The Welders.

“How is Amelia?” is currently the number one conversation starter as of late. Out of town friends, clients, friends of a friends, parents, sister, you name it, everyone wants to know.

Well everyone, I have GREAT NEWS...Amelia is patiently still hanging out in Westlake with her welding friends, Bill & Eric. She successfully has new rear end framing AND new marine board flooring where the once rotted bathroom floor was. Not only does she have the new frame and flooring, she also has been pretty well cleared out from all the old partitions, rusted fixtures, dry rotted pipes, dangerous electrical and leaking water tanks...how much longer till we decorate? :)



Bill and Eric, assure me the worst part is done. This post goes out to this amazing father and son duo- good friends who without them would have made this project crippling. Bill always puts a a cheery positive spin on the project but keeps trying to get me to save all the old stuff. While Eric and I are enthusiastic about throwing out the old clunky boards in anticipation of the sleek new sailor styling that’s to come!

Thank you Bill for being Amelia's welder, you have fixed her boo boo’s and repaired her with love. Thanks to Eric for introducing me to his Dad and for keeping the project moving along. I am a lucky girl to have such great Cleveland friends. Deepest Thanks.

The good, the bad & the ugly!

So I went to meet with Mr. Welder this past week. He expressed his concern for me with regards to how much work Miss Amelia needs on her frame. Turns out the frame is WAY more rusted out than originally anticipated. Parts of the floor need to come up in order to access the new frame work necessary to ensure her safety. At one point in the conversation he said to me..."It's not to late to sell her and make a bit of profit, just for cleaning her up"...to me, it would be like giving up a kid. No way José...I gave the green light and sent them full speed ahead.

Next steps...pulling up the floor, buying new "channel" aluminum, replacing the back "trunk" (a make shift tool box that was once made from steel, that will be remade into aluminum, making it less heavy,) power washing the exterior, trying to pry off the covers of the water, power & waste hook ups..must get a lock smith involved, needs keys!

On a good note...the awning is in impeccable condition. The ombre light blue to teal hues are stunning and made all the rust worries vanish. It even has an adorable, completely in tact scalloped edge...I was thrilled!!!

Let's see what this week will have in store for Miss Amelia & me?