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Cabinet Door Knobs
It’s the little touches that really make a room. Things most people never think about, like door hinges and threshold strips, and cabinet drawer pulls. But I think of these things. I have a kitchen design in mind for the next time I have a real building to live in that is designed around the drawer pulls because I saw these pulls one day and I thought they were so beautiful and elegant, and I had to have them. So now I’m designing my new RV, and it’s all marble and grey with iridescent accents. What on earth am I… read more…
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The Electrical System
I tasked Franklin with 2 main jobs in the remodel: figure out a solution for internet while on the road, and take care of the electrical stuff. My goal was to have an RV that I could boondock in, which means camp without any water, sewer, or electrical hookups at all. I wanted to be able to spend a day or two with a working refrigerator and air conditioner and the ability to charge all our devices and power laptops no matter where. Most RVs come with a propane system that usually powers the fridge and stove, and a generator… read more…
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The Brakes
“How on earth did she get that thing over here without killing herself?!” asked the RV repair guy. “Um, she’s a really good driver?” Franklin told him. We knew the brakes had problems. The mechanic who did the inspection said that there was air in the brake lines and that a caliper was bad. The guy who sold the RV to us said that he knew there was air in the brake lines but he could bleed them for us and everything would be fine. The brakes were virtually nil when we test drove the RV but when we picked… read more…
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First Look
Franklin and I had looked at a handful of RVs before finding this one for sale on Facebook Marketplace. All of them were older because the budget is very small, but they all looked like … well, like RVs. Any Boomers or GenXers who ever had a motorhome back in the 1970s, ’80s, or ’90s – whatever you remember from that era, that’s what we saw. We saw lots of brown wood paneling. We saw lots of brown carpeting. We saw lots of seafoam green upholstery. We saw lots of formica countertops. And all of that was fine, because I… read more…
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Electrical Misadventures
I tasked Franklin with designing and setting up the electrical system, which involved converting the battery system to lithium-ion and putting solar panels in the mix. It also, apparently, required rewiring basically any and all plugs and electrical devices going to or from or into both the new RV and my old RV (which I am currently living in) as well as installing surge protectors and circuit breakers in various places. I’m doing all of the cosmetic and carpentry work so I off-loaded the electrical labor to Franklin who is better at it than I am (even counting in my… read more…
