Gathering ideas...

[thezirps]

Kristin here.....Roy and I have started looking at materials for this little undertaking. We have begun thinking about what kind of home we want this to become. Where do we want to place the bedroom, kitchen, etc. I am not a fan of "by the wall" sleeping. My husband is a self sustaining heater so I don't want to be trapped against him, and a tin wall.

We have looked at flooring choices, wall coverings- should we opt to do that, shower design, kitchen design ideas, etc. The people at Lowes and Home Depot must have thought we were odd when Roy started stretching in the showers...but they said nothing.

Here are a few pictures thus far of some ideas.

[Aerowood]

I don't want to bust your bubble but ceramic tile is just not going to work with all the flexing that an Airstream goes through. Granite is also very heavy and prone to cracking. The shower enclosures you are looking at also will most likely not work either as they are also not designed to go down the road. From looking at the floor plan you posted in another thread just about everything you are going to need is going to require a great deal of custom work. It's all doable but you need good fabrication skills or a big wallet.
I would suggest that before you do a total commitment on the interior layout, you mock it up using foam or cardboard. Find out where your plumbing and tanks have to be including drains, vents, etc, in relationship to frame cross members, windows, interior structure, and existing shell cut outs and access doors. What I'm saying here is to keep the cart behind the horse.

I'm also re-configuring the layout on my 71 GT, it takes a great deal of pre-planning to get every thing to work. Lots of tape on the floor, measuring, and mockups. See my thread below for my long, long, long, term project.

[thezirps]

Love the feed back.....yes we will be looking into light weight and flexible materials. Just love the colors. And combinations . I am sure our mind will change 100 times before we are done but please keep the input coming it is much wanted and appreciated.

[thezirps]

From K....there are not ceramic tiles....that's actually an plastic tile called Smart Tiles. They have a sticky backing...pretty awesome! Right now we are only getting 'look" ideas...not necessarily nailing down exact must haves. Thanks for the input....going to check out your page now!