Pink!

[sparkleplenty]

does anyone think it's a particularly BAD idea to paint the interior of a newer model? I would like to change my whole 22 ft ccd into an over-the-top pink extravaganza and my dealer and friends say it's a bad idea b/c of hurting the re-sale value. I figure--it's my home and who know's when I'll ever sell in the first place? anyone out there have any experience with making permanent changes and trying to trade-in/ sell later with little success?

[summerkid]

.... i HATE that whole concept, keeping your surroundings as bland as possible for that phantom buyer out there who MAY someday enjoy the house YOU should be enjoying now. If you extrapolated that concept onto every house in the country, we'd all be living--and driving--in white boxes, not because any of us liked them, but because we were sacrificing our lives on the altar of the resale god, living in some sort of dull stasis.

My theory is that, if you have good taste, there are plenty of people out there who will recognize that & be pleased to take your daring but tasteful property off your hands.

My first house had a green bathroom and cutouts in the parquet for seasonal rug swaps, and I didn't even have to put it on the market when I left the city. My next-door neighbor bought it. This house has horizontal green stripes in the bedroom, a bright-red dining room & a yellow, teal & aqua paint job on the outside. I love every inch of it. And not only has my next-door neighbor HERE offered to buy my house, but a woman walked up my driveway recently & made an offer.

OK, I'm not even started yet, but that's my first 2 cents' worth.

[norbert]

seems to me there was this old movie in which shirley maclaine was a widow, and everything in the movie was pink.....quite a (imho) revolting experience... bottom line...if it feels good, do it....just give me advance notice where you intend to camp....
norby

[Janets Husband]

Pink is not my flavor, but!
If you are not fixing it for resale and you like the color, knock your self out.
You bought it, you own it, do what you want with it.
The whole object is to enjoy the whole Airstream experiance, we seem to be quite a diverse lot.

[Van]

*shudder*


Sounds like my own personal nightmare. If left to her own devices my wife would like to do the same thing.

Had to use a rare "Husband's Override Card" to avoid it.


I can get used to owning a vintage trailer, but i wont own Barbie's trailer.

[tin can luv]

We're painting our 64 Overlander (interior) pink, and selling flamingos out of it. It's been given a bad patchy paint job anyway, so why not....

Go for the pink. You shouldn't worry about resale value, Its for pleasure more than investment!

[mandolindave]

How about pink and turquoise , ya know, the Southwest thing.

I wonder if Summerkid bought her house from a clown.

[Sneakinup]

Pink is cool. It works for Paris Hilton. Let's get this party started! (does anyone get the reference? )

[74Argosy24MH]

Yep. It's my new obsession. Get it

John

[summerkid]

... and i hope i have time on my deathbed to think, "wow, i was kind of a clown & painted my houses in bright colors. oh why oh why did i do that, i should have been thinking resale value back in Ought Four, oh woe is me it is a life of rue & regret...."

[tin can luv]

I'm adding to the value of my home with the time and money spent on the walls....LOL

Here I go again, back to me, it's always about me....LOL

Want to tell me about color??? The ceiling in the D.R. is Dark Blood Red, and ther is a glass spike attached at each diamond point

[tin can luv]

Navy Blue and Gold....

[tin can luv]

BRIGHT yellow

[tin can luv]

this is dark Navy Blue, almost Black (black under it though, wasn't happy with the color...LOL) with metalic copper diamonds painted on, ALl of the woodwork is painted metalic gold in the hall....

There's more, but I will spare you all...

[summerkid]

... sparkleplenty, TCL & summerkid will come paint your house. gratis. we will each tackle one side & on the 4th we will collaborate to create a kind of splatter/zolatone effect.

it will be better than "trading spaces."

you will love it.

[tin can luv]

Let me fill up my tank, grab my paint leftovers and glue gun, and I am on my way>>>

[mandolindave]

I guess I have double cooties, because Summer needed
two posts to retaliate for my clown comment!!

[jaco]

Sparkleplenty asked:

does anyone think it's a particularly BAD idea to paint the interior of a newer model?

March not into the austere army unless you so choose. Why do all the folks who promote unchanged authenticity not wear their hair and clothes in a 1960's style?
BTW I fully respect their choices, if they're happy I'm happy.
Pink it...... Hot pink if you please.
For the life of me I can't understand the urge to ask the "community" what or how to dress the trailer (although there are some designers on the forum). If your name's on the title paint it title pink. Or cover the outside with sequins. What's it matter what we think? Ya know sequins might look good in the airstream letters up front though.
Come to think of it some of the finer things in life are pink. So it is, if you listen to legend, appropriate.....I guess.

[sparkleplenty]

sorry!
because I thought this was a forum where we could ask anything and get advice from people who have owned their rig a lot longer than me and because I was concerned I'd never be able to trade it in for a bigger one someday or I could possible somehow DAMAGE something by not using the right paint or something. BELIEVE ME, I am not asking for decorating advice.
thanks to everyone who responded though.

[thenewkid64]

No need to apologize. The site is about educating yourself in things Airstream. Asking advice is a good thing.

As to the color, as long as it is done is such a way that it is not damaging the trailer, go for it. This means proper prep and using a proper paint that will hold up for a long time. If you use normal paint you may have issues with it peeling later.

I agree with many of the posters. Make it so YOU enjoy it. If and when you decide to sell it there will be someone that wants what you have. It may make it take a bit longer to sell, but a buyer will be there eventually.

Remember to post pictures!