Been at a standstill

Well, Steve has been stuck on electrical for a while.  He got the converter, the 12 volt stuff and the 120 volt stuff all wired up and we have the blessing of guy that works on RV's.  So I can sleep a little better at night!  Next we are starting on insulation.  It was a productive evening last night getting both sides cut and adhered.  I haven't gone out this morning to make sure it is still on there.  Hopefully it is!

 

 

We have the same guy coming out to help to hopefully install an AC and then insulation and roof this weekend!  Now that is some progress!  With only a little under a month, and a weekend of that being out of town we are in rush mode!  The countertop is done I will try to remember to snap a pic of that tonight.  I am ready for this project to come to an end!

We didn't know we were cabinet makers...

 The table is in, the benches are in and bear is ready for his first meal... well it is going to have to wait!  We are a little busy...

 

As you can see we built a cabinet in the back there.  It was much shorter on the original scotty but reading some different rebuilds I really liked the tall cabinet.  More storage!   Yeah!

Next Steve started on the kitchen sink cabinet.  This was a little more tricky.  We are going to use the old drawers and cabinet door so not everything is from scratch.  you can see to the left of the cabinet is the previous gaucho bench.  We didn't reinvent that wheel either. 

 

 

 Next we installed the previous upper cabinet out of the old one.  Again, it was  in decent shape so why not? 

Ahh yes... The microwave cabinet... oh there were curse words used during this construction.  Still not real sure how it will work but it is there and in and we are going to have to make it work.

 

Stay tuned...

Bad Blogger

Sometimes you get busy (lazy) and forget to post progress... well that is my story... so in an effort to catch up I am going overload ya with progress. After the sidewalls we started on the front and back.  This proved to be a challange because we are using screws this time around and trying to put a big enough screw in the side of plywood was quite trying. 

 

 

 

I couldn't wait to get my paint roller on that dark plywood... I like light and bright. 

 

We decided not to reinvent the wheel and go ahead and use the old benches.  They got several coats of paint and a set of new hinges.  They should hold up another 40 years now.

Yep, those newly covered cushions are going to look great in here!!

Keep reading we have even more progress to come. 

Way Behind on Posting

Well, I am a little behind on posting.  So this will be a long one, with lots of pictures! 
First Steve cut all the boards to start making the flooring and the assembly begins. He did a great job measuring everything out which made it really easy to assemble.  We even got Tyler and Becca into the action!

Here is the finished product.  It looks pretty good doesn't it?  but there is still sooo much more work to do. 

And so it begins.  The flooring is just linoleum that we got at lowes.  We ended up getting quite a bit more than we thought we needed, but in the end we used it all!  So it was a good thing. 

First, you had to brush on the adhesive.  That is some sticky stuff.  I had it all over me.  



Next you put linoleum on there and press it with a heavy roller.  Now, we have done alot of home improvement stuff, but we didn't have experience in this... BUT WE DO NOW!  Clint was home this day and was wrangled into helping! 

And here is the finished flooring.  Well, almost, we have to finish off the edges with moulding, and scrape some glue off.  But it looks really good!

I didn't get pictures of the next step.  I know, I'm sorry!  We used a biscuit cutter and cut little slits in the plywood pieces and glued along the edges with gorilla glue.  We used tiestraps to pull them all together and left them overnight.  It seems like we did an ok job, we will see in the end I guess. 

Next we screwed it into the frame on the sides.  The extra glue on the sides from the flooring really helped to hold it in place too.  That stuff is strong! 

 And here we have the second side.  again, hopefully we put them on there right!

 Next we painted the interior walls white, and the exterior I picked up an oops can at home depot of exterior grade paint to try to help protect it the next go around.  There was protection before and you see what we are having to go through now.  Hopefully that won't be the case 40 years from now! 

Steve is off all weekend and we have to make a quick trip to move my niece in the morning... but hopefully we are going to have some real progress to report over the weekend!

Down to the Frame

Well, I should be careful what I wish for.... we worked our tails off this weekend and made it to my goal that I had in mind. Thank you Steve for spending the entire weekend on the project! Now, we have to figure out how to start putting it back together.... First thing Saturday morning my mom came down for a visit...as you can see it didn't take me long to find something for her to do! She drew out the existing structure of both the front and back. I know that will come in handy real soon.

Next we took off the sides and that went pretty well. Next were the ends. Now that was a little scary. Rebecca and I were holding it while Steve started removing the bottom board... well it all came crashing down. Everyone was fine, but I didn't invision that happening!

Now everything is dismantled and in the driveway... yikes! No turning back now. Here is the floor, the sides, and the roof... this was quite an undertaking to get this far, so I can only imagine what lies ahead.

Next is the grinding and sanding and painting of the trailer. I bought some expensive gator something or another from the auto store but we found an undercoating already on there... so we went with the spray can method from Lowes and painted the trailer. I hope it works!

Right now it looks purdy... the white hitch is going to look great and we are hoping to paint the tank aqua like the stripe on her... so now the rebuild begins. We are out of town next weekend, so there is always the next...

On a last note, we went to the RV store and priced ac's. No go on the AC and we bought a fan instead. I just couldn't justify it. So we will not be camping in this thing in the summer here in Texas. Until next time...

The pretty stuff....

While I can't do alot to the outside right now without Steve here. So, I have been shopping. Those of you that know me, know that is what I do best! I bought the material to redo the cushions only to find out that our friends upholstry machine was broken. He said he would get it fixed, but I thought I would see what the local guy here in Greenville would do it for. I got all the cushions done for $200 labor. I thought that was a steal, especially since they have piping as well... so here is the finished product.

I hope that you like them! I know that I do. He did such a great job! So next I picked out the dishes... I was looking for a plain color melamine but NOTHING was matching. One was too blue, one was too green, these cushions are hard to match! The general concensus around here was the pattern below. I think they are going to look nice! This is a picture of the big plate. Yes, I realize it isn't to the era, but it is to the color!

Here is the whole set

And finally here is the material for the curtains. the stripe is to the outside, and the floral is to the inside. to open them, you are actually going to roll them up. When you do, the striped will be visible from the inside as well. We started cutting them last night and hopefully they can be done in a day.

I am so excited. It is Friday and that means starting tomorrow, we have two full days to work on the camper. I just couldn't be any more happier. Well, except if it was finished already... Pray for us, we have a long two days of disagreements coming our way.

And there goes the skins...

Steve was dreading it, oh he did everything he could not to tackle removing the skins. He built the kitchen cabinet (which we can't use because we got a bigger fridge)

But I finally said "I'ts time!" It was a little scary... we are still hoping that we didn't screw this thing up by removing the trim and the aluminum. But once we got it all off we were happy we did. She was really, really rotten underneath.Here is the beautiful before:

Here is the attempt to get the trim off without bending the pieces. I really hope that we can reuse this stuff...

And here is the after... They call this stuff insulation???

As you can see there is plenty of wood rot everywhere. We are really glad we didn't just cover it up, there is no telling how long it would have lasted in that condition.

So as you can see... we have alot of work to do now... We have 2 days of work coming up this weekend and I can't wait. I am hoping to show down to the frame and it painted this weekend! Hey, a girls gotta have her goals right?