Well this post is only about two years in the making. Literally. In July 2013, without ever having been camping a day in our lives, we went out and purchased a brand new camper. A 2013 Shadow Cruiser. As completely random as it was, it came at a difficult time in our marriage and in our lives and we needed something to do as a family that would create relaxing, relatively stress-free, get out and smell the pine trees kinds of memories. I honestly was not 100% sold on the whole idea. I knew I wasn’t a tent camping kind of girl but I did love spending time in the North Georgia mountains hiking, canoeing and being outdoors. But in typical “all or nothing”, “go big or go home” Hayes’ family fashion, we just went for it. Renting one for the weekend likely would’ve been the much more sane idea but we wanted one to call our own. And of course I wanted one to remodel…
So I have racked my brain for days on end (not quite but it sounds catchy) to figure out who exactly designs and decorates campers. I have myself convinced that they were all designed in 1980, yes 40 years worth of camper designs, and they just release one of those designs each year. I mean, there is no freaking way that these fabrics and wallpaper borders are still being manufactured and sold. So here’s a peek at our camper before…
BEFORE
Gorgeous, huh?!? I can’t decide if the swirly brown and black print makes my dizzy or nauseous. Maybe even both. So I did what most people do when they purchase a camper, I first had the interior wallpapered 😉 We then took down all of the window cornices and removed all of the cushions, including the sofa bed, to be recovered. I chose indoor/outdoor fabrics so they would be super easy to keep clean! I also had coordinating pillows made in indoor/outdoor fabrics and ordered new bedding.
All of the renovations were completed by Spring 2014 and we used it quite often during that first year. I absolutely LOVED it and the girls begged to go almost every weekend. We took it to Navarre Beach, Callaway Gardens, Stone Mountain and several more local campgrounds. Then in December 2014, we purchased our cabin in Big Canoe so that became our weekend getaway of choice. Now that we have sold our cabin we are hoping to go lots this Summer. And I have SOOO much more I want to do on the interior!
My dream is to one day renovate the inside of an older Airstream. I daydream about that remodel! We ALMOST purchased one right before we found Our Historic Wonderland so of course the Airstream purchase took a backseat. Maybe one day soon though! So without further ado, here’s our camper now and all of the product sources and details…
AFTER
Photography: Katie Bower (Bower Power Blog)
And several more images I dug up from my iPhone…
Wasn’t Addie’s hair so cute short?!? This was Summer 2014 🙂
Product Sources
Master Bedroom B/W Pillow & Throw Blanket- Ikea
Jade Fretwork Fabric (sofa & pillows)
Bunk Pillows & Throw Blanket- Addison’s Wonderland
XOXO, Brittany Hayes
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