Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Replacing Interior Of Door

One more step before she is whisked away to paint! We needed to play with the door. The wood was badly rotted and warped. Also the aluminum was bent out of shape at the bottom. We also bought a new locking mechanism for the original handle. I am toying with the popular idea of chalkboard painting the interior of the door. I guess future pictures will tell!
Finished door

The original and new wood
Door frame was in good shape, no structural damage.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Interior Paint Time

UPDATE: I have since repainted her a warmer yellowish color from Home Depot called Calm Air. I know, I know, us woman usually know what we want right away (insert sarcasm) but I noticed everyone who didn't have wood veneers were painting them white & off white so I decided I needed to be different! I did keep the benches the Cottage White, however to match the future moldings.
New color:


 See?! I work! Its not all Mike LOL. The primer is just soaking up my beautiful Cottage White which is the name of my color. I still want the trailer to look vintage/antique. Its not a new trailer and it won't be decorated modern so I didn't want too bright, eye popping white. This keeps it light & airy but still warm like many of the knitted pillows that will be used in the decorating. Coming up next...time for the molding for seams and corners to give it a finished look. Then we will replace windows & add window molding.



The white primer is from Home Depot and is also sandable. So when we filled the holes from the staples and nails then we primered the whole thing, sanded it, then repeated a couple more times. This made the walls very, very smooth with no blemishes. (Note: The wainscoting is going on the walls where wrap around table & benches will be, however in the kitchen I'm installing the tin for a backsplash so we just used the flat board for that, flat for the ceiling, and flat in area that will be in the closet.)


Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Some Hang Laundry On The Line...We Hang Windows




Hope the neighbors don't complain! Well, it only took 2 days. But we gave the original window frames a nice, hot, acid bath. They came real clean! All the oxidized black came right off. Then Mike sprayed some metal paint, color is aluminum, cleaned the glass, and they look great, nice & shiny!



Wednesday, May 15, 2013


Awww, the Chevy is patiently waiting for her to be done. Haha!!

Electrical is Done & Plastic is On!

All the electrical is finally finished. We added some new lighting spots and we're adding switches by the door. After all the wiring and boxes were done, we put the insulation we had already pre cut back in and then covered it all with the plastic sheeting that also adds as extra insulation. For not alot of $ it stops any wind from blowing in between anything, just in case.

Mike also installed the new vent for the refrigerator which is taking the place of the original ice box but we're keeping it in the same spot, above the counter next to the sink.