The First Day of Demolition

Mine and Stacy's goal for the camper this past weekend was to have all of the demolition done.  On Saturday morning we woke up with excitement about the days journey.  So we let the dog out, peaked in on the kids, got dressed, and rolled up our sleeves (well it was a bit cold out so we actually had sweatshirts on).  Out to the camper we went, with the tool bag in hand and dreams of having a new and exciting camper in our heads.

Stacy has never really worked any power tools before so I was not sure how the day would proceed.  Me being the youngest of 3 girls in my family and an absent father, I took on the roll of taking care of things as best as I could.  Well, much to my surprise, Stacy rocked the cordless screwdriver and attacked fixtures like no tomorrow.  So after 10 hours or so of loosening screws, knocking out benches, and tearing off wood paneling...we called it quits for the day.  We were very happy with the end results for that day.

Below are some pictures of what we accomplished in that 10 or so hours:

This first picture is of the bedroom.  Here we took out the mattress and started to strip of the paneling, but it was tougher to get out then expected.  So we decided to tackle that the next day.

Here is the kitchen area.  The only progress we made on the first day in here was taking off the doors of the cabinets.  I wanted to get rid of the counter top, cabinets, and stove the next day.

The bench/storage area, we mainly worked on the wood panelling and removed the insulation. 

These following areas were the ones that we hit big time....

This is the dinette area.  The bench seats and table were removed, panelling and insulation was fought with and discarded.  When this was no longer there, we could not believe the space that had opened up.  This made us very excited that maybe our thoughts about this whole thing might actually work.

This next picture is where the tub and toilet were in the bathroom.  We removed them both along with the panelling and insulation.  The idea here is to put up new tile board (and insulation), refinish the tub, and we are undecided as to get a new toilet or refinish it.  It's in good shape but we might want a different one. 

The other view of the bathroom is the next picture.  This is where the sink and vanity were.  Those were removed along with everything else.  The plan is to get a new sink, and build a new vanity to fit it.  Unless, of course, if we find something that can be put in there that is different and exciting to us.  Stacy is good about changing her mind on what she wants in there.  LOL.

And the last thing, is that we got rid of the old sticky couch.  I believe I had mentioned in the last post what  our plans on doing in that area are.  But in case you all forgot, we are going to make a window bench for seating and storage.

This was done in a day...soon I will post the activities that occurred the remainder of the weekend.  But for two very inexperienced renovators, we felt we did pretty well.  No windows fell out, no mirrors were broke, nothing majorly bad happened.  All in all a good day.

Stay tuned and thank you for viewing our post...Trish and Stacy