Sid takes his first trip to Mt. Hood

Meet Sid... Why Sid you ask?

Sid is the 80 year old gentleman we bought the trailer from. He and his wife were just awesome. They had taken such great care of our 2003 Fleetwood Prowler.

They were so excited for us. They stood in their driveway as we pulled away and waved their arms with big grins and yelled, "You look so good towing that trailer!"

Even a couple days later we had a message on our phone wishing us luck and loads of fun.

So... Sid just seemed fitting.

Here is Sid's wife and Sid's trailer before they sold it to us...

Truly the inside was almost like new. We had looked for a long time (months and months)...

I started off looking at cute little vintage Shasta's and such. (you can see some adorable ones on my Pinterest Board HERE). But soon I realized that wouldn't be very practical. So I started looking at newer ones. And trying to keep within our budget. (we saved and saved for a trailer)

But goodness... I started seeing a LOT of brass and blue. The kind of blue I call 80's blue. Now no offense to anyone reading that has blue in their trailer. It's not that I think it's hideous or anything. It's just not 'us'. And well brass.... So not my favorite...

But more important than colors was the layout and the size...

And one day I saw the ad on Craigs List for Sid's trailer. 2003. 25'. Well taken care of. And pretty much the layout we were looking for. We called Sid. We traveled about 45 minutes, and 5 hours later we were pulling a big honkin trailer behind us! LOL

So let's get started on the before and after tour! This is what we saw when we walked in the door and looked to our left.

Pretty blue flowered wallpaper. LOTS of brass (hinges, knobs, handles, cabinet trim....)

And here is the After! NO more brass! We primed and painted (spray) all the hinges, knobs, handles and trim with an Oil Rubbed Bronze color from Krylon. We used adhesive linoleum like tiles for the back-splash behind the stove top and hubby trimmed it out with some wood strips.

You can't see it in the pics, but the freezer door looked pretty bad. (the wood looking paper had peeled in a few places) So I made it into a chalkboard! It's awesome... Super easy with Contact Paper Chalk Board!

The pretty blue flowered wallpaper border has been replaced with fishing flies... And those lovely upholstered and fabric valances with fake curtains Velcro'd on..

are in the landfill... You can't see them very well. But hubby made new valances from some molding/trim that we stained to match the cabinetry. And I made curtains from two tablecloths I got on clearance.. {and those lovely blue upholstered trim things on the dinette seats... gone! They are now matching wood}

Oh... Have I mentioned the beautiful etched glass mirrors in the cupboard doors above the sofa and bed? Why????

The doors above the sofa have been replaced with cork board! Perfect place to put postcards from our travels and pictures of our kids and grand-daughter... The cork is contact paper too!

And I can't fail to mention the stapled fabric (with pretty blue flowers that matched the wallpaper border) headboard....

3 - 26"x26" feather IKEA pillows are much more comfy... And some linen looking fabric I picked up at JoAnn's for super cheap, filled the spot where the mirrors and lovely blue upholstery fabric were.

I think the bathroom had the most brass in it....

But the Primer and Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint, a little bit of wallpaper, a really fun picture... A homemade fishy shower curtain.... Tah Dah! A whole new look!

The picture is a print I picked up at one of my favorite spots here in town. It's a replica of a vintage print, personalized with the name of our town and the store I bought it in. Very fun...

And here is Sid on his first trip up the Mountain with us. We got the very last campsite and it was perfect for Sid.... Hubby spent his evenings out on the lake in his pontoon boat. {after he built me a fire} and I sat and did handwork. I may have taken a nap or two as well...

So here's a little run-down...

Paint (no more brass) = $3.94 a can - bought 4 cans and had left over
$ 15.76

Wallpaper Border from Ebay (no more 80's blue flowers) = $14.59 x 2 rolls
$29.18

Fishy Shower Curtain = 1 1/2 yards
$11.55

Cork Board Contact Paper from Ebay (no more mirrors) = $ 12.19
$12.19

Adhesive Tiles from Home Depot (nice easy to clean back splash) = $1.29 each x6
$7.74

Curtains for all the Windows (that really open and close) = $6.99 x 2
2 Tablecloths on Clearance at Home Goods
$13.98

Chalkboard from Ebay (great for grocery lists, to do lists, love notes) = $8.16
$8.16

Total: $98.56

Now how cool is that! For less than a hundred bucks I have a spiffy, totally 'us', personalized trailer! And did I mention we TOTALLY loved it last weekend!

There's a few things I didn't get pictures of.. I'll show you those another day. And a few things I still want to get for the trailer... Someday I hope to recover the sofa and cushions. But for now they'll work.. You can see some of my wish list on my HOME AWAY FROM HOME Pinterest Board too!

Thanks for being excited for us, and following along on our camping trip and Trailer re-do! I've had fun sharing... We would love to hear about your favorite places to camp and RV... Because we hope to take many trips in Sid and see lots of new places!