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  Been out working on our 67 mini Bell .... getting it ready for our first camping trip in April with our daughter and her family.  We won't be going far, but always want it as close to ready as possible so that if we have any issues, we are close to stores to get it fixed.  Every year I choose a different theme for the decor in the inside of "Maizy Belle" and this year I chose the garden theme.  I want it to be soft, cozy, peaceful and relaxing.  Most of the items I have chosen to redo her in are either ones I have had for years or purchased very cheaply.  The bedspread is from a thrift store years ago and is a white chenille.  Love it so much but on the fair side never put the tassels where they can hit you in the face at night or all night you will feel like something is crawling on you.   The curtains are from a 1960's sheet that I got in the original package a few years ago.  So I washed it up and lined it with white muslin and made my curtains.  I have had the 1

We have had our little camper now for about 3 years.  We picked it up for $1400.  It had been in a shed in a small town called Weippe, Idaho. The previous owners had taken out some of the paneling and replaced it with different wood.  It had a composting toilet that was very old in it and had a stove, oven ice box 4 burners.  We removed the ice box, toilet and actually the stove and oven were in really good condition. We painted everything inside with a white rustoleum enamel oil based paint. I love this paint when it dries it has a nice hard finish and the white has a tint of gray to it so it is not just white white. Now it did take us about 4 coats to cover everything. We purchased a apartment size refrigerator and replaced the ice box.  It is only electric but that works for us. We have removed all propane lines so we do not have any in the camper but we left the oven and stove in case down the road we decide to add it back. If we do we will have it professionally upgraded and insta

 Just on covered our little vintage camper....been stored for the winter and now sitting in front of the house in the sun.  Daughter made the decals and hubby and I painted her.