Glamping

Glamping seems to be all the rage now day's for people who love to get out and relax enjoying the great outdoors.  Vintage travel trailers are in high demand, but occasionally one can find a good deal and with a little work, have a really fun and livable RV.
My sister's new baby is a 1965 Fleetcraft.








My Brother is working on the renovation of this little gem.

The original seats to the dinette were covered with this green material.

With that removed, we revealed a very deteriorated blue vinyl. For some unknown reason, someone had cut off the vinyl on the back edges of all the cushions.  However the foam itself, was still in good condition.

I was given the opportunity to make new covers, and after a fun trip to Portland Big fabric store and 8 hours of cutting/sewing - here are the final results.

Meanwhile, My mom also caught the glamping bug.  (It is definitely contagious as  you'll see as you read down further).
Here is her cute little  trailer after my brother did some renovation and added a "Pink" paint job to it.






Mom has already made new drapes and added pink accents to the kitchen.  This trailer was the most expensive of the ones shown here, but had just minor renovation work that needed to be done.

I"m working on the cushions now  and will share once we get them installed.  I have both the dinette as well as the couch to do.

Our Father in heaven works in wonderful ways.  He knew we could never afford one of these ourselves and so He surprised us with one.

DH was doing some yard work for a client and just asked about it casually in conversation. They said it was purchased back when their daughter was doing horse activities, and has sat out in the field for the past many years.  They didn't really do anything with it and so they offered it in trade for his yard work.  What a surprise.  You see, God does bless us with our desires at times, not just our needs.  Isn't He wonderful!!!

We now are happy owners of our very own 1967 Aloha.  And it even has the Aqua appliances.

Honey was in such a hurry to start working on it, he had the interior torn apart before I could get my camera and take before photos of the upholstery.

I will be doing a dinette set, couch (that folds out into a bed), upper bunk, pillows and drapes for this one.






Meanwhile, my brother also caught the bug, and since he has two growing boys, and three BIG dogs, he went with a very old and rare motor-home for his glamping rig.  I just finished some silk/blend drapes which are in a steel blue (not showing the correct color in this photo-they are more the shade of the couch).



It took 11 hours of cutting, sewing and pleating these, but the effort paid off --They are gorgeous and I love the drape of this fabric.  I'm doing some very cute vintage pillows now for this rig.