Before & after: CUSTOM desk + full reveal! | RV Remodel Part 3
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- In the third and final part of our RV Remodel series we install the backsplash in the bathroom and kitchen, build a custom desk with built in power management that fits real office chairs. After we finish the remodel we walk you through all the changes we made.
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In the third and final part of our RV Remodel series we install the backsplash in the bathroom and kitchen, build a custom desk with built in power management that fits real office chairs. After we finish the remodel we walk you through all the changes we made.
We couldn’t have done this without our friend’s Cortni’s help. Check out her instagram ( / theflippingnomad ) for RV renovation inspiration. You can also book her for a 1-on-1 RV renovation coaching call (theflippingnomad.com/rv-coach....
00:00 Before & After
00:31 Dealing with painter's tape was the hardest part of painting
01:15 Installing peel & stick backsplash in the bathroom
03:38 Installing corner trim and slide framing. Shout out to Cortni from @theflippingnomad.
04:10 Bathroom is finished!
05:55 Kitchen backsplash - very tedious and fiddly work!
08:49 Installing Bali blackout roller shades
09:11 Getting wood & installing slide trim
09:28 Building the desk
09:44 Recovering trim above the door
10:08 Installing the desk
13:01 The custom ergonomic workspace is finished!
14:04 Matt designed the desk in SketchUp
14:45 Power center built into the desk
15:35 Designing lightweight desk
16:05 Materials & structure
17:01 Built in usb ports & shelf for power bricks & cables
17:31 Office chairs from Staples
17:50 Painted the walls
18:56 Rebuilt slide trim
19:29 Installed new blinds
20:37 Replaced lights in the slide. Converted residential 110V light fixture to run off 12V.
21:17 Our lights are hooked into a home automation system and can be controlled by Google Home voice assistant.
21:37 Why we left the curtain as is.
22:10 Why we didn't change the carpet in the slide.
22:55 Changes we made in the kitchen - backsplash, swapped to daylight bulbs.
24:09 Changed cabinet hardware.
24:44 Changed trim above the door.
25:07 Changed the kitchen blind to a nicer Hunter Douglas horizontal slat blind.
26:08 Changes in the bathroom - painted walls, installed backsplash, resealed, added new faucet.
27:14 How long the remodel took.
28:39 Bloopers!
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We couldn’t have done this without our friend’s Cortni’s help. Check out her Instagram ( instagram.com/theflippingnomad/) for RV renovation inspiration. You can also book her for a 1-on-1 RV renovation coaching call (theflippingnomad.com/rv-coaching/).
Wow, great job. The desk is such a functional design and visually it lands so much lighter on the floor plan. Loved that you brightened up the whole space. I wish more manufacturers that are wedded to the cozy cabin look would offer this more modern and lighter look. Also, I know they put the booths in to offer, and be able to claim, that their units sleep more people, but so many couples and singles care more about a functional work space than extra sleep spaces. They should offer these changes on at least some of their floor plans. I vote for a new, lighter colored curtain to close off the sleeping space. I’d go with a natural canvas type color-you want it to visually disappear when it’s open so a color closer to wall shade and curtain rod will be better than grey. It’s not a feature to highlight, you just want to not notice it at all. In my humble opinion. And thanks for allowing comments. New to your channel-just subscribed.
Welcome to the channel - we always love to hear thoughts, feedback and suggestions on what we share!
As for the curtain, I agree - a neutral light-colored curtain would be nice. The issue is it's actually quite a large curtain (both height and width), and at least from our initial search, the fabric was quite expensive. We were trying to find something light grey, similar to the blinds, but decided it was too much money to justify. Plus, we so rarely use the curtain that it doesn't bother us too much. Maybe one day.
Part of the reason we don't use the curtain is because, as you say, there are only two of us! I totally agree with you about trailers for singles and couples - we really had no need to sleep more than 2, yet it was hard to find a trailer that would only sleep 2! In fact, the marketing material / sales pitch for so many trailers leads with some fantastic number of people that can sleep inside it. Like you say, we'd have been very interested in a trailer offering workspace rather than more sleeping areas, but we just couldn't find it. Hopefully manufacturers will begin to take note...
It all looks amazing, but that desk is really incredible!
Thank you! I spent so many hours refining the design of the desk and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
Your remodel is fabulous! I really like that you chose a soft, warm white instead of a bright, cold white. The decision not to paint the cabinets was a good one, they look great with the colors you chose. I love the desk/table that replaced the dinette, it’s so much more functional than the dinette. I’ve been wanting to update my RV for a few years and plan to if I can get passed my husband’s fear of change.
Yes, we are glad we went with a warm white. I think it also goes together better with the warm wood cabinets than cold white would have.
I painted my ceiling sky blue and added daylight 5000K bulbs pointing up to create a sky like substance. Very nice on a spooky dark cold winter day. Also painted bedroom walls and ceiling a merlot color which not only smells like my favorite wine 🍷 when I scratch and sniff but it absorbs any full moon🌙 light and keeps area dark at night.
Incredible update to an already excellent RV. The desk is quite stellar! Your right, the light paint makes it look brighter and more spacious. We are going to be doing a renovation of our little Scamp. It will be our first RV project. Today I got to actually get into and touch all the high quality goodness of four different Outdoors RV trailers. Videos are great, see and touching way better. We are about to start our journey towards a new ORV Trailer. Thanks for your many videos, explanations. It would be great to see some videos on hitching, unhitching and impressions of trailing it moderate winds. Looking forward to many more videos.
What do you plan to do to your Scamp? And is an ORV quite far away that you will do a reno first and then get a new trailer? Thanks for the video ideas!
@@AdventurousWay Full resto and keep Scamp, 6-9mos on ORV. We have a bit of prep before resto. Hope to film and share what we do on Scamp.
The Outdoors RVs are after the woodsy feel with a craftsman or cabin interior. I am glad you are happy with your decor change. Anyone looking to buy one of these units should know that is Outdoors RVs motif. More Shawn James (the off grid Canadian) and less Jean Nouvel.
Love your updated office space and the lighter, brighter look of the interior! What a difference! Brighter colors make for more a productive workspace and greater creativity! We just returned from Yellowstone and Grand Tetons in our 22FQS and I showed this video to my better half and he said “don’t even think about it”! 🤣
Congrats on a job well done!
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Congratulations on a job well done! We have taken a long hard look at the ORV trailers and really like the build and many of the features for full time living off-grid. Several major negatives we have are the floorplans, size of refrigerators and the dinette. You solved the dinette issue brilliantly. Agree with you about the browns everywhere, the new lighter color scheme is such a big improvement that ORV should take notice. Thanks for sharing your work, it is very inspiring.
Thanks for watching!
Excellent job. I'm glad you didn't go totally white and gray as many others do. It is after all an RV and you have blended the finish well.
Amazing finished project! You two truly compliment one another in so many ways and your latest video proves that! So tastefully done and such hard work and the results show it! As I've said before, you ought to be Brand Ambassadors for Outdoor RV. They could also take design cues from you (as when Matt insulated the basement storage) and the rest of your current redesign. With Matt's handyman skill's and Diana's ability for the editing and video production you guys are unstoppable! I only have one question...how does Diana get her hair into a bun so small and tight? Lol. God bless you both and thank you so very much for sharing with us!
Haha, I'm not doing anything special for the bun - just a big strong hair tie. I think the type I have right now is called a scrunchie. As always, thank you for the kind words.
It looks lovely. I like what you did to remodel. If you are painting again, if you take the tape off right after you finish the painting, even while the paint is wet, you won’t have the issues of pulling the paint off too when you take the tape off. I learned that the hard way. I love your backsplash and the desk area is very nice. Good job!
We went back and forth with when to take off the tape. We did multiple layers of primer and paint, so in the end we decided we would add way too much work if we took the tape off after each layer and re-taped again for the next layer. Careful scoring with a razor blade along the edges of dried up paint worked well.
@@AdventurousWay yes, hadn't thought of that. Good job!
Regarding the office chairs on carpet. looking into "rollerblade carters". they roll over carpet with no effort, cost between $25 and $45 and some even come with caster locks which will keep your chairs from moving while in transit. I live full time in my RV and i love these things. The only down side is if you have a cheap chair with a plastic base (legs), they may twist due to the casters off set being a little more pronounced. If that is a issue, you can look into buying a aluminum base (about $65). yes the $$ start to add up but for me having a office chair that stays put while i am driving without having to tie it to the table or lay it down is well worth it.
Great tip! We will look into that if tying down the chairs for each move gets too annoying.
I'm not sure what is more amazing, the great new look or the amount of work you put into it. I know I won't ever be up for that effort and a good job. What you guys did should have been their design, to begin with.
Wow, thank you! We'd love to see Outdoors RV (and other manufacturers) incorporate some of these things into their trailers! It was a lot of work for us, but it would be easy for them to do!
Your attention to detail and perseverance have yielded beautiful results. Wonderful renovations. Your dining-to-desk area is the best I have ever seen! Your genius is showing. Well done!
Aww, thank you for the kind words!
Great Desk❗️👍🏽👍🏽 + All around color choice with the paint, shades, back splash, & trim‼️ 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks Samuel!
Everything looks fabulous! I’m wanting to replace my blinds also and now I’m excited about doing it. That desk!!! Wow gorgeous.
You and your wife did a excellent job on the remodel. When we get back to Minnesota next April, you guys can come and do ours. LOL. But seriously, excellent, really like it. The colors look great!!!!!!
Thank you Earl!
Remodel really looks great. My wife saw the paint and blinds and now we have to do the same in our OutdoorsRV! Agree that the cabinets look good and are well built so no need to change those. Safe travels
It was a lot of work, but it was worth it to us.
You two did an EXCELLENT job! Love the new colors.
Thank you Alisa! We love the new colors too!
Congratulations! It certainly is brighter and bigger. Certainly more your style. Nicely done. I especially like the product you used under the tile!
Thanks!
Love all the updates and upgrades; I know you're going to enjoy them for years to come. The desk looks amazing and it is obvious that you put a lot of thought and consideration into your choices. It looks 100% better. Great job!!
I'm glad we waited two years before doing the remodel because we were able to learn so much about our use cases and design it to fit our needs perfectly.
the remodel is spot on. Love the new built in desk.
Thanks!
Very nice! You guys did the best job painting I've seen yet. Usually I sit here and go "yikes" but you guys did it right! Looks great and I love that desk. The back splash looks great I have been thinking about doing that as well. Your RV looks so much more homey! Enjoy!!
Aww, thank you!
You achieved your goals quite well! Lovely update and so much brighter. Good job, folks.
Thanks for watching!
Guess Diane's brother is now out of luck for sleepovers lol... seriously tho, that desk is supreme!
Thank you! The desk has been an absolute game changer for us - it's worked out exactly as we hoped! The only thing I'd change is the grey paint on the desk top. It's as though it didn't properly cure, even though we followed all the instructions to the letter in a dedicated paint booth - very odd. We're probably going to resurface / replace the desk top in the near future, but otherwise we love it!
And yes, our guest accommodation is now a tent outside!
What an amazing job!😍 One would never guess you don't build cabinets for a living. And I had to laugh, when you talked to Google my Home disconnected the video.☺️
Thanks so much! 😊
You both did a great job remodeling your RV. Beautiful color choices too! 😁
Thank you Lina!
WOW 🤩 it all looks so amazing! You two did an awesome job. And what a great idea to change up the table area to make that fabulous desk area. It looks so much more beautiful, comfortable and livable now! Enjoy you new home. ❤️
Thank you for the kind words, Linda!
Adventurous Way you are very welcome, I just love watching your videos you both have a wonderful style of showing our National Parks!
Excellent job on that desk! Very impressed. Great job!
Thanks for watching, Steve!
Love the mod videos. I really want to ditch my dinette for a desk. Your's is the first T design I've seen which is really interesting.
You're right! When I started researching the desk design, I was really surprised there weren't more T-shape designs. In our situation, it just seemed like the obvious choice!
Really amazing! We have a Black Rock ORV and when you started this project we were terrified LOL. We though OMG what are they doing. This is amazing! You are very inspiring. Our dinette area is identical to yours. We are wondering if you would share or sell the plans for your desk??? Again, very good job. Hard to believe you have never done this kind of wood working.
🤣haha, maybe now you will have more faith in our future projects 🤣We didn't want to share the plans publicly as we did end up doing a few changes as we built the desk, and I honestly can't remember what they were. But you can email us (www.adventurousway.com/contact) and we will share plans with you as a starting point. But please re-measure everything! The slide depth & dimensions change in different ORV models and years.
Looks way better than new. Well done.
Thank you!
Looks great! Really brightens up the place and makes it look more spacious.
Thank you! 😊
It looks awesome!! Great job! I really like the wood trim you used around the slide!
Thanks! Yup, we are happy how it turned out in the end. Cortni from @flippingnomad gave us a tip that if you do slide trim the same color as the walls, it will blend in the wall and look more residential.
Wow such a wonderful job I had to watch this video twice! Love all the gadgets and the way you make this a smart rv. Great job on the desk area and that will be used a lot. Going to read my e-mail about how you made it into a smart rv. Thanks for all the ideas and the work you put into your channel. Tom
Thanks for watching, Tom!
I think you all did a great job....look terrific - I love the multi-use table/cabinet area in the slide and love the back splashes....
Thanks so much!
Instructions, is that something you need to assemble something? Never could find it when I needed it. Loved everything you did, good job.
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I’m truley impressed with the remodel.
Thank you!
Fabulous renovation. It appears much brighter and comfortable, more like home. 👍🏼👍🏼
It does!
You two are so smart!!! The remodel is beautiful!!!
Thanks Joyce!
Fabulous job on the desk!!! I’m going to try to do something like this in my RV so I have a craft desk w/storage. You did a great job throughout the RV.
Thank you :)
Looks great! Your planning and hard work paid off. 👍
Indeed!
You did an awesome job with the cabinets and desk... very impressive.
Thank you Denise!
Beautiful job, well worth the precision.
Thank you very much!
Great job guys. Looks awesome and functional.
Awesome job!
Fabulous! 👍
Awesome transformation! Love the work you’ve done.
Thank you!
It looks FABULOUS!!! You two did a GREAT JOB! We’re thinking about installing a peel n stick tile backsplash in our Imagine TT. So, thanks for the tips!!!
If you do peel n stick, definitely consider using MusselBound underneath it. So far we haven't had any problems with backsplash peeling off.
It looks great, glad you're happy with it
Looks great. Love the light colors.
Love the remodel 😀
Really enjoy your channel. Thanks for the informative videos. Big fan of the Outdoors RV brand, but just don't like the dark brown colors. If only they would offer brighter & whiter colors as you've done, that would be awesome. I think a lot of prospective RV buyers, especially those shopping for a couples coach, would favor a workstation area in the floorplan over a dinette. Nice work!
Yup, I agree. When we were looking for RVs a lot of them were targeted for families with kids, instead of optimizing for a couple. We would have bought one with a workstation if such RV existed.
Beautiful! Great job!
Fantastic job!
OMG, that desk! ❤️❤️❤️
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Very nice update to your rv.
The desk looks really good . Great details.
fantastic
Thanks so much for the grand tour of the remodel. All your work looks great!
You did a great job! Looks great!
awesome job. love the roller shades and the desk
Thank you Don!
Very nice
Great look! I especially love the backslash and the desk!
Thanks so much! 😊
It looks absolutely gorgeous! Let me compliment you on that desk. What a beautiful, precise job!! I love it and it’s so functional!!
Thank you so much, Lori!
You did such a good job! It looks wonderful! Congrats. 🙋♀️🙋♀️
Thank you so much!!
Love it , 👍 looks Great!
Thanks! 👍
VERY nicely done ! I applaud the both of you. We've been contemplating doing the same thing to our dinette for about 2 years but have not pulled the trigger yet.
Thank you!
@@AdventurousWay Love the desk! Are you using the desk as a dining table as well? That would work out OK for my laptops but I’ve also got a 38” curved monitor.
What model RV do you have?
Ours is a 2018 Outdoors RV 21RBS. Yes, the desk is our dining table as well - it's the only seating we have in the RV in fact. There's no reason you couldn't customize it to accommodate an external monitor - there are lots of options.
Looks awesome! Have you done a video detailing the automation changes?
Not yet, but we’ve recently started a new blog post series all about our smart RV system that you might enjoy: www.adventurousway.com/blog/welcome-to-our-smart-rv
Great work! Looks way better and open! Take care
Thank you! It's fun to watch the video back and remember how dark it used to feel in there.
Y’all did a great job. Looks amazing!
Thank you!
Fantastic remodel. Love it!
Glad you like it!
Well done! It looks so much better!
Thank you! 😊
Great job.
Thanks!
looking good! lots of work.
Thanks Jim! It was lots of work, but so worth it!
Looks incredible!! This is really inspiring!
Thank you! :)
You both did a great job
Thank you!
You guys done a really great job!
Thank you!
Hi, I really like your remodel, I love the light and bright of it. We just started out a month ago with out ORV 25RDS. We have been watching you and several others for the last two years as we prepared for our life a full timers. We also got our rig at Thompson RV. I want to change at least the top of my fridge to a white board like yours. If you could let me know how hard it was and where you have gotten the materials. Thanks, enjoy New England, that was our home until Aug 3, when we came to OR/WA area while we waited for the RV to be delivered. Kat & Rog
That's so kind, thank you!
The fridge and freezer whiteboard mod was super easy! I wrote a blog post about it at the time that you might find useful: www.adventurousway.com/blog/installing-magnetic-dry-erase-rv-fridge-freezer-doors
Looks Great!! You both have Good ideas on how to make your RV home!!
Thanks so much! It's been almost a year since we did the remodel now and we're still loving it! It feels so homey.
Love the desk !!! really great design....gives you a lot more room to work... you guys did such a great job on your remodelling. give yourselves a pat on the back. Cheers !
Thanks so much! 😊
I would love to see how you switched the desk lamp & how you integrated google into it.
We've just started a brand new tutorial series on our website where we're going to step through how to build your very own home automation system in an RV, including how we set up voice control for our lights: www.adventurousway.com/blog/smart-rv-tutorial-part-1-getting-started
Looks nicely updated. Good color choices and the desk is so functional. Want to do my 40 ft. Motor home?!
Like the look and glad you did not do anything to the cabinets. Interested if the blinds are going to flap around and damage the paint when going down the road.
Yes, the blinds do flap around. Definitely install bottom brackets if you install these kind of blinds in a motorhome because they do make noise when flapping. So far we have done 3000+ miles and haven't seen any damage to the paint from the blinds.
You did a great job, you are very cleaver. Its very nice
Thank you! 😊
Great job! Do you have to do anything to pin down the rolling desk chairs when you're on the road?
Very nice! I would be interested in how you rate the durability of the new components and install methods after another 10,000 miles or so of earthquake testing (travel).
Yup, we plan to do an update video at some point to show whether things have stood the test of time.
Now that you've worked at the desk for a few weeks how do you like it? Your style with keeping the storage underneath for the bins and the cabinets is great. I am thinking of doing something similar, but want to have 2 monitors for both me and the wife because we work full time still. If you were to do it again what changes would you make?
We love our new setup. The dimensions, built in power and how the table is laid out works great for us. The only thing that hasn't worked out is the paint on the table - it is chipping away on the corners where we use it. At Home Depot we were told it's the strongest paint (Behr Alkyd Enamel) for this application there is, but somehow it is not working.
Love the Reno , but I did notice that your desk looked rather tight with the desk chairs and the clearance behind them when you were sitting in them, it looked like you'll be rubbing against the slide walls? or was this just me? other wise it looks awesome.
You're right, it is quite tight! Not just behind them, but also from side to side - there is a slope under the carpet at the edge of the slide.
We knew that before we started the remodel though, and I iterated several times on the desk design to try and optimize available desk space vs space for the chairs. In fact, in the video you may have spotted us dry fitting the desk with some standard dining chairs - that was to make sure there would be space for the chairs to fit comfortably.
Then, when buying our office chairs, we carefully measured them in the store to make sure they'd fit - size was one of our main criteria for the office chairs!
Once you're used to it, it's honestly not an issue. Sure, we can't recline in the chairs too far, but for working at the desk that's not an issue.
Great job! What was the name of the color?
Which one? The color for the walls is called Confident White. The color of blinds is Sovereign Koala.
Great job you two! Gratz on your 100th video, especially in just TWO years (like that's 1 a week EACH and EVERY week for two years!) you guys deserve all the credit you've gotten for doing so much in so little time! Real boffins imho as you two dovetail so nicely in your respective skills, experience, and knowledge. Are those headphones ¼" banana plugs, or 5-pin XLR male connection? At any rate, I really enjoy the fact that your audio is superb, as I feel most people will put up with dodgy video, but NOT poor quality audio. These are the cans to get for doing best quality audio that I've seen for quite a while: www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-BPHS1-Broadcast-Headset-Cardioid/dp/B003D87JI2/ref=sr_1_6?crid=19487CSP59Y6N&dchild=1&keywords=xlr+headphones&qid=1601283756&sprefix=xlr+headphones%2Celectronics%2C215&sr=8-6 Safe, and happy travels from the Boondocking Brewer™!
The headphones I got have the standard TRS plug as I'm editing directly from laptop (and monitoring line out from our Zoom audio recorder is also standard headphone jack). We try our best with audio! We don't always get it right, especially when we film in new environments, but we learn and try our best next time.
Excellent job with a lot of time and sweat equity. Outdoors RV should hire you two or at least plagiarize your ideas! We are about to buy one of their trailers but would much rather have your interior design compared to the dung brown walls and NASCAR Hooters jacket exterior decals. I was told that we cannot order a trailer without the hideous exterior decals. I love their engineering and passion for the product. But please hire some designers!
I hope eventually they will add lighter interior options! Some of their recent Trail series models have nicer exterior graphics - with mountains, not just swooshes.
Where is Diana's brother going to sleep?
Where will Jānis sleep if/when he comes to visit again?
He will have to sleep on the floor or outside in a tent :D
All that work because RV manufacturers haven't caught on and are still making 1970's feeling interiors.
Great job!
Thanks!