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This is it, the big reveal! One year ago, we bought this beauty in need of some major updating and TLC. Since then we’ve primed, painted, re-wired, re-ducted, removed mouse nests and carpet, removed wood floor and a broken microwave, stripped wallpaper, resealed the toilet, eliminated creepy plumbing fixtures, added a bunk bed, gutted a useless sofa, added a table and bench seating and did a whole lot of cleaning! And that was just the inside. Outside we got new tires, repainted the tire cover and the exhaust pipe, scraped off flakey clear coat and repainted some worn stripes, sealed the roof, replaced the lighting, freshened up the windshield wipers, and more cleaning.

Here are the after photos:

And here are the before photos:

I’m so happy with the way it all turned out. I can’t wait to move in :)

The motorhome did not come with a dining area or table or any kind of useful surface. That really left it up to our imagination as to what we wanted for our family. I went through dozens of ideas of my own as well as pouring over photos of other table remodels people have done before we decided on a winner.

My dad pulled out the old hardwood floor that was in the kitchen area and built a half wall that will help support the table. I took inspiration from this family’s website who needed to be able to seat 6 at their table. We’re using unfinished upper cabinets, that will be painted to match, as the seating bench. The table is built much like the bed/sofa frame but with a decoupaged map on the top. I had been trying to decide where to incorporate the map feature and thoughts of putting it on the wall in the bathroom flitted in and out of my head, but I think the table is a better place.