CRUNCH TIME!
This past week we made a lot of progress on Bell. My mom, uncles, and I got so much done. Things are coming together nicely and its been tons of fun working on Bell!
Take a look!
I started and finished painting the cupboards. I really like the color! The area where the cupboards are will be this same color. The rest of the trailer will be a lavender color. Should be pretty!
My Uncle Chuck running the drill while Uncle Steve and my mom watch. My uncles came for a little visit last week and were very helpful to my mom, Bell, and I.
When I got home from boating, the futon had been delivered. It's nice and should be comfortable enough to sleep and sit on. Muscling it through the little trailer door is going to be a chore, though.
Uncle Chuck and I measuring to cut the linoleum. We were so nervous to make the first cut. Neither of us have ever measured and cut linoleum before. I'm fairly certain every measurement was measured a hundred times. We even got big paper out and cut that first as a test trail for the actual cuts. It took us a long time to get this done.
The first set of cuts are on the left. Thankfully, it fits! Tight in places but will be easy enough to smooth out when we put it back in after painting. In the right picture, is the reframed front end of Bell that Chuck and I worked on last week. Now we just need to put new paneling in and paint! It looks pretty good. After all, we put in long days working. Chuck and I stayed out until 10 both nights he was here working.
My mom sawing metal to build screens. We made two new ones and replaced screen and spline on the frame for the door window. Making new screens is so easy! I tell ya...I'm learning lots of home repair type things while working on this big project!
With one week until fair, we have just enough time to finish her up...well kind of. We will paint the inside, move the futon in, put up the curtains and decorations, and stock her for fair. After fair, Bell will get painted on the outside and reframed in some areas.
