Aqua or Red Vintage Trailer Stove

Help me decide which color! I'm sending off my stove door and top off to Mattera Stove Works here soon and trying to decide which color. I'm of course a big fan of aqua. Although the red is nice too. I lean towards the aqua only because if I ever change the exterior color of my Shasta Compact it would be from yellow to aqua. What do you all think? Currently my … [Read more...]

Follow me on Pinterest

If you are not familiar with Pinterest, let me just say it's highly addictive! You can "pin" images of your favorite things to your very own virtual bulletin boards. There are literally thousands of images of eye candy. It's a great place to get ideas. So many that it makes my head spin! So I'd like to invite you all to come follow me and check out my boards. As time … [Read more...]

Portable Metal Carport For Vintage Trailer Storage

Buttercup's new home for the winter arrived and was installed this morning. The installers were suppose to come at 8am but arrived at 7am. They were sure fast in putting it up. I'm sure they have done 100's of these. Now my husband is almost finished installing the side panels. Since this pretty much is butted up so close to the house and has the house overhang as … [Read more...]

New Fantastic Fan Vent Installed

Who would of thought a girl could get so excited about a vent fan? Well, that girl would be me. It's the next best thing to having a A/C unit. Or so I'm told anyway. We haven't had a chance to test it out in sweltering weather yet. When we do I'll let you all know how it works. It's neat because it can either be set to suck air out of the trailer or blow air in. I … [Read more...]

Storage solution for camping and traveling

I have found out quickly that my tow vehicle doesn't have a lot of cargo room. We end up stuffing the hatch back area full to capacity and this is after packing the trailer full of things like dishes, smaller misc items, etc., So where is all this other stuff coming from? Well, it's mainly the cooler, toys, yard decorations, pillows, clothing, etc., I decided I had to … [Read more...]

Vintage trailers as a mobile business

Most of us use our vintage trailers (or any trailer, rv or camper for that matter) mainly for camping. But there are folks that are finding unique ways of using their vintage trailers for more than just camping. For example; you have the cute little Shasta Compact that is a mobile snow cone stand called Fresher Than Fresh. How cute is that?! I'm sure kids and … [Read more...]

Vintage Shasta Compact renovation is done!

I brought her home this past weekend and wow is she cute! Lefty Originals, LLC., did a fabulous job on her renovation. She has had a long list of things done to her. Basically, everything from new wiring, new paint job, to new drip rails, window seals, new screws, new floor, new counters, etc., etc., I ordered a brand new yellow and white striped awning for her … [Read more...]