We finally had a good chunk of time to finish most of the work on the Airstream and now to be able to get on with the rest of our summer. To catch you up, Tom had been looking for an Airstream for years to fix up. He found this 1962 Globe Trotter in March. The plan is to leave it in the yard (forever) as a pool decoration/cabana/guest house. Here’s how things have turned out so far:

Tom has the extrerior pretty shiny now and the shelter should get it through rainy weather.

These are the interior views. Amazingly, it does have a stove, oven, refrigerator, commode, sinks and a shower (none of which we have hooked up yet.)

Tom still has to decide what to do about the floor and walls so textiles were an important part of changing the interior for now. Clockwise from the upper left: “beach boys”, “las senoritas”, “the outdoorsey type”, and the bench fabrics which miraculously made the others talk with each other. By the way both benches pull out to 2-person sleepers.

It’s been quite a trip without actually going anywhere. Here’s what things looked like a few months ago:

And now:

Posted on 1:42 pm August 1, 2009