Pop Up Camper Remodel
Last year, February to be exact, we bought a 22 year old pop up camper for $500 on Facebook Marketplace.
We took the pop up home and popped it up.
My husband found a solution for the sagging roof and it was going to be by placing two, 2 inch u-channels on the interior of the roof.
We then left the camper popped up on a day when it was raining to make sure it would not leak! It worked! No leaks!
Next step was to replace the roof. We tore off the ABS roof then replaced it with a fiberglass top and painted it with marine paint. You can find that you tube video HERE . In this picture, you can see two coats of the fiber glass roof material on the roof.
For the interior, my husband needed to replace several sections of rotted wood. One was the top on the small cabinet by the entryway, part of the floor at the entrance, a section of wood beneath the bed, by the shower plus a small section on the seated area.
After replacing the wood, it was finally time to paint the entire inside of the camper!
We painted everything, including the ceiling, in Ibis White from Sherwin Williams. We took off all of the cabinet doors to make the painting go a little easier. I decided to spray paint all of the hardware and knobs to save cost.
Next was making all of the cushion covers for the camper. I decided to use the existing cushions & zippers, since they were in good shape.
I did use the attachment to my carpet cleaner to clean the cushions and let them dry in the sun. I found all of my fabric on sale at Joanne’s for $50. I used two coupons! I did not have a pattern for the cushions, so I used the existing cushions as my pattern, by laying the fabric on top of the cushions and left about an inch for seam allowance on all sides.
We could not use the old mattresses that came with the camper but we did find some mattresses at a local discount store for $19.99 each! We bought plastic mattresses covers to protect them at Home Depot for $8 each.
We purchased our bedding from Beddy’s and they are an absolute dream! Absolutely perfect for campers! Ours is the Modern Gray All Cotton. Beddy’s has given me a coupon code for y’all to use! If you use SSG20 at check out, you can get 20% off your purchase! Thank you Beddy’s!
The shower only needed a cleaning and a new faucet.
I decided to use stick down floor “hardwood” vinyl “planks”. I even staggered it to make it look like hardwoods. I bought two boxes for $15 each, at a local discount store called Ollie’s.
Leaving out for our first trip in the camper!
We also replaced the tires on the pop up and purchased a new spare tire. The old tires were in good shape but we just wanted to make sure we had new tires, since we were driving so far away on our first trip. The best deal we found on tires were at Wal-Mart on sale for $26.99 each.
Fort De Soto, FL
Most all of our accessories for our pop up came from a local Five and Below store- from our little stool, to the rug, to our outdoor mat.
About 3 weeks before our first camping trip, our pop-up would not stay popped up so we had to order a Coleman Wiffle Tree Alternate. We were praying it would come in before our trip and that it would be the only issue and be resolved quickly with this new part! Thank God it worked and in just about 3 days before our trip! We purchased that part from Popuppaarts.com .
We spent a total of around $2,300 on our pop up makeover. Here is a breakdown of the costs:
$500-Pop Up Purchase Price
$1,050-Canvases
$80-Paint
$45-Mattresses
$60-Wood
$125-U-Channels
$125-Fiberglass Roof
$81-Tires
$20-Shower Faucet
$50-Fabric for Cushions
$30-Vinyl Flooring
$5-Wood Colored Caulk for floors
$144-Wiffle Tree Alternate-Part for lifting camper up
Wesley & I in Egmont Key at the lighthouse.
❤️-Shae
Beddy’s Bedding COUPON CODE: Use SSG20 at check out for 20% off your purchase! Perfect bedding for a camper, bunk beds or any bed really!!
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Wow! Is there a video where you do a walkthrough of the finished camper? I’d love to see that.
You guys are awesome...thanks for sharing!!!!