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That’s an English proverb I read on Life Hacker yesterday. I saw it around the same time I got this wall post from my Aunt. This project really is so much easier than it should be. Yes, there are plenty of obstacles, but most of those are my own […]

A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor

June 20, 2013 in Nomad Life tagged Family / Friends / Gratitude / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

We were all over last weekend. I put up a thin layer of pink insulation over the ladder support board. We could not find an 1-1/4″ insulation so we had to get the purple in 1″ and the pink in 1/4″. My friend dug out another trench in the ceiling […]

Ceiling

June 20, 2013 in RV tagged Ceiling / Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

The weekend started out a little rough. I got up around 6 A.M. for a head start. I made some of those eggs in avocados. They are all the craze in the interwebs. Then came the first trip to the wonderful world of Menards. The weather was lovely when we […]

Bedroom

June 19, 2013 in RV tagged Bedroom / Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

In the words of my maternal Grandma, my Topsy Turveys just “tickle” me. Look at that little baby tomato! It is going to be so delicious when it grows up. What are some of your favorite tomato recipes?

Future Bounty

June 19, 2013 in Nomad Life tagged Garden / Gardening / RV / Topsy Turvy by Elisha

We covered the very last of the bedroom floor with Mighty Seal Sunday. Now you see it: Now you don’t: I will probably go over a few places a second time (or third) time. This does make sweeping the floor a little easier. All weekend my friend was talking about […]

Floor

June 18, 2013 in RV tagged Bedroom / Construction / Floor / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel / Sub-Floor by Elisha

I had to rent a truck for some wall panels (that’s right, I said wall panels) and another sheet of insulation. Menards runs their trucks on propane fuel! Do you all know this? The gentleman renting the truck said it cost about $8,000, but the state of Illinois refunds $4,000. I […]

Propane?

June 17, 2013 in RV tagged Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Ideas / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

While my niece sanded the cabinets, I started on the toilet parts and sink. I did not sand the sink. My brother came over and said, “tsk tsk” so I sanded the toilet. I don’t know if I’ve ever really sanded anything (except a point on a drawing pencil.) I […]

Painting Prep

June 16, 2013 in RV tagged Bathroom / Bathroom Tear Down / Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

I really want to paint the exterior of the RV with tinted bed liner. I haven’t quite decided if I will or not, but if I do I need to pick a color. I was really inspired by the beautifully painted adobe houses in Santa Fe. They are so different […]

Exterior Color of RV

June 15, 2013 in Nomad Life / RV tagged Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

We did so much in the bedroom, I had to break it down. Johnny and my friend have both bugged me to use *Flex Seal somewhere on my RV. I caved when it came to the bedroom sub-floor. The fresh water tank is under the bed. At first I […]

Bedroom Floor

June 14, 2013 in RV tagged Bedroom / Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

*Johnny, practicing his mad ninja skills. My plan was to sell the awning, as I previously mentioned. However, everyone agreed that it was really nice. I’m not that impressed. I will give it a chance though. With proper sealing, it may grow on me. It was nice to work under […]

The Awning

June 12, 2013 in Nomad Life / RV tagged Awning / RV by Elisha

I has one. *My niece may have gotten in trouble last week and I may have had to teach her the valuable lesson of “if you do what your Aunt tells you to the first time and don’t back talk, you won’t have to scrub her RV toilet that strangers […]

Minions

June 12, 2013 in Nomad Life / RV tagged Bedroom / Bedroom Tear Down / Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

The latest on the very slow progress. The weather has been very crazy lately. The weekend before last I was 50 yards from a tornado and didn’t know it. I was already in the basement (I tend to do that when there is even a strong gust.) Then last weekend, […]

Bedroom Update 1,599

June 7, 2013 in RV tagged Bathroom / Bedroom / Bedroom Tear Down / Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

In case you didn’t believe me about the tomato plant flowering. MMM, I can already taste the BLTs. But wait, there’s more: I really have no idea what these are, but I’m going to take a safe bet and say my peppers. I can hardly sit still with the excitement […]

Veggie Tales

June 6, 2013 in Nomad Life tagged Garden / Gardening / RV / Topsy Turvy by Elisha

Fiesta Flatware from JC Penny’s online. When I was trying to decide on the secondary color for my kitchen, I just couldn’t decide. The determining factors were: It is going to be the same color and connected to my living room. It is also right next to the bathroom/bedroom which […]

Fun Stuff

June 5, 2013 in Nomad Life tagged Decorating / Kitchen / RV / RV Makeover by Elisha

Without much to be done in the bedroom (we couldn’t cut framing because of all the rain) and having to take turns in the bathroom, I spent a large portion of my time in the living room. By this point, I was way too tired to clean up before […]

Living Room

May 31, 2013 in RV tagged Construction / Livingroom / Livingroom Tear Down / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

The rain, aside from slowing down construction also slowed down the workers. I felt like I could barely get going in the mornings. I slept in 2 out of 3 days. It took half the day to fully wake up. However, not only was I able to use the worm […]

Memorial Day Weekend Extras

May 30, 2013 in RV tagged Extras / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel / Tools by Elisha

It rained the entire 3 day weekend. Monday, just as I was about to leave, there were 75 mph winds. I went to the basement instead. There may have been tacos by candle light. Because of the rain we were very limited on what we could do. We had […]

Bedroom Update

May 30, 2013 in RV tagged Bedroom / Bedroom Tear Down / Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel / Shelves from Hell by Elisha

The above from the end of last weekend. It wasn’t a great pic so I didn’t post about it. You can see from the upper right, the paneling was removed. This is the area that corresponds to the leak in the bedroom. The toilet comes and goes. There was […]

Bathroom

May 29, 2013 in RV tagged Bathroom / Bathroom Tear Down / Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha

Remove cabinets Remove toilet Remove sink Remove damaged paneling Add wood/metal studs New insulation New paneling Remove carpet New flooring Spray hose Add wall finish Paint walls Rice paper window covering Add acrylic sliding doors to make a new cabinet (They are just panel doors though, not acrylic.) Add ceiling rack […]

Bathroom To-Do List

May 28, 2013 in RV tagged Bathroom / Bathroom Tear Down / Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel / To-Do List by Elisha

Apparently, if you have a guy who builds houses and a guy who built his own garage helping on your RV, you are no longer the boss. I mean, they’ll be all cute and ask your opinions and call you the boss, but it’s really a formality so you will […]

More Destruction

May 22, 2013 in RV tagged Bedroom / Bedroom Tear Down / Construction / Make-Over / Remodel / RV / RV Makeover / RV Remodel by Elisha