Wednesday, September 19, 2012

New Furniture

We ended up in the same site (15) in Brookhollow that we were in a year ago. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and we had a snack outside and watched the 49’er football game.
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Early Monday morning we drove down the twenty miles or so to Dave and LJ’s RV furniture in Woodland. Besides RV furniture, they offer all kinds of custom interior work including flooring and cabinetry.
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We dropped off the Horizon and Debbie and I drove into downtown Woodland to McDonald’s for breakfast. After breakfast, Debbie dropped me off so I could “supervise” and she went over to a brand new Wal-Mart near by.  Although we were only gone for a short time, Ryan and his brother already had the old couches out and the theater seating in and read to install.
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Preparing the seating to bolt down to the slideout floor required some modification.
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The theater seating install is almost completed. The seats are wall hugger’s and are electrically controlled so they can be stopped at any reclining angle.
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The furniture was installed and we were back a Brookhollow by noon. They guys did a great job and we can hardily recommend Dave and LJ’s.  Here is the new couch which is a hide-a-bed. 
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And here is the theater seats. Ty is very confused and hasn’t quite figured out what happen to his familiar digs.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Samsung Refrigerator Door Lock

We’re down in Kelso, WA at the Brookview RV resort to have our two couches replaced.  This is our first trip since we had the new refrigerator installed and, as it’s a residential fridge, it doesn’t  have secure doors or door locks like ones made for an RV like the Norcold we replaced.  (see the fridge blog HERE )
Anyway before we moved, I had to figure someway to secure the doors. I had seen several methods that others had used. All of them involved drilling holes and screwing screws into the stainless steel doors. I hated the thought of that. Kicking around the problem with Troy who installed the fridge, he suggested a large plywood tee between the handles down to the freezer drawer. I cut out several tests out of half inch ply. I ended up changing to an upside down ‘U’.
Here are a couple pictures of the finished product. Debbie covered it with some fabric.
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It works great and no holes. Thanks Troy.

About Us

The Normans are Debbie, Jim and Ty the cat. The Horizon is our Itasca Horizon Motorhome. We spend the summers in cool northern Washington and travel through the warm south during the winter. We spend time in the spring and fall at our home in northern California as we pass by by.

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