Interior Construction

The paneling has been completed and the interior construction has begun! Give us a few more days and we might actually be able to sleep in the trailer instead of in the increasingly cramped makeshift bedroom in the back of my pick-up.

We had to get creative to make sure the warpy paneling actually stuck to the frame with the liquid nails we used to apply it - as you can see, we spun a web of craaaazy-ness! (yes, I'm giddy...deal with it!)



With the windows cut out, the paneling up and the beginnings of a frame for the benches/bed, the trailer is beginning to take on an actual form, and look less like an exercise in L-bracket installation.

For the record, if I have to buy one more package of L-brackets, I may blow up in the middle of Lowes:

"Clean-up in the hardware isle."

Alternatively, I may lose my mind all together and start dressing dogs in funny clothing, completely humiliating them and making me laugh maniacally; a non-sequitor, yes, but I had to figure out a way to include this picture in this post:



p.s. - it should also be noted that "non-sequitor" isn't in my computer's spell check. I find that shameful.

We are approaching our deadline, however now that the trailer is closed in things certainly appear to be moving along quicker than they were. We are still frequently victims of the weather, however, and I have blown dry the walls with my trusty hair-dryer more often than I care to admit. The tarp is now permanently erected as a makeshift tent, giving the trailer a decidedly blue glow but keeping the majority of it dry...mostly.



Monsoon conditions aside, the water tank is now in as well, and we are working to get the other appliances to follow - aside from some trouble with the fridge, everything works and the originals will be going back in. Here is the water tank and the bed frame above it coming together:



We have even taken to sitting in the trailer in our make-shift sitting room (below), although given the fact that the weather has decided to stay unseasonably cold, I don't sit out there as often as I'd like.



Next on the list is complete framing the interior and stain the walls - will certainly post again as soon as I can, possibly with more silly animal pictures...