New Fancy Floors

The best part of the camper. The pinnacle of our decorating. The piece that pulled it all together: the floors. 

Again, nothing wrong with the original. Just a little yellowed. But, they were the typical 1990s vinyl flooring. 

White. Dingy. Boring. Vanilla.

We knew we wanted wood-looking floors. I wanted something rustic. Adam wanted something hand-scraped. His original thought was to use the extra pieces from our house (we have two boxes from when we did the new floors in the house!), but those floors have two things wrong.

• Heavy
• Not waterproof

Researched and again, found my friend at The Popup Princess had done their floors, and we really liked em! So we knew that yes, our idea COULD be done! Just had to find the right floors.

I took a trip to Floor&Decor, where I found a tiny selection of vinyl hardwood...and not the locking system kind. The kind that you had to glue down. And for the price, I couldn't justify buying anything extra, adding another step to the process, etc. Again, it's a camper. We have a budget. (FYI: I hate that word. Budget. LOL!)

Adam and I headed to Home Depot to continue looking for what we wanted. Guess what? I found it!! Guess what? It wasn't cheap! HA! Fact: it was the most expense part of our entire renovation. But, we loved em. Had to have em. Simple interlock system. No saw needed, just cut with a box cutter. Really?! SOLD! 

We went with the Allure Ultra in Vintage Oak Cinnamon. $58/box. And we ended up needing 2.2 boxes. In the planning/list making process, Adam's plan was to remove all cabinets, label, lay the flooring throughout the entire camper, and re-install the cabinets. Our concern: what if the cabinets do no fit back in properly? Again, nothing wrong with the camper--nothing pulling up, everything was solid inside. And because these are a simple click n lock system, we can always remove them later on with no damage. So we took the easy way out and he just measured, cut, and fit the pieces in like a puzzle. HA! And listen when I say "easy". THIS is where you need a Handy Husband. This was a tedious job. Lots of measuring. Cutting a tiny cut. Measuring again. Saying a few swear words. Cutting again. Did you know that NOTHING in a 2000 Coleman Timberlake popup is straight? Or square? Or level? True statement.

The floors look amazing. In the end, we added quarter-round to give the floors a polished look, and like the kitchen at our house, we painted them to blend in with the cabinets.

 

Once Adam had every teeny tiny piece of quarter round cut, nailed in, he caulked around the entire camper with that Summertime caulk I mentioned in an earlier post! 

Floors, complete!!!