Modifications and customizations

So we have a fifth wheel parked in our back yard, and we want to move in.  However, we want some changes before we do.  Most of the long list of items will have to be done as we're living in it, and we want to get started with that, even though we will be living in it in our own back yard while we get the house ready for sale.

Some of the modifications we've already done are trivial - we drilled holes in the rollup-shades so we could hang a string from them so we could get to them.  When they roll all the way up, we have to stand on the upholstered couch to reach them - now we can reach the strings much more easily to pull them back down.  And, of course, we've started putting 3M Command Hooks up - to hold a trash bag, keys, etc.  We've put up a couple curtains for warmth, although that didn't really modify the RV.

A slightly bigger modification was to create blackout curtains in the garage/office/guest room.  We don't like being blasted by light in the morning, and we want to honor any guests we may have by allowing them the same darkness.  It was a fairly minor modification, just involving a few screws into the valances, and hooking the vinyl curtains over them.

And we have plans to install 360 Siphon vent covers on the roof in place of the stock vent covers.  I guess it's odd that we're worrying about tank odors when we haven't even used our tanks, but so many people talked so highly of them that we decided to have them from the beginning.

We're also planning how we can enhance our closet space.

The big modification we're working on is the conversion from garage to office.  We're making good progress - we've built up the floor, but haven't carpeted or moved anything in.

It's getting exciting!

Our poor fence

Our RV lives in our back yard for now.  We have a corner lot, and take down three fence panels to back it in (we aren't very good yet, or we'd be able to do it with two fence panels down).  The fence is 20 years old, and already starting to show its age.  It does NOT appreciate the panels coming up and down to bring it in the first time, to adjust the parking when we realized that the RV had too much of a slope in our sloped back yard, to take it back to the dealership for warranty repairs, to bring it back after warranty repairs...

And we intend to keep doing this for a few months, when we get solar at a minimum, and possibly for other reasons.  We don't want to actually FIX the fence, with new concrete settings for the posts, yet.  So we've got the posts held up with bracing for now, and will fix it properly after we move the RV out of the back yard for good.