thank you to Floor & Decor for sponsoring this post. Last month I shared with y’all the process of picking tile for our kids bathroom, and I’m happy to say that it's all installed, and we are that much closer to having a livable house! As a reminder, here is the tile we picked - a brushed marble tile for the floor, a tumbled marble subway tile for the shower walls, and a linear blue glass for the backside of the niches (all from Floor & Decor). Originally Adam and I had planned …
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Filed Under: Bathrooms, Building a house, Flooring, Home Improvement, House 2, Spaces19 Comments

March 29, 2016

Boys Bathroom Tile

*Thank you to Floor & Decor for sponsoring this post.  Alright, so it’s time to start diving into all the finish selections for the inside of the house. Up until now we have concentrated on exterior stuff, but the exterior is almost finished and so is the builder... which means that Adam and I have a whoooole lot of work to do in a relatively short amount of time. (We’re only having the builder  build the “shell” of the home and are doing most the interior work ourselves). We have a lot to …
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Filed Under: Bathrooms, Building a house, Flooring, Home Improvement, House 2, Spaces10 Comments

paper flooring

November 12, 2014

Guest Room Paper Flooring (and why I’m disappointed with it)

This summer I started redoing my guest room, and the first step was new flooring. I wanted to do paper bag floors, mostly because they're cheap and beautiful, but also because I wanted the flooring to match in my boy's room and the guest room (they're right next to each other). CLICK HERE TO READ MY ORIGINAL POST ABOUT INSTALLING PAPER BAG FLOORS (If you aren't familiar with paper bag flooring process then please read the original tutorial first. Links to the follow-up posts can be found …
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Filed Under: Fails, Flooring, Follow-ups, Guest Room, Home Improvement, House 1, Projects72 Comments

Moroccan Tiles Floor Stencil

July 25, 2014

Stenciling a Concrete Floor

My friend Abby has lived in a tiny old farmhouse for a while, and recently her and her husband renovated and expanded it to be their forever home. Their new house is fantastic...it's roomy and open without being huge. Plus it's on 13 acres...so it's basically my dream house.  I should really do a house tour of the whole thing, actually. One day, but not today... today the only part of her house we're touring in the mudroom/laundry room floor. Stop it, it's going to be awesome. Here's the …
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Filed Under: Flooring, Home Improvement, Painting, Projects, Spaces, Stenciling41 Comments

Experimenting with sealer

April 14, 2014

The Paper Flooring Experiment, Part III – Sealer Options

Today's post contains more information than you ever wanted to know about different sealers. Seriously...feel free to skim. Although this particular part of the paper bag floor experiment is the one I have the most interest in, since my floor is having some sealer problems, not to mention that and most of the questions I get about paper flooring have to do with sealer. Not for long though! (If you missed the first part of this series, go HERE to read about paper and HERE to read about …
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Filed Under: Flooring, Follow-ups132 Comments

stain chart

April 1, 2014

The Paper Flooring Experiment, Part II – Stain Options

 Welcome to round two of my most well researched project ever! The first part of this experiment covered paper options for flooring (read that post HERE if you missed it), this one is all about stain. Oil based vs. water based, different colors, etc. Everyone has a different opinion on oil based and water based products, I personally like everything to be water based except stain. Water based stuff is easier to use and easier to clean up, plus it doesn't yellow like oil-based products. Oil based …
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Filed Under: Flooring, Follow-ups71 Comments

builders vs kraft paper

March 26, 2014

The Paper Flooring Experiment, Part I – Paper Options

Well, today I'm kicking off my first series! I wasn't originally planning on making it a series - I was going to post the whole experiment in one big post, but quickly realized it would be the most ridiculous, long-winded, information-packed post ever. So big that it would be hard to actually find the information you are looking for. So I'm going to divide it up into five parts.... papers, stains, sealers, surfaces and removal, and conclusion. Like a science fair project on steroids. I'll just …
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Filed Under: Flooring, Follow-ups29 Comments

Paper bag floor a year after installation

March 17, 2014

My Paper Bag Floor – One Year Later

Well here it is, the post everyone has been waiting for me to write. I installed a floor made of brown paper and polyurethane in my boy's room last year (read that post HERE), and since then I have gotten a ton of questions about it. The original tutorial post currently has 645 comments, most of them questions that I have done my best to answer and keep up with. I've gotten nearly the same amount of  e-mails as well. So basically, y'all want to know more about my floors. Well, your wish is my …
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Filed Under: Flooring, Follow-ups, Home Improvement, House 1, Projects227 Comments

March 10, 2013

Paper Bag Floors – A Tutorial

Those of you that are looking for an affordable, attractive, totally doable flooring solution have come to the right place! My husband and I are starting the remodel of our boys room, and I was feeling creative and wanted to try paper flooring. I had seen it before and thought it looked great...but mostly I liked the idea because it was so cost effective. My boys room is about 10 x 12 and I did the entire floor for about $80 (and I have enough supplies left over that the next room will cost …
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Filed Under: Flooring, Home Improvement, House 1, Kids Rooms, Popular Posts, Projects, Spaces864 Comments


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