An Update on Miss Abby! (Part 2)

Last month I gave you a peek at some of the work we had been doing in Abby, our little fixer-upper RV. Even though we've had busy days and cold weather, we have made some progress on our project, so I thought I would show you an update!

After working in every spare minute for several weeks, Ryan primed and painted all the cabinet doors and drawers and got those installed. That made a HUGE difference in looks from all the oak of before! Take a look:

It's so bright in there with the white cabinets!

Next up? The floors. When we bought Abby, the front half of the living space had carpet and the back half had linoleum. we pulled up all the carpet, which was several years past its prime, but the linoleum wouldn't come up smoothly. Quality adhesive at work there!

Though Ryan can do flooring and has done it several times in our previous homes, he knew putting down our new flooring in Abby would be incredibly time consuming. He was going to have to put something over the entire surface to compensate for the difference in the linoleum and wood, and there would just be so many detailed cuts and such with all the angles and corners. 

Sometimes you have to know when it's better to DIY and when it's better to value your own time and hire the job done. It is super super super rare for Ryan to hire anything out, but we decided together that here at the holidays and with our busy work schedule, this was worth paying someone else to do. So he hired a guy who brought help along with him and after three days of work, the job was done, and we are so pleased with how it looks (Bonus: I'm so pleased that I had all those hours with Ryan instead of FaceTiming him while he worked outside and I worked inside.)

Because I didn't want the guys to think me the Bekah-razzi that I am, I didn't take pictures of them at work, but I did grab pictures of the progress. Here is how it looked after they put down luan to take care of the mismatched flooring.

Then they put down the flooring we had previously picked out. (We went with peel and stick tiles to help with the weight of the RV.)

We are so crazy happy with how it looks!!

So with these two big projects out of the way, what's left?

* We have purchased some backsplash to put in the kitchen area, and we need to install that.

* We are putting up new covers over the purple upholstered corner panels and adding more for a privacy curtain between the cab and the back.

* We have to go get our new couch and install that. 

And from there...she'll be done except for decorating. But she'll be usable! :) Just in time for the heart of the Indiana winter. Woo hooooooo!!!!

I'm so happy with how far she's come and the makeover we've been able to give her. Hope you like her too!