Brook-with-an-e has already been on a couple of trips since her voyage to her new home and remodel, but there was a few more things I wanted to do - and giving her an outside paint job was one of them!

In July, 2020, I purchased a 1975 TravelMate TEC pop-up camper. Within a week, I booked a camping trip for the end of August - giving me a little over a month to update, remodel, and bring “Brooke With An E” up to camp-ability.

Ah, the door. The bane of my existence. And one that went through a million design changes.

Because I had so much time on my hands in building all sorts of other things for Brooke With An E (<— read with heavy sarcasm…), I thought it might be kind of neat to make a board that would go over the stove top and create some additional counter space!

Although curtains can sometimes be considered “frilly” and not needed, Brooke definitely needed curtains to cover her windows…the vinyl covering the screen was clear and there was no way I was going to be able to get dressed (or have any privacy!) with the current arrangement!

Brooke didn’t come with anything comfy - no cushions, no mattresses. I knew this had to be one of the first things I remedied…she was nearly good enough as is to go camping right away, except for somewhere to sleep! Here’s how I “built” my own mattresses for $77 each!

The camper needed an update in the flooring - scraping away the layers and you could see the decades fall away! Replacing the floor was easy with peel-and-stick tiles and cost under $30.

The camper came without a table, or cushions for the benches. So I had to create both from scratch.