Vintage Caravan Magazine Issue 38 | Page 21

Having fun with the sisters at Hot August Nights 2017 siding around the bed where it had also rotted. He also totally rebuilt the front end of the trailer and rebuilt the closet side. We then installed a fridge that we had rescued out of a 1977 Roadrunner that we already had that was in pretty bad shape. We were able to re-use light fittings and the hot water heater from the Roadrunner as well. So, my 1958 Oasis is actually made and put together with the love from my husband and from my sweet friends’ generosity and a mix match of three different trailers! Once the restoration was all done I loved decorating it with things I had been picking up for years at thrift stores. I had bought the material I ended up using for the curtains probably twenty years ago at a thrift store. I wanted to keep the look of a 1950s trailer. My favorite part of this trailer, which I named “The Desert Rose”, is the beautiful wood and the rounded corners. Some of the wood where the rounded edges are had water damage also, so Dennis just put in new siding up over the damage. Most people who see my trailer love it. Yes, it’s maybe a little girly, but, it’s so homey and comfortable it puts a smile on people’s faces. vintagetrailermagazine | 19