Let the Decorating begin...

We now have in our possession our new caravan.

Hubby proudly gave it a spit and a polish yesterday.

It came up wonderful.

This van was bought for our (6) month trip around Australia.

We are still hoping to do a lengthy trip but will have to wait and see how our Ella is getting on in her recovery.

We are not sure if we will keep it after the trip as storage is a little difficult.

Here it is parked on the footpath.

I have started the 'redecoration' project with some new curtains.

I chose some aqua gingham curtain fabric from Spotlight and will probably use the big spotted yellow fabric from Ikea on the smaller windows.

The 'Winona Caravan Quilt' will look fabulous on this bed.

This morning I was playing around with another quilt top which is also waiting patiently to be quilted.

It doesn't look to bad, might just be a tad to much aqua and yellow.

Oh the options are endless really....

Holiday Time

We are off tomorrow for a caravan holiday by the beach.

I am hoping to continue blogging whilst away but computers and I aren't as 'compatible' as I would like.

Ella and I have done 'test' blogs which published (after much research) but goodness knows what will happen when we are put through our paces in a caravan park with wi-fii.

The weather has been quite 'unstable' of late, but we are staying in the middle of civilisation, so there is always the bowling alley to visit if we get stuck.

Not that I would ever complain about the weather when there is alot of Queensland areas dealing with severe flooding.

Seeing images of houses under water and livestock swimming is very very sad.

Life on the land is hard enough without having to deal with flood and loss.

It was only yesterday that drought was the enemy, now it is flowing water.

The rain just has to stop soon so that people can get on with the clean up and restart a normal life.

Brisbane weather this morning. Dark, dismal and wet, wet, wet.

Hopefully you will hear from us soon.

More inside shots of Vincent

Looking into the kitchen from the bed

Saturday show and share. Caravan Love

Here are some 'inside' shots of Vincent the caravan.

I redecorated with orange gingham curtains, brown bed linen and orange spotty pillowcases.
We also had plenty of orange accessories to go with the orange and brown theme.
(plates, cups, blankets, towels, washers, tea towels)
Yep I went a bit overboard with the 'refurbishment'.
You couldn't miss us in any caravan park (even hiding under a massive tarp).

When we bought Vincent I hadn't learnt how to make quilts or crochet.
Gosh the possibilities are endless..........

This book by Jane Field-Lewis and Chris Haddon is full of vintage caravan inspiration.
Plenty of ideas for Vincent in here.

Some brown and orange bunting would have looked nice.

A crocheted rug would have suited him well.

Our first Caravan

"Vincent Viscount"

Here is our first caravan. 

How cute is he?

How fabulously retro is the colour scheme.

More photos to come but he was orange and brown on the inside too.

A gorgeous chap from Hervey Bay did a wonderful job 'renovating' him inside and out.

I revelled in 'redecorating' him on the inside.

We bought him to see if we liked the whole caravanning/ camping thing.

We naturally fell in love with it.

Sadly we found Vincent a bit to small and the setup to time consuming.

He only had one double bed inside so Hubby had to set up a big annex with walls, cover it with tarp, put up bunk beds etc etc.

Vincent went to a good home but I do miss him.

He was a character.