We finally begin to build!

We have owned "Lucy" since mid-November.  We leave for Utah on May 8th.  We just started building things.  No, this is not stressful at all.....

It only took six months to get to this point...

After months of talking about how the layout of the trailer was going to go, we finally have gotten to the point where we are actually putting it back together.  Walls are going up, cabinets will go in, and a bed will be built.

The framing of the first walls is in!

Because we intend to live in 31' of tin can, we are setting it up to only accommodate two people.  While some trailers are designed to sleep four to six people, we would rather have the extra room for activities.  If you want to come visit us, we will supply all the hot water and electricity,  but you will have to sleep in a tent.  Unless you are our parents (or Aunts/Uncles).  Than we will sleep in the tent (yeah, we'll rent a condo).  Our plan is to keep it as open as possible still, so most of our walls are only 24" deep.  The bathroom walls are deeper, as we also have built in wardrobes included in that area.  

The shower area

One of the exciting things to happen recently was the creation of the shower area.  I found this cool spray on epoxy that would seal the wall that will curve around the shower pan.  Because everything is curved and aluminum, we have been finding a lot of alternative ways solve problems.  Soon, a 32"x 32" shower pan will be installed here, a wall will be built and a hot water heater hooked up.  

Wood (and teacher) from Cornville!

We also have cabinets and countertops that will be going in before we leave.  We stumbled upon an "Airstream restoration" sale held by the one and only Mr. Hamilton (my 6th grade teacher) and now have beautiful live edge pine boards that I am sanding and finishing to be our kitchen countertop.  It is already looking beautiful, and I can't wait until I get to use it every day.  Our cabinets are a combination of pre-built cabinets purchased from the Habitat for Humanity Re-store and apple boxes that we got from Sweeter's orchard in Cumberland.  I love that there will pieces from the Maine towns I love permanently installed in my new little home.  

A rough idea of how things will end up