Maintenance & Restoration

SallyBEE · 05-16-2015, 05:49 PM

Ok, we posted just before Valentine's Day that we were interested in seeing a Scamp 19 up close and Dick and Joanne were kind enough to invite us to Scamp Camp and show us around. A short time later, they upgraded so they gave up the opportunity to purchase their 2011. Strangely enough, a fab truck had simply fallen into our laps when hubby said.."Let's just go look...not buying right now!"

So the modifications began as we decided that as our retirement home, I could play as never before:

Here are the first postings of Lucy The Scamp... The bedroom is still a work in progress but Dick had done a fab mod of putting in a regular mattress already for us. The cabinets were the brown woodlike contact paper stuff but I wanted to add a bit of color to accentuate the curtains. I had two full panels made for each side to match the original but decided I liked the scale of one panel. I also have a blackout panel made to go inside. The headboard is not quite finished but I wanted to get an idea of what it would look like. If you recognize the fabric, you are remembering the wallpaper from Blanche's room in the Golden Girls series. It actually came from a famous wall covering from a Beverly Hills hotel in the 1930's. I fell in love with the fabric (the wallpaper was 600.00+ per roll..

) and it is treated to not fade from the sun.

We still have more to go but I will add updates as we go.

I have not done any of the sewing this time although, I have 2 machines. I am just too busy at work so I found a fabulous seamstress named Betty Love on Facebook nearby and she has been a dream to work with!!

Thanks for looking!!
Sally and Kyle

SallyBEE · 05-16-2015, 05:52 PM

You can see what color the cabinets were but I wanted them to be white so we painted but leaving the dark brown fuzzy mitered edging and purchased fabulous knobs in lots of different colors to add a bit of interest.

SallyBEE · 05-16-2015, 06:08 PM

The living room needed a bit of a Bahamian flavor to match a lovely stuffed bird that will live there.

We wanted a very low table that we could use for food but also as a base when we wanted a u shaped sofa. Hubby sanded, stained and polished some stunning wood so that it evoked the feeling of the wood you find in the boats he grew up with. As a surprise, on the underside, he added our wedding pic and a pic that gives the image of a tree carving. I love it!

He replaced the living room cabinet doors with some fabulous molding/crown molding and stained the ridges a slightly darker color to compliment the piping put on by Scamp. The knobs were added to represent the knobs I remember in my grandparent's apartment in the Bronx where my mom grew up. He added a fabulous shelf across the front and a friend gave us the wicker baskets so I could add a bit of texture. He built the shelf from scratch and I love it!

The fabric is Tommy Bahama and Ralph Lauren again sewn by the fabulous Betty Love! Still a work in progress, I am having Betty make some additional pillows in a linen and we are adding new drapes. Hubby is starting to make the new curtain rod tomorrow.

It is getting there!