Kenskill and she was lucky enough to pick it up for only
$500. That is was in June 2010 just a few days after
Bev’s forty-eighth Birthday and the trailer was promptly
named “Penelope”.
“I was so excited about having my own personal
space and a place to have all of my favorite things”,
explains Bev.
The old trailer had significant water damage inside
where the fridge had been, so Bev’s brother got stuck in
and reconstructed the damaged walls.
The old floor was covered with new plywood sheeting
and then peel and stick black and white floor tiles were
attached to that, although Bev tells me that the flooring
has not held up so well and will soon be replaced by
a sturdier pine floor. While the floor was being done,
Bev took on the task of cleaning and polishing all of the
removed windows, before re-installing them using new
Butyl tape and screws.
On the outside of the trailer things were getting very
messy. When they bought it, the Kenskill was covered
in several coats of thick white house paint that Bev
had to completely strip back and sand off. Whilst doing
this, she also removed all of the J-rails, polished them
and replaced all of the old screws with new ones. Bev
chose to leave the top half of the trailer in the polished
aluminum and painted the bottom half in pink.
After cleaning, sanding and preparing all of the interior
walls, Bev chose a pale yellow paint for the inside.
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