Saturday, March 31, 2012

Its the little things

The stove is now functional. Martin called around to a couple repair places and they said it wasn't repairable (meaning they don't have parts they could order and a manual to follow). So Martin fixed it himself. And I thought chalk board paint would be cool for the inside of the door, since it needed to be redone anyway. This will be a nice in-between for this summer. I can't wait to go camping soon!





Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Let there be light

The electrical panel has been installed. We now have light and power. Its getting closer and closer to the finish.


The wood in the light


New exterior LED light.


New interior LED lights.


Original light fixture


Saturday, December 3, 2011

Just more photos of the interior progress

I got to visit our crown canned ham travel trailer today and see first hand the progress that Martin is making. If we could only clone Martin, the work could get done faster....

I forgot my camera, so I had to use my iPhone. I like the instagram app. It makes our vintage camper look so.....vintage!

That's my spot (since i fit between the table and counter)

It snowed in Prescott

Isn't the wood beautiful?

We need to the oven repaired so we don't have to worry about gas leaks.




Vent

The existing roof vent was missing the lid. Martin bought an acrylic cover at Ace and fiddled around with the existing mechanism to get it to work. The hole in the roof is now covered and functional.






Thursday, December 1, 2011

Shopping


While Martin is busy working on the trailer, I am busy shopping at antique stores. We had decided to work a color scheme around the original red vinyl cushions. Only its not "red", its more like an orange-red. I'm not into decorating "themes", like cowgirl themes or shabby chic. I just want our camper to be homey and comfortable.

So far I have gotten some canisters, fiesta cups, chairs, coolers and bedding. Some of the stuff is actually for our other trailer, a shasta compact (which we haven't started renovating yet). So I am still on the hunt for a vintage red cooler and canvas style chairs. We are still curtain-less.

Accent Pillows for the cushions and the aluminum chairs
(these will go well with our other camper as well)

The bed and bedding, a little bit of the whole red/orange color scheme
(bad photo, the colors are more vibrant than this)


The awesome vintage canisters, cups and some tupperware

Aluminum chairs with wood, aluminum coolers with brown trim
(these are really for our other camper, but we haven't started renovations)

Oh, and Martin installed the front window.


Monday, November 21, 2011

Exterior Progress

Martin has been slaving away on his own up in Prescott. The front and back ends of our crown canned ham have skin again. We are reusing the old skin for character rather than putting new undented panels on. Martin removed the roof panels so he could insulate the roof. Its coming together. He was hammering away on the aluminum trim yesterday. All of that dented trim....

Roof panels off, insulating the front end

Roof panels off

New insulation

canned ham rear end has been reskinned

Front end has been reskinned


Sunday, November 6, 2011