Hyacinths Paint job..

OK.. Heres an update of how our Hycinth is looking now..

Has you can see, she's coming along quite nicely. The yucky yellow has gone. Thank gawd.

And now for the inside work to begin...

Bed making...

Oh and it fits!!

OK, you can carry on now dear.. *sighs*

Oh I just have to have a toilet!!

Sides for the toilet cubicle..

Decided to go with a side table rather than extra seats.. And we're pretty chuffed with the decision too :)

Fill those holes..

No, the speaker isn't staying there..

So exciting... Its all coming together, faster than we thought it would too.

Soon be off on our jollys at this rate!!

Gypsy x

Hyacinths wash and paint

We gave Hyacinth a good scrubbing this weekend.
Saturday was spent mostly on scrubbing the outside. The yellow paint that was already on it, was coming away the more we scrubbed. In fact, even the white was coming away too!
I think that Hyacinth is going to be very happy indeed with a new make over..

We must have found about 8 lots of ants nests inside this caravan.
When we get rid of one lot, the following day, we find there is another lot.
We have actually bought an infestation of ants caravan!
Never buying another caravan or motorhome from Ebay again, unless we go to inspect it first!

I don't care what the previous owners say, this caravan hasn't been used in years!!

Anyway, here are the photos of Hyacinths having a well earned scrub and paint job.. a few years overdue me thinks.

Got to get the kids involved too :)

                                             The compressor is ready and waiting to be used..

Oh yes, hubby is doing a fabulous job on the roof. Look at the state it was in.

And the sides, get rid of that awful yellow colour.

Ripped out the back corner there as it was damp. Inside was another nest of ants too.

Inside the seats were about 4 lots of ant nests. and a lot of damp too.

The fridge has been removed, behind which we found... yes you've guessed it, more ants nests and inside the splash back and the pipes that go to the sink! The over hanging cupboards also housed more ants.

Although the ants have been somewhat of a put-off for me. I am still just as excited to get this project off the ground and have our own little home from home :)

                                                                                                                   

Gypsy x

Hyacinth before

Here are some pictures of our Hyacinth. She does look a little poorly and needs lots of TLC.

So, we've made a start! ;)

More pictures to follow...

Gypsy x

Hyacinth

We have been on about a caravan for quite some time.

This particular day, not today, but at the weekend just gone.
We were browsing Ebay.
Looking for Tents.
I've never really been one for Tents, the thought of laying so low to the ground near insects and cold just didn't and still doesn't,  float my boat at all!!
We went from Tents to trailers.. Even though they were as ugly as sin (well, the ones we saw advertised were) I was prepared to settle with that than a tent!
Anyway, from the trailer it moved onto popup trailers.
I really thought those things were cute and convenient. And almost like a caravan! I was sold.

My sweetheart also agreed with me... just.

So, we were browsing these cute pop-ups and occasionally went to view caravans, well they all looked the same to me, I couldn't tell a pop up from a normal caravan I had seen that many the past few days.

One particular caravan I had noticed, my husband was viewing for quite some time.
I leaned over and said 'Do you like it?'
'Yes, its not bad actually and the price is pretty good too'

As much as I was thrilled he was liking the look of a caravan!!! I thought best not put him off it whilst hes looking and instead agree that its nice.
And before I knew it, we were putting an offer on it....
My husband said 'Do you think?...we should?'
'Yeh go on then' I said chuckling, getting ready to move to sort the children out for bedtime.
As he clicked the 'Make Offer' button, he saw it automatically said 'Your offer as been accepted'
We looked at eachother shocked for a moment..
'Oh' we said ''We've got ourselves a caravan then' lol

Since then I have done nothing but research decor... because believe me.. this caravan needs some serious TLC!!

I'm warming towards pastel colours, light and airy.

I am torn with the pink and blue and green...
I think I want  pink in our bedroom, and either green or blue in the living area...

And I want pastel things too :)
If we can afford it of course ... I'm just a tad excited ...

And of course we've given our caravan a very suitable name...... Hyacinth :)

Gypsy x