August 2017 – CONFIDENT TO DIY

How I Planned My Small Winter Wedding

Planning a Small Wedding The day of your wedding is special, beautiful, and precious but in the grand scheme of life it is still just one single day! This one single day will go by in the blink of an eye and become a distant faded memory only memorialized by wedding video and photos taken. [...]

Comparing Collapsible Camping Sink Options

I am currently contemplating upgrading my camp kitchen from the Sportsman’s Warehouse modded out one to either a chuck box or something similar. The first place I am starting is by finding collapsible sinks. #1. Dish Tub, Yummy Sam Foldable Food Strainers Collapsible Dish Tub DishPan Colander Over the Sink Dish Drainer Strainer, Fruits Drainer [...]

First Camp Kitchen

February 2025 update: I only use this kitchen set up if we will be camping for more than 5 nights in one location! Otherwise I keep my kitchen set up minimalist and I do not bring this behemoth of a kitchen! In the above picture you can see my completed wooden hinged foot vaccum siphon [...]

Maggiolina Adventure Roof Top Tent Mods

The modifications I made are to our classic Maggiolina roof top tent adventure model, which is no longer made and sold in the United States. We have had our Maggiolina for over five years now and used it on top of our Toyota Land Cruiser and our Audi Avant. I finally found the autohome specs [...]

Maggiolina Adventure Wind Fairing

Update 9/2021- Through trial and error over time and use I added two more support bars and gave it finishing touches with Cordura covers for the foam. I can’t stress how important the roam covers are for protecting the rooftop tent. I realized after taking long road trips with the RTT that #1 it was [...]

Aqua Cube Base Camp Shower Battery Replacement

7/2025 Battery replacement #2 most likely due to our poor battery maintenance. These batteries need charging every three months or they will die completely. Issue: only power on when plugged in. Powers off instantly when unplugged. So I removed the battery and checked the voltage with multimeter. Power read 5V= dead battery needs replacing. Update: [...]

Installing Irrigation

Prepping phase Warning this was not an easy DIY project and was very time consuming. Therefor this tutorial will be a brief overview highlighting the areas that were most important. This project does require basic plumbing knowledge and turning off your water mainline at the street if you are cutting into your water mainline before [...]

Rustic Living Outdoor Snowboard Bench

I splurged on this project and ordered a snowboard kit instead of fabricating my own frame. I wanted it to be a surprise for Eric. This is an EASY afternoon project. Tools Cordless drill with Philips head and drill bit Level Clamps Materials for outdoor bench 2 old snowboards (1) 2x10x8 lumber (We used some [...]

Restoring a Vintage Outdoor Steel T-post Clothesline to its Former Glory and beyond!

Update 2026 My clothesline cable rusted through and snapped after 8- 9 years. Last year 2025, a line snapped from rust. I am re wiring using; Material: Vinyl coated galvanized steel Core diameter: 1/8″ galvanized steel, coated to 3/16″ finished diameter Construction: 7×19 (flexible, multi-strand) Breaking strength: 2,000 lbs Working load limit: 400 lbs Finish: Clear vinyl coating [...]

Restore A Vintage Wood Door

We went vintage door shopping at second hand stores, antique shops, and salvage yards to find our single panel 23″ x 80″ wood door for our 1920’s craftsman style home and all we could find were painted doors. So we had to face facts that we would be paint stripping, re-boring, re-hinging, and restoring a [...]