Monday, June 28, 2010

Work on the caravan

Yesterday ended up being the perfect day to work on the caravan. It wasn't too hot and humid, and it was mainly cloudy (so I didn't feel too bad about missing swim and tan time by the pool). I scrubbed the inside of the caravan with Lysol disinfectant spray and hot water. This was exhausting. I was surprised how clean' the caravan was. I was expecting to use MANY buckets of water to get the caravan clean but it only took two. I think the previous owners cleaned it before they sold it to my parents. I thank them ALOT.

We picked up a can of Benjamin Moore - Cloud White with a pearl finish and I began the ridiculously long job of painting the entire inside of the caravan. All the walls and ceiling were covered in cheezy wood panelling - beadboard. HIDEOUS. With faux wood grain...horrible stuff. I have to say that even after one coat of paint, the caravan was looking amazing. I only managed to do one coat on about 85% of the inside before I called it quits for the day. It's going to look amazing with at least two coats - no more wood grain!

Next task is to figure out what to cover the floor with...

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