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I totally refurbished the inside and outside of my caravan.
I painted the walls and cupboard surrounds, covered the doors with fablon, bought new foam for the seats (think it cost about £110 for 2 x 6' long pieces) and then I bought fabric off eBay and made the covers myself. Also made new curtains and fitted venetian blinds.

Wouldn't recommend using standard kitchen units as they will add a huge amount of weight to the van which could cause stability problems.

Recarpeting our old one made a huge difference. I also added black-out blinds from Wilkos of all places. They fitted very neatly behind the curtains. For the sloping front I ran curtain wire diagonaly down to hold them close to the window. Worked well.

We bought fabric to re-make the curtains but sold it on before the Wife got around to it. 

Quote: Originally posted by tazhearts on 21/2/2011

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I didn't bid for it..... too far away.

I was really just exploring the possibility of buying an older cheaper van and then pimping it!

Like the Fablon idea. Any pics?

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 here what we did with ours inside once it was wallpapperd the cupboards didnt look to bad just ahve to give the outside a lick of paint now. ther pic quilitys not brill it makes the walls look a little bubbly but there actuly not

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Quote: Originally posted by kernow cruisers on 22/2/2011

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There are a couple of photos of Holi (inside and out) in my gallery.

Holi is a Fisher Holivan (hence her name!) and they were built in the 60s and 70s to be towed by the Mini.

They don't come along often, but they do show up on eBay occassionally.
Portafold or Ansfold and the Thomson Mini Glen are all very small, lightweight vans too.

Quote: Originally posted by jennygirlx on 23/2/2011

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HEJC72 I have to congratulate you on the tremendous work of art that is your van!

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