Jackpot!

Well, the picture was rotated until it got here! 

After searching and searching on the internet for info about this camper,

last night,

there it was!

Everything all together for all the appliances,

even the toilet!

After much deliberation,

I decided to paint all the paneling.

See the nice creamy color on the top?

Hopefully,

soon

everything will be that color.

The bottom is primer,

what a job this is!

I think that I will like the decorating

much better

than the painting.

Also trying some peel and stick tiles at the doorway to see

how that works.

Going for the 70's look,

don't these just make you think

that?

I think that the orange does it for me!

Well, it has sat,

and sat

and sat.

Is it road worthy?

Is it worth fixing?

What to do?

Over a month

of

sitting.

And we have decided...

Let's try it.

Let's get it going

and

see

what we can do with it.

So,

the old girl is going to

be used again.

Not me, mind you.

the camper!

Thrift store shopping,

I found these curtains.

Let me tell you,

I was a bit nervous

about my $12

investment.

Would they fall apart in the washer?

But they washed up great

and

this week,

I start scrubbing and painting.

I got paint at Lowes yesterday

and a couple of tiles to try on the floor.

And this...

My favorite thrift shop,

Barbara is always ready to show me her latest find.

Saturday, was oilcloths.

This one called my name!

and

She gave it to me!

Saturday was my birthday,

she didn't know that,

but what a great present! 

I am not sure where I am going to use it.

My girls think it is tacky,

but Gracelyn?

She think that Momma has great taste!

She loves the colors!

She can't wait to camp!

Before pics

"Cause you know you just have to have them!

I think JWS is scared!

He is saying words like

battery,

axle,

inverter,

propane tanks,

leaking roofs,

missing taillights.

rust.

I am saying words like

scrub,

paint,

sew,

decorate,

upholster.

Don't my words sound way more fun?

And way less work,

than his?

Gracelyn was mainly impressed with

"that tiny little oven"

And so it begins

For several years, I have been wanting an old camper.

One to restore,

a fixer-upper,

a project.

This one was dropped in my lap.

A little bigger than what I had planned,

but really,

with six grandkids all under the age of six,

my friend and former camper owner pointed out,

"You are going to need the room!"

So,

JWS jumped at the idea.

Not sure about what drugs he might be taking...

but we'll address that later.

Today,

it came home.

I hope to blog the process,

the successes,

the laughs,

and even

when

JWS and start throwing things at one another.

(which is bound to happen)

I have decorating ideas.

But first we'll clean.

It has been setting for three years.

It needs a good cleaning.

Want to follow along? 

C'mon, you know you do!