Teardrop Interior Finish, Galley Doors and Drawers

While waiting for the appointment for covering the trailer we have been working on lots of details.

Sean has been buttoning-up the electrical under the hatch.  Once that was done I was able to permanently install the doors and drawers under the counter.

On the right at top is the stove drawer, secured by a ship's latch.  Beneath that is a door that opens to the right to expose the propane cylinders and some storage.  This door is secured by a hook latch.  

In the center at bottom is a drawer holding the cooler.  Like the stove drawer, it is secured with a ship's latch.  The panel above that drawer drops into a slot in the front of the drawer, and can be removed and stowed on the right side of the drawer beside the cooler.  The top of this panel is secured by two hook latches.

At left is a door (with a false drawer front to look like the stove drawer) that opens to the right, revealing the water tank, sink, etc.  This door is secured by a hasp.

We installed some oak trim inside the cabin to conceal a major vertical seam in the plywood side, and we placed some trim around the window openings.  I couldn't get the precise trim ring for the windows I needed, so this very thin trim pads the wall thickness just enough.  We added baseboard on both sides and the back wall, as well as trim pieces between the back wall and the sides. 

Once all the trim was installed and sanded, I coated it with polyurethane, then later coated the walls and ceiling completely with a final coat of polyurethane.

The above shot shows the wall and window trim, the ceiling trim, the baseboard and the rear wall trim.  This has all received its final coat of polyurethane.

The above shows the ceiling trim detail.  Missing yet are some rosewood trim strips that will fit around the vent fan curb in the ceiling.

The above view is of the cabin front with final polyurethane coating.

This view is inside the cabinet under the stove holding the two propane cylinders.  The cylinder closest to the observer will be the active cylinder; the one behind it will be the spare, either empty or full.  The panel at the very back conceals much of the wiring distribution in the rear of the trailer.  The metal panel above the cylinders is the bottom of the stove.

The cylinders are positioned by pieces of plywood cut to fit the base of the cylinders, and held down by line tied off to a cleat (difficult to see in this shot, but between the cylinders at the right side partially concealed by the black hose.)