Teardrop trailer construction 4

While I was up North this week Kent began the
install of the cabinets and paneling in the teardrop trailer. I mentioned before that we were using scrap materials for this construction. You will see here that we made the countertops out of waste maple and lyptus wood creating a checker board pattern in the countertop and the doors. The doors are made out of maple and cherrywood because we didn't have enough lyptus to do them also. The contrast is not as great but the cherry will darken over the next few years and the contrast should become similar. We are not entirely happy with it right now and have some ideas on adjusting the finish to make it look better. I might mention that the center upper door is actually the size of a chess board. If you are so inclined it can be taken down for a good ole chess (checkers) match.


This is a view of the little under mount sink we are putting in. We will eventually have running water that is heated. This will make cooking and clean up a lot easier. The other object you see cut into the backsplash in the first picture is the power converter that will change 110 volts to 12 volts DC for the operation of lights etc. The opening in the middle of the base cabinets is for a little stove that has gas burners on the top and a little oven in the front.

This picture is taken from the inside of the sleeping compartment. You can see the back of the power converter sticking through the back of the backsplash. This space will become the electrical chase for panels and wiring. A face frame will attach to the front of the black shelf hiding all of the electrical and giving us easy access. We think we have the electrical figured out but hope our electrically inclined relatives will check it over and make sure. You can also see in this picture that we changed the interior paneling to a wood tile pattern. this makes it easier to use scrap material. Kent distressed the tiles and finished it in a cinammon sugar glaze.

This picture shows the black face frame that will go on the bedroom side. The doors will be a black glaze with rubbed burnished edges. It is a nice accent with the Cinammon sugar finish. We have some dividers and electrical chases to install and then the frame will be fastened into place.