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Progress on the Camper Remodel

February 2013

We’re still around friends! I’ve so wanted to update the blog, but we had a terrible bout with the flu. Our little guy was hospitalized but is all better, thank ...

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Our New Rig – The Before

February 2013

Well, we did it! We bought a used camper this past weekend, a 1996 Winnebago Adventurer. It’s smaller, yes. But cute and it comes with lots of potentials. We’re gearing ...

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jmegareus

August 2013

Just wanted to say how much we are enjoying your posts and pictures. We are in the middle of an update to a 1986 Winnebago Chieftain 22, and have done or are doing many of the same steps you have done. We purchased the van 2 years ago so we could try our hand at camping, and have yet to use the RV. It had good bones, but was so old with cabinets, curtains, and upholstery that I had to clean and replace them prior to taking our first trip. Now we have spent almost 3 mos. painting cabinets, replacing hardware, wallpapering, etc. Your idea to update the kitchen table with a covering was brilliant! Yesterday my daughter and I went to JoAnns and bought fabric to do the same to our table, as well as fabric to make new cushions. Will let you know how ours turns out, we will include the cup holders in the design, tho they are too small to be of much value, but some of the grown kids want them included… I had to paint all the old and new plywood we retained, I was surprised previous owners left it ‘raw’. So we added new plywood for the master bed, painted the ’empty’ dinette seats and underneath the dinette table as well as the interior of all the cabinets. Today our son cut out the carpeting and are glad to say the plywood sub-flooring we found looks pretty good. How did you get out all the little pieces of carpeting underneath the cabinets and other built-ins (Bed, cabinets, etc)? Short of removing and gutting everything, do you have any suggestions on that? We cannot do that, it is impractical in our case. Our RV is parked in our home driveway while we work on it… and last week we discovered that the transmission has failed, so after we are done with our interior update, we will have to have it towed someplace for more work. It is after 3 am and I am typing without my glasses, so forgive me for rambling. The point is I wanted to let you know again that we are finding encouragement in seeing the ground you have covered, and we admire your handiwork. Thank you!! Julia.

Julie

August 2013

Thank you so much Julia! It is such a big job and I’d love to hear how yours turns out. We were short on steam and time so we didn’t paint the interior of our cabinets (though I wish we would have at least painted the inside of the doors. To get the leftover carpeting, we took a razor blade and a needle nose pliers. Tedious but it got the rest of the carpet out. We also could not have removed cabinets so we had to cut away as best we could. Best wishes to you and thank you again for your generous comments! 🙂

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