{"id":1361,"date":"2016-04-10T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T11:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2016-04-17T11:15:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T11:15:52","slug":"rig-remodel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2016\/04\/10\/rig-remodel\/","title":{"rendered":"Rig remodel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, maybe its not quite remodeling. \u00a0But I had my power tools out and was making some changes to our house while we had some down time in Manatee Hammock. \u00a0There are several small and trivial things that we have to do on moving day&#8230;.twice (once when we pack up and once when we unpack). \u00a0But several small and trivial things add up to a bigger thing. \u00a0So we tried to see if there were some quick solutions. \u00a0Quick being the operative word. \u00a0This trip is too short to spend too much time on home improvement.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First order of business, the kids dressers. \u00a0The rig came with two built in drawers in the bunkhouse. \u00a0We supplemented with two of those 3 drawer, plastic Sterelite jobbies. \u00a0That&#8217;s eight drawers and three kids. \u00a0Shared equally that comes out to 4 drawers for the girl and 2 drawers for each boy (that&#8217;s family math). \u00a0The original idea was that these two plastic dressers could be turned sideways and fit in the gap between the two bunkhouse slides. \u00a0We found out on the first attempt that was not going to work. \u00a0You know that scene in the original Star Wars where Han, Leia, Luke and Chewy were in that trash compactor? \u00a0Well, there was no R2D2 in our case to save our plastic drawers from getting a bit crushed. \u00a0So from day 2 onward moving day meant Caden manhandled one of the drawer sets into the bathroom while Dacen heaved the other up onto his bed. \u00a0They are heavy and flimsy. \u00a0I figured if we could get one of the sets of drawers down to just 2 drawers it would fit in the little TV nook in the bunkhouse. \u00a0So we cleared out a bunch of Brielle&#8217;s clothes and toys and shipped them home. \u00a0This freed up the floor space and means one less thing to do on moving day!<br \/>\n<a title=\"Dresser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/26390980806\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1701\/26390980806_52ff60fd1f_n.jpg\" alt=\"Dresser\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The TV nook had a little lip that prevented the bottom drawer from opening. \u00a0I needed to raise up the drawers about 3\/4&#8243; but hated to buy any lumber. \u00a0I remembered reading about using wheat paste to glue together layers of corrugated cardboard to create cardboard lumber. \u00a0So I went to the campground recycle bins, fished out some cardboard and mixed up a hillbilly batch of wheat paste and built up some &#8220;boards&#8221; out of cardboard.<br \/>\n <a title=\"card boards\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/26350740101\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1646\/26350740101_77d0937fa4_n.jpg\" alt=\"card boards\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nI cut these with my circular saw just like wood and created a little platform for the drawers. \u00a0Its super sturdy, environmentally friendly and FREE!<\/p>\n<p>I hated to throw out the unused drawer so we use it for TP and winter gear storage up on the shelf above the kids&#8217; toilet. \u00a0I screwed a couple blocks of wood to the bottom that catch on the wire shelf to prevent it from moving during transit.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Extra drawer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/25814135113\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1556\/25814135113_bdce1fd4b0_n.jpg\" alt=\"Extra drawer\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Second order of business was the shoes. \u00a0I <a href=\"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2016\/03\/23\/flat-space\/\">already told you about<\/a> our shoe problem by the font door and my father-in-law suggested the fabric, over the door shoe holders. \u00a0We had one on the bunkhouse door but there was not a door by the front door we could mount it on. \u00a0The cabinet doors were tall enough but they were too narrow&#8230;about 2X too narrow. \u00a0Ah ha! \u00a0We&#8217;ll cut the 4 column shoe holder into two 2 column shoe holders. \u00a0I bent the over the door hooks to mount one of them that way but the other I just wrapped the fabric over the top of the door and screwed it on the inside. \u00a0In time we&#8217;ll see which way is better. \u00a0But we are stoked to have most of the shoes off the floor. \u00a0My big clod hoppers don&#8217;t fit in the teensy pockets so I still use the floor.<br \/>\n <a title=\"Shoe storage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/26144070080\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1622\/26144070080_e07fa211b3_n.jpg\" alt=\"Shoe storage\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Steph had the idea of using the bottom portion of the cabinets under the kitchen sink. \u00a0If the cabinet doors were only half the height we could have mounted some sort of shoe holder on those flat panel areas. \u00a0But I didn&#8217;t want to monkey with modifying the cabinet doors. \u00a0We thought about just taking the doors off, but then I&#8217;d have to find a place to store them and a way to protect them from getting scratched up.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Potential storage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/26350739661\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1674\/26350739661_c9e0883cb5_n.jpg\" alt=\"Potential storage\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, I added a couple of hooks to the roof of the basement so I can hang the front bike wheels we put in there. \u00a0Oh and I also rearranged all of the stuff in the basement. \u00a0Its the 3rd time I&#8217;ve done it&#8230;and it might be the last. \u00a0I&#8217;m pretty happy with it now. \u00a0Here is the cool part though, I can completely empty my basement and then put everything back in probably 20 minutes. \u00a0I wouldn&#8217;t even consider a stunt like that\u00a0back home&#8230;waaaaay too much stuff.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, maybe its not quite remodeling. \u00a0But I had my power tools out and was making some changes to our house while we had some down time in Manatee Hammock. \u00a0There are several small and trivial things that we have to do on moving day&#8230;.twice (once when we pack up and once when we unpack). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13,12,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1369,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions\/1369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}