My mom and I have actually been wanting an old camp trailer to redo and make cute. We were checking Craigslist constantly, making calls, and being told the same thing: "it just sold." We did this for a month and then took it as a sign we weren't supposed to have an old trailer.
Last weekend there was a Sister's on the Fly rally at the fair grounds in Moses Lake. This group is our original inspiration for wanting a vintage trailer. It's an all women group that meets up to camp, fish, travel, hike, and hangout together. Most of these women have old, cute trailers. Going to the rally that weekend made us want one and want to join the group. The search for a trailer was back on!
My mom and I were on Craigslist through out the day saving adds and making calls. Same story, though, when we called they were already sold. Vintage trailers in the price range of $500 to $1,200 don't stay on the market long. The other problem was all these trailers were a few hours away, which made going to view them tough with hay on the ground.
So one afternoon, and with lots of suggesting by my dad, my mom, sister, our friend Holly, and I went on a drive to Mardon to knock on doors and ask if they owned that old trailer and if they wanted to sell it. We were on a mission, but nervous about going to strange doors. We headed into the residential area of Mardon and went straight to a house we knew had an old trailer. Holly and I climbed to the top of these people's steep driveway, kinda jumped the fence, and knocked. They answered! So I asked if they wanted to sell their trailer. They said "sure, make an offer after you look at it." So the four of us girls piled into this little Bell trailer and crawled all around the outside. We told them we liked it but wanted to look around a bit (a.k.a. knock on more doors).
No one else answered their doors. So we called back to the owners of the Bell and made an offer of 200 bucks! They took it without hesitation! Just like that we had bought a vintage trailer. Wow! We were so excited because we did not think knocking on doors like little snoops was going to end well.
My dad and I towed the trailer home the next evening. It's funny. We went from giving up on getting a trailer to having one with in a week of the fire for one being rekindled!
These are some "Before" pictures.....
She needs a bath and a paint job.
There is a faded decal on the back that I am going to recreate on the computer as a stencil then paint on again.
Where's the fridge? We'll be putting my small dorm fridge in.
Table needs to be put back, and the cushions are going to be replaced.
Dirty, stain linoleum has to go.
A couch should be in this spot. We'll be taking care of that as well.
