Almost Gypsy Soul

Its been a long time coming, but I can finally call Franklin complete (as if these types of projects every really end?) Its been hours of work, lots of money (I still haven't added it up, I just don't want to know) and there is no way in hell that I'd ever completed this project without the help of The Retired Guy! He's the best general contractor ever!!!! Meet Franklin! Click here for a video tour!

....with Old Glory. I am absolutely in love with this photo of Franklin that Nick Duncombe captured on our Memorial Day camping trip last year. I even got a copy of it for the wall for Christmas last year.

 Building inside an Airstream is much harder than I thought it would be....I knew there was curves and it would present a problem, but I was under the illusion that he was straight for a little while before his shell started to curve. Well.....straight for a little while (in an Airstream) mean approximately one inch. Its a good thing we had the top hand (pictured below)....oh and The Retired Guy, affectionately known as The Project Manager. The Project Manager maintains that he has nothing to do with design, but he strayed into the design every now and again. Franklin felt HUGE after we tore everything out of it and I got a little carried away with what all we could actually fit back into him. We started with a twin bed with lots of storage. We salvaged some of the Airstream original roller drawers and added some under bed storage.   Next we tackled the barnwood walls.....to which I say if I never tear another pallet apart in my life that may be too soon.....B...

  When Franklin came to live with me, I thought we'd slap some paint on the walls and get to decorating. Little did I know, Franklin needed a little more TLC than I was prepared to give. Did you know that 75% of all Airstream renovations never get finished? But, thanks to the Project Manager, who you know as The Retired Guy, I got prepared to give Franklin some TLC. Bare with me, this will be the boring-est post about Franklin, there is no where to go but up from here, unless you are like really into demolition and plumbing and electrical and sealing up leaks. Click here to be reminded of what Franklin looked like when he arrived (also his name was Wilson when he arrived) . If you are interested in knowing why Wilson became Franklin, give a little click here. Ok, so now you are all caught up on Franklin....ready to see what happened in a little over 1 year?  We got super lucky on the electrical.....everything worked, we just had to follow it and identify it. ...