So, to recap. We bought a lovely little, lightweight caravan. It was fifteen years old. I painted the inside and made new seat cushions and completely transformed the bathroom. I also added a few finishing touches like adding DC Fix vinyl to the table and work surface and tic tac tiles around the kitchen area.    The caravan originally had net curtains and proper curtains but they added to the feeling of gloom and clutter. The black out blinds are pretty effective but I decided...

The blog post will tackle the part of the project that I was most worried about. There are lots of pictures and videos online but almost no-one seems to tackle the bathroom or show what they have done there. It was the worst part of the caravan but the hardest part to change. I am showing this as if I did it in isolation but of course I did it in line with the rest of the renovation.    This was the ‘before’     The loo worked fine but the...

I did the whole caravan renovation during lockdown one and the children got good use out of the old caravan cushions in the garden! They built a new den out of them every day and used them to build sofas in the playhouse. It was such a great escape from the home schooling to go and paint for an hour every evening. I also find that in times when it feels like everything is out of my control, that a decorating project is brilliant for staying sane. I couldn’t conquer coronavirus but I could ...