People are taking notice!

The exterior transformation is almost complete, and we are getting lots of "Looks good!" and so on from passersby and neighbors. They were probably nervous that the banged up camper we bought in April was going to just sit on the street and decline indefinitely. But it's really looking good!

Before:

 There will be a striped awning on this side- you can see the awning rail.

Notice the eyebrows over the windows, too.  It came with an eyebrow over the door. 

David also added a handlebar to make it easier for me to get in.

And here is the Before of the front and driver side.

After- again notice the eyebrows. I especially like the little eyebrow on the little window.

Notice the diamond plate on the front and the upgrade to 2 propane tanks instead of one.

I am mainly in charge of sewing, painting, and clean up on this project, and now I have moved on to some interior painting. Remember the color scheme.

The light brown (paint chip on the left) isn't working out, but the little galley looks great in "green" and "cream." We aren't using the fabric in the upper right hand corner for the camper, but I did make it into an awesome skirt.  The other two patterns are curtains. 

I will post some interior pics in a later post. We need wall board (paneling) for most of the inside, and ceiling.   And flooring which we bought yesterday at Home ReSource for a great price. We love supporting them and always find the Perfect Thing.

I was painting the other night and a neighbor biked by and said we were doing a great job. Apparently he is a professional vintage camper restorationist, and that made me feel AWESOME to get a shout out. So here is a shout out to their company 

(I am pretty sure this is where he works, in East Missoula), 

Blue Moon Caravans, Missoula Montana

He also told me (paraphrasing) that he enjoys seeing other people experiencing his own personal kind of hell, but I could tell he loves his work.  So I made him look at the inside of the camper, too! 

Outside the camper

We started painting the exterior.  David needed to take out and re-insert the rear window, so it seemed like the perfect time. Here is a Before shot:

And During: 

(can't say "AFTER" since this is just after the French Market aka "cream" color was painted on.  

The bottom color is going to be Beautiful Brown Eyes.)

We added this spiffy eyebrow to the back window, to help keep water from getting in. 

It looks pretty sharp.

And check out the two propane tanks, also painted French Market. 

But with silver to match the diamond plating on the front of the camper. 

And new security chains.

And the tongue is has been reconfigured to hold both tanks (it originally just had room for 1), 

plus a new coat of paint.

Raining yesterday and today, so no progress on painting. But good painting weather is in the forecast!