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I am becoming bad at LiveJournal, but so is everyone, really, now that there is facebook and y'all can see from my pictures what I'm up to.
The new occupier of all spare time is the airstream. We're trying to make reasonable progress before it gets too cold to work on it, since we don't have a garage large enough to park it in. Considering how cheaply Andrew bought it, it's in very good shape. It was just so disgustingly dirty that it looked much worse. So most of what we are doing is to make it look better. That, and I don't trust gas-powered things from the 60s not to blow up on us, so all the gas-related items (stove, water heater, furnace, tanks and lines) are being replaced.
These are the various projects:
- fresh coat of stain and wax on the cabinets
- new countertops (in a very fun yellow formica!)
- replacing the stove/oven (who needs an oven in a trailer?) with a sleek new combination stove top/ sink unit
- microwave where the oven used to be
- new futon mattress for the main bed
- re-do the sofa/ guest bed (new foam and fabric on existing frame)
- remove ucky carpets (done) and replace with laminate flooring
- new curtains
- spray-paint original 1960s fridge (which still works) so that it is no longer olive green
- repair one bad spot in floor and one leaky spot in trailer
There will also be a whole lot of work on the outside - haven't really assessed things like the exterior lights, hitch, tires, axle, etc., but that part will probably wait until spring. Fun!
The new occupier of all spare time is the airstream. We're trying to make reasonable progress before it gets too cold to work on it, since we don't have a garage large enough to park it in. Considering how cheaply Andrew bought it, it's in very good shape. It was just so disgustingly dirty that it looked much worse. So most of what we are doing is to make it look better. That, and I don't trust gas-powered things from the 60s not to blow up on us, so all the gas-related items (stove, water heater, furnace, tanks and lines) are being replaced.
These are the various projects:
- fresh coat of stain and wax on the cabinets
- new countertops (in a very fun yellow formica!)
- replacing the stove/oven (who needs an oven in a trailer?) with a sleek new combination stove top/ sink unit
- microwave where the oven used to be
- new futon mattress for the main bed
- re-do the sofa/ guest bed (new foam and fabric on existing frame)
- remove ucky carpets (done) and replace with laminate flooring
- new curtains
- spray-paint original 1960s fridge (which still works) so that it is no longer olive green
- repair one bad spot in floor and one leaky spot in trailer
There will also be a whole lot of work on the outside - haven't really assessed things like the exterior lights, hitch, tires, axle, etc., but that part will probably wait until spring. Fun!