(More Pictures to Come)
Before and After Reno
We bought our 1994 Starcraft Starflyer in late winter of 2020. It was too cold to camp, so I opened her up in my large workshop. I did a full cleaning inside and out and decided what had to stay or go.
Before I wanted to renovate it, I took it on a trip and took notes of things I wanted to add or take away from the camper again. Then I decided on what I wanted it to be themed after and literally thinking of every type out there I decided to go with something that would be durable for kids but still grown up for me to enjoy. I have done other pop-up renos before but this one was different. I wanted to keep the wood look. It was in Great Shape! It was only the 3rd owner, and it was always kept indoors and well maintained. I went with a coastal barnwood theme with light beige and tan colors. Slowly I got rid of the coastal theme with the kids, they loved to play with the seashells and pillows.
We did a few things the first 3 months I had the camper like take down all the old curtains and made new ones out of blackout curtains. That took a couple of days to do, absolutely a weekend job. Follow my tutorial on “How to make curtains for your pop-up camper!”
Then I started with the countertops. I spray painted the edges tan and added granite looking contact paper on top. They looked great and real! I followed that on the smaller table as well. That only took an hour to do! Follow my tutorial on “How to have great looking countertops for your pop-up camper!”
Once those two were finished I started the flooring. Very easy and manageable for once person. They were peel and stick hardwood looking vinyl floor tiles. Just used a large pair of scissors and it was done took 2 hours, if that I was kinds of finicky on the edges. Follow my tutorial on “How to lay down peel and stick vinyl flooring for your pop-up camper!”
During the spring months I completely took every decal over the outside of the camper and painted it from head to toe. I did this by using a hair dryer and a medal spatula. It took 3 hours in total to peel off the decals. I played my music the whole time, so it went by pretty fast, and it was kind of satisfying to tell you the truth. Once it was rid of all the decals. I gave it a good wash to get rid of any residue left by the stickers. Follow my tutorial on “How to peel off vinyl decals from your pop-up camper!”
I paint the camper shell from roof to sides with the same type of paint. This also allowed me to seal in all cracks from old caulking as well. The paint I used was made for campers and is waterproof. I wanted a clean bright white camper with black edges. Once I was finished with the first coat, I applied it again to sections I really thought it needed it like the roof top. Follow my tutorial on “How to paint the outside your pop-up camper!”
I cleaned up all the wheels and spray painted them white again. They started to rust a little and cleaned up the back bumper and front hitch to spray paint them black. The camper looked new and bright again! Follow my tutorial on “How to paint the tow hitch and bumper of your pop-up camper!” All in all, these where the major projects I did to the camper. I did add more shelving inside, and more storage outside on the tow hitch. I added a carriage stow to the top to carry bikes, canoes, or a hardtop. These you can see in my camper upgrades page or click the link to follow my tutorials on “My Simple pop-up camper upgrades!”