Dudes! We are overhauling a 1972 Bell Travel Trailer! Follow the entire series from the beginning here!
You know when you are in the middle of a frustrating project and you just want to rip out the walls and start over? How about when you have this grand vision for a project and then executing said grand vision results in lackluster feelings? Oh yes, it happens to all of us. That is exactly what I had going on at this point in the Nugget overhaul.
Everything was painted white, the floors were done, I had started on the cabinets (don’t worry, they aren’t done in these pictures) and I was just feeling so meh about it. There was no sparkle or fun. Remember this post I wrote about feeling not fearless? Yes. That was in the throws of the moment.
It is such a small space, and there is only ever one Nugget. Needless to say, I was totally overthinking the entire thing and in so doing, completely forgot about personality.
I had a few people come over and look at it and the response was the same “The floors are amazing, but the rest isn’t very Mandi.” One late night, Brooke came over and threw around a few suggestions. Sometimes talking to the right person at the right time makes things fall into place in your mind.
So I went back to my color inspiration…
The next day demo round 2 began.
The upper cabinet just inside the door came out.
I had some big plans for the inside of the closet. I knew I didn’t want to put the door back on, but even with the door off, the opening was so teensy that you still couldn’t see the inside very well.
So we decide that the closet wall needed to be shortened too.
It is FREAKING AMAZING how roomy The Nugs feels without the overhead cabinet and the bunk, seriously, it is a completely different space.
After the walls were patched (using the same technique that I used here) it was time to paint! The paint color that I used was Glidden’s Spicy Pepper. It is the perfect shade of yellow with a touch of green. I had it color matched in Behr, and I have to say regular Behr isn’t my favorite. The paint is really watery. If you are going the Home Depot route, Behr Interior Marquee is worth spending a few extra dollars because it is significantly better.
I let my girls help me paint the lower part of the walls because the cushions cover it, so if it’s a little lumpy then its ok. Of course they loved it.
I was a little nervous that the yellow would feel really clashy with the green penny tile, or that the entire thing would feel like a freaking Easter egg, but it doesn’t! It feels just like The Nugget was meant to feel.
Once everything was painted and dried it was time for the Sharpie. What can I say guys, Sharpie Paint Pens will always win in my book. Full tutorial coming tomorrow for this project!!
I LOVE how it turned out. Like love love love.
We still need to finish off the edge of the wall that we removed, but it is really insane to have so much space.
Taking out the cupboard meant that we lost a bit of storage, but never fear, we added 5x more than what we lost. No lie. Cant wait to tell you all about it!
So what do you think? Do you love the yellow too?
whoa that graphic at the end. AWESOME!
sometimes you just need someone to clunk you over the head to get back to who you are 😉 that’s what friends are for!
Loving the yellow and the graphics. You continue to amaze me. Can’t wait for the next update!
you’re a sharpie genius!
I LOVE the yellow!! It takes me back to the early days of your blog, when your living room was yellow and gray!
Looks flippin AMAZING!!
I took out my ENTIRE closet and will extend counter to wall. It feels ginormous! You make me wish I could put more personality into my Tillie…but she does need to be a versatile backdrop for retail. I may rethink that once she is white and not two shades of day glo orange!
The yellow looks great! I love the pattern you’re sharpie-ing on the wall too!
I am drinking in every little detail!! We are going to get an RV soon, and while not nearly as cute as the nugget, I plan on giving it a good makeover. Can’t wait to see what else you do!!
Love it! I like that you did only some yellow and not everything, i think it bring more personality that way too.
As usual, brilliant! But since you took down the bunk, how are 4 of you going to sleep in there? Did I miss somehow miss that part?
Love those diamonds! Can’t wait for the tutorial.
I love it!
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Love it. Such a great improvement!
I LoVe the NuGgEt I wish I could do the stuff you do to my house. I dont own it so I have to think of other places I can do these AmAzInG things. My craft/home decor walk-in closet in going to have to be moved to a huge storage shed cuz I wont have any room in my house any more. Im TrYiNg to do every project you have on here. Its all so awesome I could never just pick things here and there to do! ThAnK yOu for posting the picture of your daughter painting, it gave me a chance to show my daughter that when we help paint moms stuff we cant paint our arms while doing it so thank you again for that.
As soon as I saw the color on the wall i broke out in a huge smile. Thanks!
Looks great! I’m so excited to see how it’ll look when it’s finished!
I love it!! The yellow with the white paint pen – swoon!!! And it brightes up a small space!
That is the sharpie wall to end all sharpie walls. Keep kicking butt with this, I am SO excited to see the finished nugget.
Oh my gosh!!! Mandi, this is amazing! I can’t wait to see how you’re doing the Sharpie thing. WOW!
I love where this is going and your patience with the Sharpie amazes me! I was surprised to read that you think regular Behr paint is runny. It’s always been my fav because of its thickness. I call it creamy, ha! Haven’t tried the Marquee yet, however, and I just bought my first gallon of SW to see what the big deal is. 😉 Loving this make over!
Love ~ Love ~ Love the color!! And girl ~ you have amazing talent with a Sharpie. 😉 WOW!!
Wow it looks awesome!
Great job !!! I know its a lot of work but soon everything will show all of your talents and I can’t wait.
its looking great…those diamonds are so fun! you have opened my eyes to coloring on the walls 🙂
Not only do I love that Nugget posts, I love the shots of your hunky hubby doing manly stuff.
It would have been nice to credit the inspiration artwork by Inaluxe.
Hi! I tried to buy Glidden banana pepper, but it didn’t exist (I’m in Canada, so maybe that’s why?) there was a Spicy Banana Pepper, but it was a much more chartreuse-y colour. Would you, could you please post the exact paint code/recipe? Is that possible? Thanks!
It is called Spicy Pepper by Glidden. Hope this helps.
Dude your project is bomb! Cutest friggin camper around!
ummmm where did you say you bought the teardrop eexterior lights??thanks TK