RV Progress Report

Most of the interior demolition has been done. We took up the nasty carpet and the weirdly cut plywood underneath, and have now put down A-C plywood (Birch finish) all the way from the bathroom to the cab with only one cut. There's one small place that'll get a piece of its own. The ceiling was patched halfway with melamine (or the like), badly cut so that it's popping out. We're going to take it out, recut it to fit, and turn it over so we can paint it. We have to take out the old fridge and put in the new electric-only one (that only pulls 70 watts!). All the old overhead cabinets have been removed, which immediately made the space feel much larger.

I've begun measuring for the new cabinets, which are going to put everywhere there's wall space. They'll be units with 6 inch deep shelves and a frame extension deep enough to put frosted acrylic sliding doors. They'll also have holes drilled to put pegs in so the shelves are adjustable. I've measured many things in my kitchen etc and very few are wider than 6 inches; even a stout-looking Juicy Juice bottle is less than 6 inches across. All the wall and ceiling are to be painted a pale sage green. With the pale walls, pale floor, and the frosted acrylic panels, it should look and feel light and airy.

In the cabover section, I'll be using white rubber-wrapped wire boxes that fit together with round connectors. They're about 15x15x15. I figure I can fit about 13 of them with small spaces left for other things and some space on top too for other flat things. I have stout plastic crates in loud colors which I'll use in the two cabinets, which will keep visible colors pale.

Then comes all the wiring, planning the lighting, testing the water system and propane, etc. Lots to do.