We decided to refurnish our living area. After feeling cramped, disorganized and gloomy, we decided to make some changes. We went to Ikea for some ideas to replace our existing leather couch. We need a bed for when we have guests. Our first thought was an air mattress. During our visit to Ikea we went to the couch /futon area. We had a few choices. We even decided on one. As we continued on our trek through the store I spied a kitchen island. I thought we could use it for a table, counter. We would access the shelves below by cutting openings in the divider below. The possibilities are warming up now. We continued out with some ideas. When we came upon the daybed section. I saw a white daybed. It has storage below it. . We continued and left with our ideas. We went home. Came up with a time plan, we listed our old couch on Craigslist and sold it in an hour. We returned a week later and purchased our new furniture. We came home and started the project. We used gorilla wood glue as we assembled. We started with the island. It wasn't too bad. The daybed was next. We ordered our mattresses so we needed to wait for them to come in. But the difference surely lifted the mood in the Rv. It's bright useful and cleaner. The next day was rearrange storage of our stuff. I moved into the drawers with linens. Norm moved to the less accessible old linen area. I love it. This was definitely needed.
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
New rv decal
July 10, 2016 Today we applied the new decal to the back of the rv. I had heard of a place that makes decals from a personal picture. Ann, another camphost had given me the idea. I tried to use a picture Fort Desoto, site 128 (our wedding location), with a silhouette of our recently deceased dog. I was told by the online place that the picture wasn't high enough quality. So I had given up. One day I stopped at Camaro signs in Norwich, CT. Valerie, a graphic designer there, quickly assisted me. She obtained the picture from Dropbox, then edited and added a black border. The picture was $128. Ready in two days. I removed the old stickers, and used buffers and rubbing compound to remove the Shiney ghosting left behind. Our neighbors Martin and Kathy, assisted to install it. Big thanks to Martin! Anyway it is done and we love it.