Corner Cabinet

Last weekend we continued working on the horse trailer, particular the corner cabinet.  This is probably the hardest/most complicated project but we made some great progress over the past few days.

 

I even managed to get a photo of myself helping with the construction.  The picture doesn't really do it justice, but I'm covered head to toe with sawdust!

 

 

In order to install the drawers, we had to do some creative carpentry to get the angles correct.  Good thing Matthew is skinny because the cabinet space kept getting smaller and smaller!

 

Installing the runners.

 

It might not look like much, but these three drawers really add a lot of storage.  Next up: cut out the shelf and build the cabinet face.

 

Matthew also did some painting on the underside of the trailer (no photos) and I installed our US map that Emily and Miran gave us for Christmas.  We were going to put the map in a frame inside the trailer but decided that we liked it better on the outside. I did not add Hawaii or Alaska since it is unlikely we will ever make it to either of those.

The criteria for each state is that we sleep in the camper there for one night.  So far, we only have three states but that will soon change!

Trailer To-Dos and More

While my parents were visiting over Christmas and then again last week, we spent a lot of time planning our Out West trip for this spring.  Now that we have our reservations and dates set, it is time to start preparing!  We have a long list of improvements for our horse trailer in order to make it comfortable for the month-long trip so we started on that last weekend.

 

First up was to start building the corner cabinet next to the fridge.  Matthew had to cut the counter top in a curve so that there is room for cabinet doors and drawers.

 

We also put up the side of the custom cabinet and a few supports.  Next up will be the drawers and shelf.

 

During our ski trip we picked up the beautiful steps that Richard made for us.   We brought them home and I stained them to match the cabinets then Matthew secured them to the wall.  I think that they turned out perfectly!

 

Finally, Matthew installed the plumbing under the sink so that we can have running water!  We mounted the small trash can a few weeks ago and have been using a bucket to catch the "gray" water from the sink (since we are not going to add any holding tanks to the trailer).

 

 

In other news, I am still active with the cat rescue group and continue to attend adoption fairs most weekends.  Our last two fosters were adopted last weekend so we are currently foster-free.  On Monday I went with another volunteer to pick up 1800 pounds of low cost kitty food from a food bank.  That should last a while!

 

I've also been working more and more on our vegetable garden with the beautiful weather.  It has been such a mild spring that I've been able to plant things early.  Right now I have carrots, lettuce, snap peas, onions, spinach, and potatoes in the garden with broccoli, peppers, eggplant, herbs, tomatoes, and okra growing inside.  Today I pulled one of the carrots I planted in the fall and it was huge!  I guess all of that rabbit manure and fertilizer has really been helping.  I'm looking forward to a produce-filled year!