Currently Dougie is white/red/green and yellow depending on where you look on the paint work, or grey. First chore was removing the curtains, which were grey. Very grey. And also pretty smelly and old so they are now ready to be used as templates for the new set. Next was sticking the cushions in the sun to see if that improved them. Nope, still interesting black vinyl which will be removed as soon as I have finished the curtains.
Next step was ripping out the stained carpet tiles. This left behind more grey. Obviously this won't do and as I've already mentioned my dear father has given us some lovely bright green astroturf (yes it smells a little rubbery but I'm very much hoping that will go). Following the sage advice of my dad, Tom cut out a template from paper after my assurances that he couldn't just do it by measuring as I doubted there were any right angles. I was right (or not, so to speak), there wasn't a single one!
Very please with the result! Sadly some of the ply near to the sliding door wasn't taking the screws very well but a couple more holes drilled in the door plate should fix that. Finished off by cutting a hole for the table base and DONE. We decided not to fix the astroturf to the floor as this means we can still flip it out of the van and shake it if it gets really dirty (easier than hovering it anyway!)
Once that job was out the way the only thing left to do was to put on the kettle and slice the cake with the family!
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| Cleared out |
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| Using paper as a template, observed my my sisters dog Harper |
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| Finished template |
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| Gravelly drive wasn't the best cutting surface but it worked out ok |
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| Right side down right? |
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| Yours truly tidying up some edges |
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| Almost finished, cut in the hole for the table leg just after |
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| Used a spare piece to protect the back of the bed |
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