Pop-up Camper Remodel

About one month ago, we bought an old pop-up. It is a 1994 Jayco 1206. It is in great shape, but a bit dated on the inside. We found the camper on Craigslist for $2000 and were pleasantly surprised to find it a large one. It has a king size bed on one side and a queen on the other. With 5 kids, the large size was a huge blessing.

Inside there is a u-shaped seating area with a table and a booth with a table. It has quite a bit of counter space and cabinets. We were so pleased to find a camper in our price range (aka cheap) that also had lots of room. 

For the remodel, we were on a tight budget. To start, I dug through some old bedding I had in storage and found a color pallet I liked. The bedding had navy and red, so this was the basis for our color scheme. I then shopped JoAnn's and found a patterned cotton duck in similar colors. 

We decided to paint the cabinets RED to freshen them up. They first had to be painted with a primer. We used Zinsser primer. For some reason, the Handyman had a partially used gallon of Zinsser primer in the garage. We then painted the cabinets red. It was a bit of work but I had helpers. The Handyman also painted the underside of  the bed platforms just for weather proofing and he painted the top of the camper with a white roof coating.

My older daughters helped me remove all of the hardware from the cabinets and we painted them silver. The silver looks so much better than the old brass. We also covered the refrigerator with black chalkboard contact paper.

My wonderful mom made new covers for all of the cushions and she helped with new curtains. For the new curtains, we bought room darkening curtains, cut them in half and then added a few inches of the same material we used for the cushions. We then sewed on strips from the previous curtains.

I covered the main table with contact paper, rather than a tablecloth. I am hoping it will be easy to clean and replace when necessary. 

The cushions were a lot of work, but they look great. I am so thankful I have a mommy who helped out with the sewing. 

This is just a shot of some of the organization tools I am trying to have available. I am using a bedside caddy on the end of the bench seat. It has a place for tissues and space for my hubby to keep a few things. There's a mesh shower caddy hanging from the bar in the back in the bed area. I plan to use that for my glasses, Kindle, and other little things that I need to stash or keep safe from the other 6 bodies in the camper. I have another mesh shower caddy for the kids side. Counter space is at a premium, so hoping these little caddies help keep things off the counters.