If we could give you unsolicited advice. Don't go perusing Craigslist for campers at the end of the season. People are all too willing to make you deals that you cannot pass up so that they don't have to store for winter. Well, we found ourselves staring at this cute 13' 1962 Aristocrat Lo Liner and couldn't pass it up. She needed a bit of TLC and a certain little boy thought it was the bee's knees that he could drive it with his trusty green tractor.
We knew we wanted to do a few cosmetic upgrades to the camper. We thought maybe we would tear up the plush carpet (ack!) and paint the interior. The 1960's may have been good for some things, but perhaps not the outfitting of Aristocrat Lo Liners.
So, the night we came home we started our mini renovation.
Oh, the naive bliss. Well, until a curious stench lead us to open the wheel well. We'll spare you the grotesque happenings next. Let's just say it demanded a breathing mask.
Suddenly our "mini" project took a turn towards "massive" project and never looked back.
We ended up tearing the camper down to it's original trailer, only to find that it had stress fractures and needed to be welded back together. Kerry painstakingly kept all the walls together as a template and our yard boasted his thoroughness...for months.
The rebuild was slow and tedious.
Needless-to-say, this project was intense and demanding and way more taxing than we were anticipating when we hooked her up to bring her home. But often, it seems, there is much beauty in pushing through the hard.
This fall Palette of Light captured these pretty photos of our favorite souls and our favorite project.
Such a beautiful family and adorable little camper! A great story, I enjoyed reading it and looking at your pictures, the happiness just shines ❤
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