Maude The Acutrailer Update : WINDOWS

Prior to Coronatimes, we had planned on going on a 3-week road trip this summer. We would have been in Wisconsin visiting friends on Lake Superior right now! While we had to cancel the trip, we decided to still take a week off to put in some more hours on Maude - and boy did we, just under 20 hours!

Oh my god, you guys, this trailer has too many windows! Okay, it's true, they'll be nice when all that natural light is bathing you while you're on the massage table, but I'm tired of reseating windows! In total, all but one of seven windows is done! The remaining window will get done soon, but we couldn't fit it in, either mentally or physically ;)

While two were already done prior to this week (so we really only did 4), I'm sharing pictures of all of them in all of their "You can barely tell anything was done" glory! LOL

These windows have been, psychologically, a really difficult part of this project! They each took about 4 hours of REALLY strenuous work to complete, but when they're all done they look exactly the same as before all of that work! That's one thing that has helped keep us going - that at least at the end of the day, you've got something to show for the work. But not with these dang windows! ;)

Don't worry though! We went inside Maude yesterday to measure something, and the inside was noticeably dry and clean-smelling (like fresh cut lumber!) Yay!

As a bit of a reward, we also got some fun, pretty parts done on Maude this week - we installed all of her external lights! They REALLY helped make her look that much closer to being done, which was just the motivation we needed with all of those frickin' windows ;)

Maude even has a cute little porch light once again! Maude's gettin' the upgrades - it's a reproduction, LED fixture! What you'll also notice in this photo, is that we've started patching up all of the holes on and around the door where someone had installed a padlock when the door handle and lock assembly wasn't working :) (it's that tiny patch between the bottom window and the door - hardly noticeable, huh?) We're cooking up some cute ideas for the corresponding holes in the door - Stay tuned!

Another rewarding project: every time we hang out in the backyard, this ugly temporary patch has been bugging me.

So we fixed it :)

This sneaky little fox joins the shape of Oregon on the street side of Maude! I'm pretty sure I'm in love with all of her cute patches! We've got several more patches to go, which will all follow in the woodland creature theme :)

One of the days, we just couldn't make ourselves do another window, so we picked out a bathroom sink and faucet from Ikea. We also visited Goby Hardwoods and found a butcher block slab for the counter tops for the kitchen and bathroom! 

All in all, while this week was absolutely exhausting, and my hands STILL feel a bit sore and crampy, getting it all done in just a week has felt monumental! We're nearly ready to start focusing on the interior of Maude, and because we have already purchased most of her interior fixtures (toilet, sinks, water tanks, etc.), we think it'll all go pretty quickly :) Of course, now that I've said that, something will come up ;)

Alright, guys, that's all for this week! Stay healthy :) <3 Becca