This winter my significant other bought a camper and I have been itching to get in there and make it ours since February! We bought a 2004 Prowler Regal and its slightly outdated, but in amazing condition for being 15 years old. We got a phenomenal deal on it at Bob's Rv's and Campers in Hancock, MA, and we would definitely go back to see him! We also have yet to name her so any ideas are welcome!)
This week it was finally warm enough to really get in the camper and do some work. Every camper comes with the pesky padded valences and wallpaper borders. Who comes up with these? Who truly likes them? Of course ours are from 2004 and the valences match the couch, which match the wallpaper border, which match the dinette cushions - so on and so forth. AKA they had to go! So I set off on taking them all down.
What I used for my camper was:
Phillips Head screwdriver (I didn't use a drill so I wouldn't strip out the screws- Thanks Steve!)
A LOT of arm and shoulder strength!
This project didn't take much to achieve our goal, its just very tedious and strength and flexibility dependent.
This is what a small window in our camper looked like before I took down the valence. Just keep in mind that every camper is different and every window is different! These smaller windows have the blinds connected to the valence. T
The first thing I had to do was to take out the curtains, which were attached to the inside of the padded valence. The curtains were also connected to the white piece on the wall that I took out after.
The next step is where the flexibility comes into play. You need to look up into the padded valence and find out where they are screwed into the wall. If you look at this picture you can see the screwed into the wall and the top of the valence.
I needed to unscrew the two into the top of the valence first and lift it off.
After taking off the padded valence I was left with six small pieces of hardware: the two that held up the valence, the two that held the curtains off to the side, and the two that locked the blinds to the bottom of the window. Yes, I did have small holes - but I plan on putting up curtains.
Again, just to reiterate, every camper is different, as well as every window. Our bigger windows had the blinds separate to the valence. In this case, we had to take the blinds out first, and then take out the valence. The bigger windows had way bigger screws and required A LOT of elbow grease, so be prepared!
Above is an example of the before and (somewhat) after of taking out the biggest valence in our camper.
As you can see it truly makes a difference - I will update with a camper curtains post once everything is totally complete! I noticed a TON more light and makes it feel a whole lot bigger! I would recommend this 100%!
Thanks for reading, and let me know what you think!
xx Taylor Jean
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