The Furnace

Furnace cover - Before

Furnace - Cover removed.

It fired right up, and really put out some heat. Too bad it was an 80 degree day!

Furnace cover - After (at left by door).

The Overhead Cabinet - Refinished, New Sliding Doors

The overhead cabinet above the front window was removed to install the new wood at the side walls

Before sanding and new shellac

Getting ready to apply the laminate to the wood for the slider doors

Reinstalled, with new shellac and sliding doors installed.

The center stile is where the gas light will go.

Hard to capture the laminate in pictures, it is a neutral, yet has a textured design.

Here is an extreme close up of the laminate.

New Ceiling Wood installed

Upper cabinets were removed.

Wood removed at ceiling where vent had leaked.

(Vent / roof repair photos are shown in one of the posts below).

New insulation and wood installed

After uppers reinstalled, close up of new trim and ceiling wood before shellac

During - the last coat of shellac being brushed on ceiling - no trim on the roof vent yet.

Another view - from the front looking to the rear.

...and from the bed looking towards curbside.

Vent reinstalled, new wood with finish applied, original light centered between cabinets.

New Wood Installed at Dinette Area

Overhead cabinet removed, new wood installed at side wall.

Close up of street side front wall where gingerbread scalloped trim is going to go

Front window - new wood on side walls at dinette area

The gingerbread wood is cut and dry fit

Installed, first 2 coats of shellac applied

Dinette seat box with lid - Lids to be sanded and have shellec applied.

Walls will be sanded and a final coat of shellac brushed on.

The Under Bed & Dinette Storage Areas - New Vintage Flooring Installed

The under bed storage area floor - Before

Not terrible, but rust stains on the old vinyl (left side of picture).

New Sureply underlayment installed

New old stock asphalt tiles installed

Another view

Close up of the tiles

They are a chocolate brown with red and cream striations

Wood rafters for the couch / bed base.

Wood installed.  The top piece pulls out.  The piece under it is stationary.

The curb-side dinette seat box and floor - before.

New old stock asphalt tile installed.

Ditto for the Street-side dinette seat box. This one houses the breaker and the water tank.

The Rear Window - Before and After

Windows pulled

Silicone Caulk - gobs and GOBS of it...

This is the rear window

Cleaned up - Silicone removed

New rubber seal installed

Rear window - Before

Rear window - Pulled

Rear window reinstalled after new paint

That should take care of it! 

The Cabinet Doors and Drawers Refinished

                         The Shasta Cabinet Doors Before / During Sanding

                                                   First Coat of Shellac

Interior of a Cabinet Door Before

and

After 4 Coats of Amber Shellac

Below

Here is where they wait patiently for the rest of the interior to be completed

 so that they can be installed. 

Back in their places with bright shiny faces....

The Door - Before & After

The Old Door Skin - as it looked on day one

BEES!?

Frame was reworked, foam insulation installed...

Three or four coats of amber shellac was applied prior to installing the skin

Door installed

The exterior - showing the new deadbolt and the original Bargman door handle.

As you may have noticed on the photo showing the bees above - there was a split in the door that the prior owner repaired using some kind of a velkum type product.  It is solid, but could look better.