Bell's Debut

Bell took off for her first appearance yesterday afternoon.  We dropped her off at the fair grounds at about 4pm.  It was strangely weird not having her home to work on last night or today because working on her has been my life the last couple weeks. 

She looks a little small among the other camp trailers and mega motor homes but she is small and sweet and her little stature kind of makes her stand out.  Eventually, when we get her painted on the outside she'll stand out even more! 

Here is a look inside...Bell's "After" pictures!

Dinette...Erin has it ready to sleep on. 

Comfy couch! Where I'll be next week!

Kitchen area.

If you're at the fair next week and want to check Bell out, come on by!  Just look for the smallest camp trailer you've ever seen behind the horse barns.  Also, look back at Bell's "Before" pictures to see how far she's come!

Sneak Peak of Bell

I have done a lot of work on my little camp trailer this last week.  My mom and sister have been a huge help because not only were we getting the trailer usable for fair but we were also making hay.  Over half of our hay farm was cut and being made.  We were busy and the busyness is not about to stop with fair coming up!

We got the whole inside painted this last week, laid and fitted the linoleum, painted trim, put trim in, put the couch fame back together, wrestled new wood paneling in, finished sewing curtains, hung curtains, and shoved a futon mattress in. Just today included getting the futon in, putting in trim, hanging cupboard doors, and putting up decorations. When three of us are in there working, which has been most of the time, it gets way hot, sweaty, and stinky. We joke that the trailer is a sweat shop. Erin probably thinks that because I give her tons of jobs to do while she is out helping. 

It was crazy at times in the trailer.  I think it was Tuesday and super hot out when Erin and I wrestled the new wood paneling in.  It was tough!  We were pushing, hitting, hammering, and saying things to this piece of paneling and it would just not cooperate.  After a bit, I sent Erin away to paint trim so that I could just go after the paneling alone.  In the end, I just started hammering nails in and calling it good.  I also cut about five feet of the paneling with a box cutter knife trying to get it to fit around the window.  I am still baffled that it was a pill to get in because I measure everything several times before cutting!




Curtains up and looking so cute!  They really brought the purples together.  Thank goodness because they looked scary when we first started painting.  I was questioning my ability to choose colors properly.

Also, this is where the futon mattress got squeezed into today.  It is a really comfy couch area with soft and fuzzy pillows...I'll post pics later...

This is showing the linoleum and the paint colors.  You're probably thinking "eww gross green oven!"  But you're wrong...it's cute and the green paisleys in the curtains matches the oven so perfectly.  Everything really has been coming together well this week.  :)








My big moments of the week were putting the couch frame back in place, running the jig saw, installing a new door knob, and using the electric drill on every screw I could use it on; these were things I did mostly on my own. That drill really makes things a breeze!

So this is just a little peak of Bell's inside.  As of tonight, Friday, at 10, the inside was done.  It just needs to be swept out before we take it to the fair grounds.  The table won't be set up, though, because we don't have the hardware to do so.  Tomorrow when the lighting is better and I can stage things I'll take pictures and share them as soon as I can!!

One Week of Work, One Week 'til Fair

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.