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Thursday, June 23, 2011

My Camper: Painting

Sheesh!  We've been busy!  Thanks for all the trailer love!!  It's so fun to have you on board! :)
Getting our trailer ready for our upcoming trip has been non stop!
It won't be entirely updated to where I want it but close enough.

This is my little inspiration book.  I have measurements, fabrics samples and sketches of how I want things done to it eventually.  
These are the speckled Formica counter tops which I'll eventually replace.

 Sadie is so excited about his project, she's even made her own trailer inspiration book and has copied everything I have put in mine.  She is just like I was to my Dad when I was little, following my every step asking me what she can do to help with my project.  

Here we are prepping for paint.  I tore out the linoleum back splash in the kitchen, removed all the cupboards and hinges and taped everything for my Dad to paint it with a spray gun.  

Ready for paint.
I LOVE that we didn't spend ONE penny on paint!
We had a 5 gallon bucket of leftover off-white paint from our rental house that we used. 


My awesome Dad getting the gun ready.
I felt bad for him because it was a really warm day and he had to wear that white suit and be in that tiny hot space.  I kept him busy that day.  It was a lot of hard work.  Thanks Dad!!!

The spray gun saved us so much time and made everything look a LOT better! Yay!
I didn't care about paint getting on the floor because I'm planning on replacing it with a cute red and white checkered floor.
Again, I used left over paint from my kitchen in my home to paint the kitchen in the trailer.  It's a good thing I love this color because it's in both of my kitchen's now. :)  
The color is a Martha Stewart Vintage Map.  Which is now discontinued because I bought it when her paints were sold at Lowe's.  Now they are at Home Depot and she has a whole new color line there.  
Vintage Map is a perfect aqua.  Not really green and not really blue either.  Perfectly in the middle of both.

A little sneak peek of the fabric.
Poor Kevin wasn't too thrilled when he saw all the floral.  How could he not know where I was going with this?  I've done nothing but STARE at my inspiration photos and show everyone who walks through my door the inspiration photos for the last 3 weeks!  It makes me laugh.  

I'm sure he'll like it when it all comes together.  I can't wait to show you how it's coming together! 
Even though I'm exhausted, I have had so much fun!

I forgot to add some links to my last post.  Tin Can Tourist is a fun place to browse classifieds of vintage trailers.  I also added the link to Constance.



10 comments:

Polly said...

Amy! I. Love. It!!
It looks fantastic already, what a fun project!!

That's Ms. Amy to You... said...

I am dying over how cute this is going to be.

I am also scheming on how to obtain one of my own. I should probably worry more about the fact that we don't have a car that could pull a trailer ..... but to me, that's just a minor detail.

Can't wait to see more!

Caitlin said...

it's looking so good! I can't wait to see the finished product. Don't be surprised if you wake up one morning to find robbie and I moved in...

Lacey said...

You go girl! I'm not a trailer person, but I'm dying for an RV. We are hoping after we move we can finally get one!

Emily said...

Can i sleep in that instead of the gross cabin???it is so cute!! I can't wait to see it! I am trying to convince brandon that we need to do that!! Can't wait for the party to begin..see you soon!

Aunt Spicy said...

I am totally loving this transformation...but secretly wish you had kept the countertops :-) Love the fabrics!

Serendipity said...

What a fun, fun project!

Sara Fiedler said...

Amy, I just marvel at you and your creativity and your drive. You definitely use all the gifts G-D has given you, in good ways. May G-D continue to give strength.

April said...

I think you would love this website:
http://www.sistersonthefly.com/

It's a women's group who restore vintage campers and then meet up all over the place to camp & fly fish...so cool!

Love what you've done so far...can't wait to see the finished product.

Marni said...

One of my friends let me know about your blog and that you are redoing a trailer... yep, word travels! I got SO excited because I am just beginning overhaul our trailer too. I LOVE the pictures you've posted with the cute fabric! I'm SOOO excited to keep up with your progress and "steal" some ideas along the way! ;) (hope you don't mind!) XOXO

marni

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