Replaced Valances

[GoldFever]

My wife and I got tired of the light blue "old-looking" cloth valences around the bedroom and front room windows. I just finished the project this afternoon. I replaced the originals with oak, stained to match other oak cabinets.
Took some time and thinking (ouch) but it is done and does it look great

Anyone else do this? I will have to take some pics if anyone wants to see what I've done.

[Mark Wiltrakis]

Gary -
I have the same tired looking valences in my '92. I'd very much like to see photos of your replacements. How about the bathroom walls, sink, couch fabric, . . . . .
Mark

[GoldFever]

Mark, I will get the digital out tomorrow evening and post some....but I need to figure out how to get photos attached here first. Probably easy as long as one has done this before .
We did have the couch recovered with a new pattern and at the same time had the old, sagging foam cushion material upgraded to something much better and more firm.
I've been thinking about those walls, too... Will redo that ugly vinyl stuff with something modern sometime in the future.
More later.

[john hd]

i'd like to see the pics when you get them...

i just figured i'd keep mine the same until it came back in style!! big paisley has gotta be cool again someday!

do you guys have the beige or mauve interiors?

mine is beige... that is tolerable, i have seen one that was mauve, and can understand the need for change.

john

[Mark Wiltrakis]

John -
Here's a photo in my trailer - I guess this qualifies as "mauve." Whatever it's called, it's gonna go -
Mark

[GoldFever]

Okay, I figured this out but now it's late. Here is one picture (finally!!) but I will post more tomorrow night.

[john hd]

looks good!

hey did you guys ever find the secret towel hanger in the shower? it took me better than 6 years of ownership before i found mine!

john

[Mark Wiltrakis]

John -
I found the towel hanger only after one of your posts mentioned it - I wonder if the trailer has other Unrealized Features in nearly-out-of-sight places.
Mark

[GoldFever]

I also found it a few years back, then forgot about, then refound it when I was doing an epoxy repair on the plastic shower curtain last summer and had to remove the crossbar. Never use it though.....

[nvestysly]

Just saw the comment about the hidden towel bar. We don't use ours much but it's a neat feature. We also found it, forgot about it and then found it again. We use it when we return from swimming to let the bathing suits drip-dry. Airstream has some pretty neat little features that SOBs (same old box) don't seem to have.

If there are more pictures of valences I'd like to see them. My wife and I are considering an upgrade - don't know if we simply want to replace the fabric or go with something new altogether.

On a similar topic... we need to replace the roll-up shades. Somebody suggested JC Penney catalog sales - they apparently cut to order and I'm told the price is reasonable. Any ideas?

[GoldFever]

Here are more images of the oak valences I build and installed. It has been awhile since I posted I see

[SwampBillies]

Wow! They look fantastic!

[Phil/Edee]

This is exactly what Phil has in mind for our valances! How did you get it to match so well?? My Northern MN-looking material should be here soon and I can't wait to get started. Please be prepared for LOTS of questions!!!

Edee & Phil

[84Sovereign]

Originally Posted by nvestysly

Just saw the comment about the hidden towel bar. We don't use ours much but it's a neat feature.

Hi folks,

Where is the hidden towel bar?
Is there one in our 84 Sovereign?

Chris