Throwback Tuesday

Happy Tuesday everyone! I do have some more updates from this past weekend's adventures, but I wanted to take time to discuss another project from 2012.

 

I have a love/hate relationship with this project. But C has nothing but love for our Teardrop Trailer.

 

Here it is in all of it's glory:

I AM OBVIOUSLY VERY GOOD AT USING PAINT

RobSr. has titled this tiny piece of art work the "Love Shack".

C and I went to look at an old vintage teardrop trailer that we found on Craigslist once upon a time. To our surprise, even old and rotten, they wanted close to $5,000.00 for it. We concluded that it would be cheaper to construct our own. And so off we went to the Internet, finding various tutorials from others that have done the same. We also had a conference with...guess who?

THAT'S RIGHT, THE SLEEVELESS ONE HIMSELF

This project started out a ton of fun. Here are some photos of the progress:

 

This little baby even has electricity, for our ceiling fan, and porch lights.

 

Ceiling fan from inside

All insulated and ready to be finalized.

We were able to snag an Anderson window that fits perfectly.

Now that everything is complete, it's time to add the final touches. Did you know there was a type of wood that bends easily?

I didn't either. There is, and it's called Luann. Applying the Luann to the Teardrop was quite a feat.

The Sleeveless One-Making the final cut.

Sleeveless - Installing Luann from the outside. C is in there somewhere.

C - installing the Luann from the inside

 

I am not sure why, but I am unable to locate any more pictures from this project. Here is the fast recap after the interior Luann was installed.

 

1. Exterior Luann was installed

2. The piano hinge and the hatch were installed

3. Windows and doors were perfectly placed, and hardware was installed

4. The roof was painted with a paint that we ended up not liking much

5. Mattress was purchased to fit

6. When it rains, it pours

 

 

It turns out that not only was the paint not the texture that we thought it would be, the roof also leaks. Which brings me to my next point.

 

While we were demolishing the mobile home on the property, we found some materials on the roof that can be used on our Teardrop Trailer!