We went camping this weekend, and so didn't get any work done on Maude this weekend. It's perfect timing, though, because we've had Maude almost 1 year! On August 25th, 2019, we brought this sweet, little old lady home, and we've been working our butts off to help her shine again!
We had originally hoped that it would take about a year to get her ready to turn her into my new practice space. Obviously, that didn't come to fruition, but we've made HUGE progress with her!
We had originally hoped that it would take about a year to get her ready to turn her into my new practice space. Obviously, that didn't come to fruition, but we've made HUGE progress with her!
Maude - my diamond in the rough!
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Poor thing had been so neglected!
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She's been gutted.
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We've removed her inner skins and gotten rid of her mouse-destroyed insulation.
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We've spent time at DMV getting her re-titled. We've made MANY temporary repairs until the proper fix could be performed.
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We nearly gave me a heart attack lifting off her shell! (Holy CRAP, it was terrifying!)
We discovered that her frame was not salvageable.
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But we weren't deterred! We had a new one fabricated for us in no time flat!
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And then we stopped pulling so many things apart and started putting them back together all nice and new and clean :)
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We've reused parts that were salvageable, and recreated new pieces to fill in when they were just too far gone.
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We struggled with that stupid belly pan for WAYYYY too many hours ;)
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And we gave me more heart attacks lowering her shell back down onto her new frame!
We started to see Maude coming together!
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We got her floor plan all figured out and gathered almost all of the fixtures that will make Maude a cozy treatment space for you all!
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We've made TONS of cute patches, with more to come!
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We cleaned up the door and got it to stop leaking.
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We removed, cleaned, repaired and replaced WAYYYY too many windows!
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We fixed the door latch and started wiring!
We installed all of her external lighting. (Look at that cute butt!!)
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We installed her new power plug!
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We installed Air Conditioning/Heater units!
And, finally, we've begun the process of insulating her!
It's been an amazing year of ups and downs, easy and hard days. We've had multiple (minor!) injuries, but what project would be complete without a blood sacrifice to the gods? ;)
We're learning so much about Airstreams and their construction, and we're having a ton of fun doing so.
I'm super excited to continue on with our Maude Journey and get her finished so that (once the COVID pandemic is over) I can introduce her to you all in person :)
Happy Gotcha Day, Maude! <3 Becca
It's been an amazing year of ups and downs, easy and hard days. We've had multiple (minor!) injuries, but what project would be complete without a blood sacrifice to the gods? ;)
We're learning so much about Airstreams and their construction, and we're having a ton of fun doing so.
I'm super excited to continue on with our Maude Journey and get her finished so that (once the COVID pandemic is over) I can introduce her to you all in person :)
Happy Gotcha Day, Maude! <3 Becca
