It feels SO good to...

  yep.

~

 To tell the truth, Dave and I were both dreading the job of staining the new interior wood...

he was way more freaked out about matching it to the old stuff than I was... 

 

So it was obvious this was a job I needed to do myself.

if it got screwed up, well, 

no one to blame but lil' old me, right?

So, I dove right in.

YES..I do work on this trailer too.

Here are the before and after's.

I think it came out nice. 

Not perfect,

but good enough! 

 

I almost forgot about the door!

little details...

Yesterday we added back the all-important Shasta emblem, and other little tags to the exterior.

It's funny how all that little stuff really makes a difference.
 She looks so much more 'dressed' now.
 

I also scored a really cool glass globe for the light above the dinette at the flea market

 Only 5 bucks!
(what a STEAL!!)
I love the retro star bursts engraved in the glass.

I think it's going to look great!
~
Dave's fixing a vintage fan I have had forever. 
It will add a lot to 
Ellie Mae, not to mention my comfort...lol.
It's the perfect shade of 
retro turquoise.

Next up is staining the new birch
wood we installed...
and the oven.
 

She's done! (on the outside anyway, mostly)

Here's Ellie Mae!

Dave, Bobbi, Neche, the paint shop guys,
me, and Pheebs

We picked her up on Halloween,
so we decided she should have her own spot at Dave & Bobbi's to make her debut back in the canyon.
So many folks have been waiting to see her, so getting dolled up and  handing out candy would be fun.

I even found a matching pumpkin...lol

The sky turned a matching color at dusk..  

We strung lights...

  

  I had a giant pot full of candy...

And we had SO many kids!
At my house I usually get just a handful, but in the canyon it was cRaZy~!
I wish I had taken more pictures of all the adorable tykes in their costumes.
The parents all loved the trailer,
some had stories of their own, or camping as kids.
Everyone wanted to see inside..
we had to tell them "that's coming soon."

 

  We had a great time. 
 

ReTro vs. PepTo

So I'm saying 'buh-bye' to the  

Pepto Bismol Pink...

And "helloOo" to coral...

 ...here she is wearing her new color:

 

                 

Much better!

 It does look kind of light in the picture they just sent me. They said it gets darker when it's dry...but

I don't know if these photos were taken while it was wet or dry. 

I'm going to have to wait till I see it in person.

At least it looks more Retro than 'Pepto'!

Rudy & Richard at 1-Day Paint
in Garden Grove are seriously
THE BEST...
they have given 110% to make sure
I am happy with the job...
they even called in the expert from Sherwin Williams to mix the color up, custom, while I was there, so we would get exactly what we were looking for. 

I can't say enough about how great these guys are. If you need something painted, GO HERE! 

The paint shop sent me these pictures a minute ago..and I'm kind of freaking out because it looks REALLY REALLY pink..in person it probably looks closer to what I picked,

which is peachy-salmon, NOT 

"bubble-gum-pepto-bismol" pink!

at least that's what I am telling myself.

over and over and over...

They also painted the bumper and tongue pink which needs to be white. Maybe it was masked off, I don't know.

 it's only paint, right?

 

Primed & ready...

The guys from the paint shop emailed me these pictures today, pretty nice of them!

They told me the trailer gets a lot of attention from the other customers.

Of course she does! :0) 

it's Prime Time

I had to drop off a part I forgot

(the spare tire holder)

so I snuck in the back and snapped a few shots.

She's getting masked off

 for primer which she'll get done later today.

If the tape looks off center at the 'point' of the stripe...it wasn't centered exactly on the trailer...so now that will get fixed.

Does anyone else second guess themselves when it comes to paint color? I ALWAYS do. I decide..and then..

This is what I picked:

But this Tiffany Blue was a close second...

 

 

The suspense is killing me.