The winter project - 11/22/14
My Chuckette and I are inveterate DIYers. We have an old camp trailer that we've been racking our brains over. The bed is only 48" wide and we've been trying to figure out a way to widen it without extending the front of the trailer. We finally gave up and bought this '76 23' camper to renovate. We paid $700 and I'm sure you'll think it's worth every cent of it. All the lights work but I had to cut the brake wire to bring it home yesterday. The breakaway switch is locked and frozen so the brakes were set whenever the light cord is plugged in. The roof leaks badly in several places. I used to be a roofer and this will be a piece of cake to fix. After I'm done, I'll set a sprinkler on the roof to test it before we start underneath.
We'll be tearing out the entire ceiling and possibly all of the walls, adding insulation, and new panels.
All of the cabinets will get either new paint or panels and I'll make new doors and drawer faces all around. We won't leave any of that dark, dismal paneling in place. It all goes.
All of the cushions will get new fabric. Real Tree has a pattern called Max 1 that looks like our local sagebrush and it comes in upholstery fabric so we're using that. We'll make the walls a light cream color to go with it.
The toilet is cracked all around so we'll be replacing that.
We'll be putting in a larger water tank to replace the current 25 gal. one.
There's no fridge and the ceiling is rotted out around the roof vent. We found a rebuilt fridge yesterday with a 2 year warranty so we'll be reworking the cabinets to make it fit.
We'll be replacing the flooring and will put new laminate on the tables & countertop.
At the end of it all, it'll get a new paint job.
This condo will look a lot different by spring.
We'll be tearing out the entire ceiling and possibly all of the walls, adding insulation, and new panels.
All of the cabinets will get either new paint or panels and I'll make new doors and drawer faces all around. We won't leave any of that dark, dismal paneling in place. It all goes.
All of the cushions will get new fabric. Real Tree has a pattern called Max 1 that looks like our local sagebrush and it comes in upholstery fabric so we're using that. We'll make the walls a light cream color to go with it.
The toilet is cracked all around so we'll be replacing that.
We'll be putting in a larger water tank to replace the current 25 gal. one.
There's no fridge and the ceiling is rotted out around the roof vent. We found a rebuilt fridge yesterday with a 2 year warranty so we'll be reworking the cabinets to make it fit.
We'll be replacing the flooring and will put new laminate on the tables & countertop.
At the end of it all, it'll get a new paint job.
This condo will look a lot different by spring.