Camper Bedroom Before and After

Come join the before and after parties today! Sanctuary Arts

Thrifty Decor Chick

and Between Naps on the Porch.

We didn't get a great before photo. The camper had a leak that had gotten in the back wall. My husband took down all the cabinets and replaced the back wall. Notice the etched glass and 90's upholstery panels.

This is the set above the sofa, but is the same colors as what was above the bed in the bedroom.

This is mid way through. We put in bead board paneling on the back wall for a cottage look. We had painted the cabinets here.

We did not need to replace the wall behind this nightstand so it was not done with the others.

Here she is after. I put a cream and taupe colored gingham upholstery piece in the panels. I found it on the clearance table for $1.99 at Hancocks Fabric. We just painted the knobs the same as the doors. We thought about either doing them silver or bronze but decided to leave them white. All the rest of the camper is still brass, so it blends a little better for now.

I am using a candlewicked white bedspread that I have had forever from my mom. I bought the shams on clearance at Marshalls. I made the front pillow out of scraps of my fabric stash. The quilt on the end of the bed is one of two that the girls had when we lived in Florida.

The etching on the glass came off and now it is just clear glass. So much better!

I am in love. I just want to go stare at her now.

My little LuLu is getting herself taken care of little by little.

Camper in progress

I am exhausted. We got up to go to garage sales, then we have worked in a heat index of 104 today. I painted the shelf I bought for my sewing area that I will show you tomorrow. I weeded 3 of my raised beds. It is amazing how much they grow in a week or so. But, they sure were easy to weed, it just pulls out so easily of the two beds that are mostly my homemade compost. My husband worked to finish replacing the side wall in the bedroom of the camper and reinstall the painted cabinets. I am so excited!

This is the cabinets that go over the bed in their before state:
And here they are painted white. The three holes are where there was moroon upholstered pieces that I need to recover and put in. The two doors have etched glass mirrors, which are horrible. I am not sure what to do with them. I am considering scrapbook papering them.

We had to replace the wall behind the cabinets and bed and also a portion of the wall to the right of the bed, the part that is not painted. I had my husband put beadboard paneling on the back wall for a cottage look. We didn't do the wall section to the right because we would have had to do all the walls. We didn't have to remove the one nightstand so that is on the to do list to paint in place. I am going to paint the walls, over the wallpaper, a white. Then I will bring in color with different fabrics in the pillows. BTW, the mattress was taken out while my husband worked, we don't sleep on wood.

This is the kitchen and I hope to one day paint the cabinets in here white. I think I am going to tape off and paint all the upholstered pieces of fabric in each of the cabinets in here. It is worth trying. I am going to make curtains and reupholster the setee seats.

Just another view showing what they require of me camping... to cook for 6-7 in this!

Then we all gather on this and try to get comfy. I am reupholstering this piece and adding curtains and painting the walls.

Across from the couch is a tiny chair. The tv sits on this little counter. All this space is smaller than my closet. I think we are crazy.

Going on down the hall there are three closets. The first has shelves and the other two open to each other and have a rod. Lots of storage!

The bathroom vanity. I am thinking a cornflower blue for this.

Tiny tub. We just use the bathhouse. This is used for hanging towels annd bathing suits. A nice rack for that, huh?

Well, not sure how quickly we are going to get it remodeled. Considering my doors have been off my cabinets in the kitchen for over a year. I would rather live life and enjoy camping than remodel, although I love to remodel. We can't park our camper here at the house, so that makes it harder, also. We are probably driving the president of the homeowner association crazy.

Remodeling the camper

When we got the camper, my SIL did not know that it had been leaking on the back bedroom wall. We pulled the wall off and the area shown is what had been damaged by the water. We took out all the old wood, treated it, and then replaced the wood.

We bought a piece of faux beadboard to put on the back wall over this piece of wood. We left the side wall plain board so that we did not have to replace all the walls. The back wall will still allow us to get a cottage look.

This is not our camper, but similar to the cabinets that have been removed in the above photos.

All the cabinets are real wood, but I wanted a lighter look, so we are painting them white. This is a before photo.

This is the piece that goes over the bed. I am changing out the upholstered pieces, and will do something with the etched mirrors. I haven't decided what I want to do with them yet. Either put scrapbook paper in them or maybe chalkboard, I don't know yet.




First we wiped on deglosser to clean and rough up the wood to take the paint.

Then we spray painted Kilz primer. Then spray painted them white.

The mirrors are still taped, and the holes are where the upholstered pieces go.

We just painted the handles for now. I am planning on replacing them, but actually kind of liked them just painted for now.

We have one more nightstand in the camper that was not removed. We will have to paint it while in the camper later.