The Point of No Return

I've been at work the last few days, and while that gives me a physical break from the RV, it also gives me time to peruse Facebook Marketplace and Amazon for things we need.

 Yesterday I was able to wheel and deal and get flooring for the camper. The flooring I was considering was at minimum $2.60/sf and we would need about 330sf to complete the project (about $858 plus tax). I found a very similar color to the one I had chosen however it was a much nicer brand and usually ran about $4.50/sf, the seller had 324s/f for sale for $300. A heck of a deal and DH couldn't even bring himself to negotiate on the price, even though it was a 2 1/2-hour drive to pick it up. 

I got off work early today with all the intentions of sanding cabinets, however when I spoke to DH on the phone, he let me know that his worker was at the house pulling carpet out of the camper. 

*Deep breath*

~This is the point of no return~

See, prior to this we could have cleaned the carpets if possible and just wiped everything down and everything would have returned to the way it was without any harm done. Once the flooring is out, however, that's a different story. Now you're invested. People will buy a half-cleaned camper, even a remodeled camper, but hardly anyone is even interested in a fixer upper that's half done. 

On my way home from work, I stopped at one of the home thrift stores in town that carries furniture and construction supplies. It's really the neatest store, you can buy anything from faucets to doors and windows, ceiling fans, plumbing supplies, light fixtures, flooring, window screens, appliances, knickknacks, books, pots and pans, anything to do with home. It's like a Goodwill meets the returns counter at Lowe's or Home Depot. 

I had in mind a few things I was looking for: a bar height table with barstools, a brown leather recliner, a futon base, and possibly a beat-up metal headboard. I wasn't able to find much of anything I needed, but when I went to the bed frame section on the wall, I spotted it. 

The perfect specimen for the headboard. It was old, ugly, beat up, and just what I needed for my project, and a steal at $30.

Footboard, the headboard looks the same but taller

I can't decide whether to rock the iron oxide brownish red with black scrapes, or sand it down a bit and repaint it another color; like flat black, olive green, or even a hammered copper. I know the slide behind the headboard will be that whitewashed aged shiplap wallpaper and I want the headboard to stand out but not be an eyesore. 

I stayed out of the way of the guys the rest of the afternoon, but I was so ready to Kilz the floor and ban the smell of mildew and stale dog forever. I was told at the end of the day that the worker hadn't had time to get all of the carpet out so that would have to wait until this weekend. 

I went back to being a keyboard warrior and Facebook hunter. I found a bar height table and some cool looking saddle barstools with it on Wednesday, so I followed up on that conversation but still haven't heard back. I would like to paint the table the same hunter green as the cabinets.

I also searched for a brown leather chair again, and voila! After looking for one for weeks, I found one in my price range a few towns over. I arranged for pickup for tomorrow with my husband and gave him the address. 

So all in all, my scouring the thrift shops and searching marketplace while having a flexible vision on what I want the camper to look like has saved me about $1800+ so far. My MIL has offered to give us her futon couch and I'll see what I can do with that, potentially saving us another $400. 

It's all coming together though! I keep telling myself just a few more weeks!