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RV Window Treatments

April 2013

Continuing with the remodel posts, today’s post is all about the window treatment. Main Living Area Windows When Mark demo’d the camper, he threw out all the old cornice boxes. ...

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Boondocking at Wally World

April 2013

I have to laugh that I’m posting this. I was just talking with a friend the day that we left South Dakota about this very topic. Sleeping at Wal-Mart. I ...

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Winter RVing & Waterlines

April 2013

Since we are officially into Spring, I figured I’d post some thoughts about winter RVing and our issues with the waterline freezing. This past winter, we made it through some ...

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Stripped Life as a Full Time RVer

March 2013

As we prep for our move to Florida, I’m coming to terms with our life. That may sound like I’m miserable or have regrets. I assure you that is so ...

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How to Refinish an Ugly Booth Dinette

March 2013

2 years ago, we were looking at buying a used pop-up camper. No, we weren’t going to live in it…though we may just do that someday. I put almost nothing ...

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Big News, We Are Florida Bound!

March 2013

We’re excited to announce that we are moving to Florida in about a month. Mark put in for a transfer with his work and surprise, surprise, he got it. So ...

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How We Painted Our Cabinets Without Fuss

March 2013

When we bought our Winnie, she was full of old light oak cabinets and a lot of fake wood panelling. Even the fridge had paneling. I’m not a big ...

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Winnebago Remodel Ideas ~ Pictures of Our 1996 Adventurer Remodel

March 2013

We’ve worked our tails off completing our 1996 Winnebago Adventurer Remodel. Today, I’m going to take you through all the major updates we did and give you some Winnebago remodel ...

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HUGE Update to our RV Cabinet Hardware

March 2013

I’m so excited to finally share more of the updates we did to our 96′ Winnebago Adventurer. I see the BIG REVEAL in our near future…very near. But for today ...

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Victory and Defeat – Our Issues with the Slide

March 2013

* UPDATE * We worked the slide issue out and shared how to work the slide here. ** Today had been a great day on the RV remodel. I posted ...

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27 responses to “RV Window Treatments”

Cheryl T

February 2016

Thanks for posting this. I hate those ugly valances over the windows of my 2012 travel trailer and was trying to figure out what to do with them. I wanted to keep the blinds and knew that it would be a problem trying to figure out how to cover them up. So I am going to try the same technique )including the bungee cords. I only have 3 windows to do….

Julie

February 2016

I hope you love it too Cheryl!! Love that we can change out the style in the RV without it costing so much too!

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Boyink

September 2016

We just redid our RV curtains – and took just about the opposite approach, keeping the cornices but ditching the pleated blinds: https://ditchingsuburbia.com/blog/no-sew-diy-rv-curtains

Debbie Stacey

June 2017

I need an opinion please. The windows in our TT are not the same size. I am going for a confy look..Am making simple curtains from the same fabric. Should each curtain fit each window? Or should I take the longest window and make all of them the size??

Thanks!

Progress on the Camper Remodel - Julie Gavin

February 2022

[…] been busy painting cabinets, sewing curtains, and reupholstering the booth dinette […]

8 Unique & Affordable Window Treatment Ideas

April 2023

[…] to what seems like ages ago, I posted about our custom-made RV curtains for our Class A. Okay, y’all…there are some limitations with an […]

Replace RV Shades

April 2023

[…] Sewing Curtains. This is definitely an option and one that could work. For our camper, I didn’t have it in me to sew more curtains at the time (like I did for our Winnebago Remodel). […]

Cheryl T

February 2016

Thanks for posting this. I hate those ugly valances over the windows of my 2012 travel trailer and was trying to figure out what to do with them. I wanted to keep the blinds and knew that it would be a problem trying to figure out how to cover them up. So I am going to try the same technique )including the bungee cords. I only have 3 windows to do….

1. Julie
  
  February 2016
  
  I hope you love it too Cheryl!! Love that we can change out the style in the RV without it costing so much too!
  
Boyink

September 2016

We just redid our RV curtains – and took just about the opposite approach, keeping the cornices but ditching the pleated blinds: https://ditchingsuburbia.com/blog/no-sew-diy-rv-curtains

Debbie Stacey

June 2017

I need an opinion please. The windows in our TT are not the same size. I am going for a confy look..Am making simple curtains from the same fabric. Should each curtain fit each window? Or should I take the longest window and make all of them the size??

Thanks!

Progress on the Camper Remodel - Julie Gavin

February 2022

[…] been busy painting cabinets, sewing curtains, and reupholstering the booth dinette […]

8 Unique & Affordable Window Treatment Ideas

April 2023

[…] to what seems like ages ago, I posted about our custom-made RV curtains for our Class A. Okay, y’all…there are some limitations with an […]

Replace RV Shades

April 2023

[…] Sewing Curtains. This is definitely an option and one that could work. For our camper, I didn’t have it in me to sew more curtains at the time (like I did for our Winnebago Remodel). […]