Everyone, meet the newest member of our family, Evangeline! We wanted to give her a strong traveler’s name, because she’ll be doing a lot of traveling with our family in the next couple years. Jesse and I have wanted to renovate our own little trailer for a while now, but only recently got serious and started researching more, as I stated in my coffee date post. Last weekend, we went to see one but it was close to $2k, and it needed some repairs, so we were still on the fence.
While garage sale-ing with my mom this past weekend, we stopped by our neighbor’s sale. Turns out, they were selling a trailer for $200! No, that’s not a typo! They had taken it on as a project but suddenly needed to move after 25 years in the same house. This was just one thing they didn’t feel they could do too.
Evangeline is a LITTLE smaller than what we originally wanted, but she has a full bathroom with a shower, a/c, working appliances, a fold down loft bunk, and even a propane oven!
Here’s my best BEFORE shot:
My Dad, Jesse and I spent this afternoon demo-ing most of the existing structures, since we have an entirely different footprint in mind for the place. After a few hours with a shop-vac and crowbars, this is what we got:
Yes, the roof looks a little worse in the second picture. We knew that for $200, there would be some leakage and wood rotting, so we started peeling things back to get a better look. Luckily, it seems to only be happening in one place! Jesse just bought a wood saw, so we will be sealing the vent and replacing the plywood roof paneling next weekend 
Here’s a before shot from the other side:
And, after a few hours of kicking things down…
Here’s a shot of the tiny bathroom. How MUCH do I want to rip that wallpaper out, you might ask? Pretty bad. I went all Ninjago on some parts, but haven’t fully committed yet 
We have so many ideas for this space, it’s almost mind boggling (you can check out my EXTENSIVE Pinterest board for tiny living/trailers). And the thing is, Jesse and I are both equally excited to get our hands dirty in this project. We both LOVE camping and a trailer is just what we need to make it a lot more feasible with the kids (especially once they’re potty trained and need to use the potty in the middle of the night!). As a teacher who gets 3 months off a year, why not spend it traveling, am I right? Not to mention that our county in California is one of the biggest vacation destinations in the US. I never knew just how many RV parks and repair stores we have around here!
And now, a few parting shots of our dear Evangeline:
Stay tuned for more updates! We’ve only just begun!
 Our Trailer Is Getting Pretty! |
 Weekend |
 Our Texas-Sized Announcement |
Master Bedroom Picture Project |
