RV shots

We had a very fun RV Open House last night at Ada Park. Family and friends from the area were able to stop in and see our new place---it was fun to give tours! We barely finished the RV in time...when are we ever going to learn how to accurately estimate the time a project will take? We have done many projects in our marriage--a coffee house, a darkroom, a house (and new kitchen, bathroom, and garage apartment!), and countless other countertops, stained-glass windows, etc. And no matter how "realistic" we try to be about how long it will take, it ALWAYS takes longer than we thought. Joe was up until the wee hours of the night on Saturday finishing up his very cool curtains for the main living area. So we thought we'd be in Grand Rapids about 2 weeks remodeling the RV. It's turning out to be more like a month!

We're thankful that we don't have any deadlines, and we've had some great time with family and friends here in MI. We've touched every surface of the RV (with the exception of the bathrooms---we'll save that for later). We put in new flooring, Joe poured a concrete countertop and tiled the table, we made curtains, painted all the walls, changed all the hardware, put new glass in cabinets, added a new couch and chairs, added a TV and stereo system, and put in a lot of finishing touches: trim pieces, an oak step, chalkboard, spice rack, rugs, utensil hanger. We think it looks great! You can see a few pictures (both before and after from the open house)....but we'll post more soon. I'm going to start a Flikr album soon...so I'll be able to post more pictures to view. Plus we'll take more detailed pics of the finished RV....these will just give you an idea!