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<\/a><\/p>\nSaturday evening we got a little more than half of the 6″ x 48″ vinyl plank-style tiles in place, and we finished up on Sunday morning. \u00a0The reddish tones of the cherry flooring really work well with\u00a0the deeper chestnut color of the cabinets. \u00a0Although the picture doesn’t really show how “rich” the color is, we’re VERY pleased with how it turned out! \u00a0(By the way, the drooping edge of carpet under the bed platform will be supported by the extension Wayne will build to make the bed 54″ wide; a full double.)<\/p>\n
After the flooring was in, Wayne put in a piece of rubber door seal under the threshold. \u00a0There had been a gap there, and the seal helped to close it up much better.<\/p>\n We have some scrap pieces of Masonite that will be used to finish the area under the bathroom “closet” (straight ahead in the picture above). \u00a0Once that’s up, it will be painted black to match the baseboard–the metal frame that’s visible in the rest of the trailer. \u00a0We also talked about how to finish the bathroom (which in reality will just house a porta-potty). \u00a0The original plan was to use a curtain on a tension rod, but now that everything else<\/em> is looking so good, I’m wondering about the feasibility of putting in a real<\/em>\u00a0door. \u00a0That might come later….<\/p>\n After getting this far (and since the day was heating up and getting VERY humid) we made a trip to Lowes to buy some paint for the baseboard, as well as\u00a0another small piece of indoor\/outdoor carpet like we have under the bed. \u00a0The carpet will go on the raised future dinette area in the front, and another piece will go in the small open storage space under the dinette. \u00a0While we were there, we went on and bought a threshold to bridge the vinyl and carpet on the floor, and a trim piece to come over the edge of the dinette area.<\/p>\n As soon as we got home (when it was only marginally cooler–but\u00a0even MORE humid–and when the air was filled with hundreds of bloodthirsty mosquitoes), we started in on another challenging project: putting up the curtain rods. \u00a0The trailer apparently had curtain rods–and curtains–at some point, because there were\u00a0patched, filled-in holes around each of the windows. \u00a0Wayne used a very thin, awl-like screwdriver from outside of the trailer\u00a0to push through the holes, through the caulk (or whatever), and then through the insulation and the marine hull liner fabric. \u00a0It was a slow process, but ultimately we were able to get all of the curtain rods mounted.<\/p>\n Next, I hung up all of the curtains that I MADE<\/strong> (!!) last week. \u00a0I hadn’t hemmed them and needed to see them in place before deciding how much to take them up. \u00a0The 2- or 3-inch hem that I anticipated will just be 1″. \u00a0But too cool; so glad I’m finally learning how to sew. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n