Painting Kitchen Cabinets

Its my turn to have some fun! I'm faux finishing the cabinets since I'm going for the Shabby Chic/vintage style. After I deglossed old finish, I painted 2 coats of my robins egg blue, then made the edges look vintage/older with gloss that I applied then wiped with an oilcloth. Then added 2 coats of satin top coat for protection.

New Floor

 So the whole bottom framing under the wheel wells just fell off with us just touching it.

 Much better! Mike made his own.

 Just the bottom front of the trailer aluminum was damaged, as so many of these are since the rocks, etc. from the roads shoot back at it leaving pits and dents.

 Mike found an aluminum guy here in Las Vegas that made the piece for us. So she will be as good as new!

 When we would step into trailer, you could feel the floor give. Mike made it nice & sturdy now.

New floor complete! Now on to the new walls.

Extra 'Floor' Insurance

So Mike, aka hubby, added some more bracing. Jeesh, maybe we won't fall thru floor now!

Floor? Who Needs A Floor?

Where the heck is the floor bracing? When we ripped off the floor we found out fast why so many parts of the original wooden plywood felt like you were sinking when you walked on it. There is like nothing here!!!

Demolition Time

Okay, enough of these depressing BEFORE pictures. Lets get to work!

Why can't the renovation part be as easy as the ripping out part? Wow, in like an hour my hubby had it almost bare. Meanwhile we let the paint remover set for an hour and then all that spray paint and white paint under that came off with just a rag! I was so impressed with the orange stripper we bought at Home Depot. Its also non-toxic with no fumes.

Before

Good thing I'm an optimist with a decorator eye. I can see in my head what she will look like...and this ain't it! Haha

Trailers and More Trailers



BEFORE

Oh wow! As you can tell a hunter owned this camper before us. It has been over the river and through the woods! But my hubby said its in really great condition overall. The best aluminum skin he's seen in a long time with just a couple of small dents in front and only a couple water damaged areas inside. Floor is in great condition and roof vent doesn't leak. Ok, if he says so!

Also you can see a '63 Shasta next to the Santa Fe. I bought this one sight unseen before we bought the Santa Fe, and it is in way worse condition. The whole entire skin needs to be replaced due to a previous owner putting tar all over it in areas that were leaking and then painted many times over it. Its just never going to be in a condition for our family to use with the money we want to spend. So we will eventually put the Shasta for sale as a project for the right person ;-)

What Is A Glamper You Ask?

In short, a glamper is a camper that is decorated with touches of glamour. Vintage glam, Hollywood glam, Modern glam, Shabby Chic, these are all examples of decorating styles being adorned on these cute, cozy little campers. There seems to be a global buzz about glamping being featured in several countries on tv shows, magazines, a book, and many websites being created in the name of glamping with a yearly campout to go along with it. Yes thats right, the toys aren't just for boys any more!  Well, he can stay in it with me. Haha. After years of participating in my hubbys car shows with his '54 Chevy, its time for momma to have some fun! But it also needs to be practical for our family of four to actually camp in it. So enjoy our adventure of turning a 1963 Santa Fe camping trailer into a glamper.