The Craft Coach Transformation

Don't you just love it when things fall into place? When the stars align, when circumstances keep presenting themselves in order for something amazing to take place. That's how we have felt about our ascent into this crazy, mixed up, beautiful world of mobile commerce. We are still relatively new, but so far loving it and learning things every day.

We wanted to share a few before, during and after photos of our "coach" Ramblin' Rose. She was definitely a diamond in the rough, but we had a vision and were determined to get it as right as possible and polish her into the beauty she is today. Fore warning, photo overload is about to commence! 

The Before and After

The Demolition 

We replaced all the rotten wood and even added more studs for support 

New insulation and paneling as well as custom made counters 

Replaced aluminum panels and custom painting

Billie and I did have some help from her hubby as well as our father, but we were right in there with them, sawing, drilling and sweating our hearts out. We learned a lot and will use the skills on future projects, because at Craft Coach there is always something on the horizon!

Console Table

Craft Coach is all about being in the moment; when something "speaks" to us we embrace it! 

We found this console table at one of our local resale shops and at $35 we couldn't pass it up. 

We weren't sure what we would do with it yet, but knew it was just a matter of 

time before we would discover her purpose. 

During our renovation of the Craft Coach it came to us. This table was perfect for adding a bit of softness and organic shape to the inside. We sanded a bit, painted one coat of primer and then spray painted it with 3 coats of white. 

We decided it was a bit harsh as bright white, so we did a little glazing and then opted for wax as the finishing touch. We added a fabric skirt to add more softness, we simply stapled the fabric 

underneath, gathering as we stapled. The finished product is just what we envisioned. Here is 

a partial pic of it in use inside our mobil store.

We did the same finish on the lower part of our built ins as well as two more shelving units we paid a total of $10 for. We also put these shelves in the store. We bought them at two different garage sales, on the same day, but they were almost exactly alike, so they were just begging to be made over and put together.