Before and After Fifth Wheel Renovation

Good luck with your own renovations. It’s fun, but hard work and you’ll love it when it’s done! We got our wall sconce from IKEA. Our dangling lights above our dinette and day bed are fixtures we made ourselves from something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Globe-Electric-1-Light-Designer-65114/dp/B00L5KWNCM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487102760&sr=8-1&keywords=edison+bulb+cord We added a toggle switch from Home Depot and spray painted them.

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We skim coated them with concrete. Here’s a post about it: http://188sqft.com/diy-concrete-countertops/ Good luck with your renovation!

Amazing Brigitte! You’ll have such a great time. We used vinyl snap-together planks. On the slide out transition, we just overlaid the flooring to hang off the slide out subfloor while it’s pulled in. When the slide out is out, the slide settles so that the last flooring plank covers most of the ramp-shaped white plastic piece that runs the length of the slide. It’s been great so far, although when the slide out is in, you have to be careful not to step on the edge of the slide and break off a piece of vinyl flooring. We’ve done that a couple times.

Thanks! Good luck on your adventure.

That futon is from IKEA and fit perfectly. The couch before didn’t have any storage underneath and this one does. Enough for our shoes, a broom, and some other random bits.

Thanks! Good luck with your renovation! To paint the walls and the cabinets, we sprayed two coats of Kilz Maxx primer, then three coats of Behr paint+primer. For the cabinet doors, we sanded them first, then did the same paint. A year and a half later and the paint is holding up flawlessly, even with a constantly changing climate.

Hey Maria! We used a cheap click-lock flooring. Vinyl. The slide did scratch it in a few places, but Slide Slickers really help. We just color in the floor every once in a while and we never notice the scratches. I’d plan on putting down some quarter round where the floor meets the walls to make it look cleaner. That’s something we haven’t done yet, but would look much more professional if we did.

Good luck with your renovation!

Concrete! http://188sqft.com/diy-concrete-countertops/

Thanks so much Essie! Removing the carpet was really easy. Just slide out the slide out all the way, then rip up the carpet. Then we put click-lock vinyl flooring down all the way to edge of the where the slide comes in. We spent about $2,000 right off the bat and have been steadily adding improvements as we travel.

Good luck with your reno!

We just painted right over it. We didn’t even rough it up with sand paper. Used Kilz Maxx as a primer, which stuck really well.

Good luck with your renovation!

It’s stick on that we bought on eBay actually because it had the best design. Overall, it hasn’t been that solid and needs some regluing every few months because of the heat from the oven. It’s still much easier and lighter than real tile though.

Sorry to hear about your leaks. We’ve never had an issue actually, but I can see how the carpet would affect things. Your slideout is probably resting a fraction of an inch lower because of the thinner floor. I’d recommend getting a pair of Slide Slickers to help raise the slide back to its original height when its in. We use those to protect our floor and it might help engage your slide seal. I hope that helps!

Thanks!

Please do! We used Fallen Snow from Home Depot. The peel-and-stick tile was SmartTile brand. We bought it on eBay, if I remember correctly.

Thanks Judy! We painted all of our hardware with a couple coats of Rustoleum. We had to repaint them after about a year, but the paint is holding up quite well. Good luck on your renovation!