Trailer - second day (lots of photos)

Happy Summer Solstice!

When I woke up this morning at 6 and plodded down the stairs, I was surprised to hear the TV was on. The Babaloo fell asleep so early last night that he'd been up since a little after 3 this morning and had already gotten a jump start on his coffee. He waited for me to get caffeinated and I'm glad, because the first part of today's to-do list included all that measuring that I didn't want to do while mentally beat yesterday.

Lots of measuring.

We still had to cover the left side wall with paneling, and there was a lot of wiring to avoid.

The Babaloo, working out a detail with hammer and chisel.

The last space at the front left corner, at the loft.

Then we found the window frames and installed those.

The guy who sold it was nice enough to save every piece.

Look at the tiny window in the loft!

Then we installed the three window valances. This took a bit of brain-work to figure out how the three intersected, but we managed it. We also installed extra blocks under the side valances, because that's where the face of the loft rests when it folds out to make a sleeping area.

You can see the face of the loft in the bottom of this photo.

Then we installed quarter-round at all the corner seams. We won't talk about how I accidentally smacked the Babaloo with a stack of molding as I carried it out of the trailer. 

Looking better...

Also, I had been calling a coping saw a hacksaw in my head for who knows how long. The Babaloo described it and I knew exactly where I'd seen it in the house earlier in the week. We also managed to clear up why I'd been offering all morning to bring him a hacksaw. In my mind, I knew it was the right tool; I'd just been calling it the wrong thing.

This is a coping saw. You use it to saw curves in molding.

Then we installed all the flat molding. I don't know what it's called. We used it to cover the joints of all the panels we'd installed in the walls and ceiling.

I'm sure it has a real name.

Finally, we were ready to install the loft facing. I insisted on doing this part because one thing I can do is drive a screw into a hinge. And, boy, was it a hinge -- one of those long piano hinges with about 24 screws. My Black & Decker was a champ, though, and got the job done.

It looks like a cabinet with three doors, but it is not.

Then we drilled holes for the latches which hold the loft facing upright when it's not in use.

I gave up trying to clean the dust once I realized it was paint overspray.

Then we wiped and dusted and Windexed and swept and vacuumed and swept some more and vacuumed some more. I strategically placed Renuzit stank absorbers every five feet or so. We found the hardware to fasten the air conditioner cover in the ceiling. We put the cushions in place and started to pack up the tools.

Let me remind you, for a moment, what it looked like yesterday morning:

I'm kind of sad I couldn't step back far enough to get a wider photo.

Now, what we had when we finished shortly after lunchtime today:

You are tres jealous of the 1970s decor.

The water spot on the floor is from ice that melted in the fridge.

That's it. This project is done for now. I'll update you with other trailer projects down the line.