[A/S] Microwave Remodel

[hhamp5246@xxxxxxx]

Hi Gang,

Anyone who has been in my trailer knows that it's an on going redesign 
project. As far as I'm concerned Airstreams are like new coloring books. The lines 
are there but you have to fill them in.

Well, this weekend I evacuated the farm just in case, as the hurricane was 
headed for Florida.

While I was camped up in Lake City I finished a project I've been dying to 
do.

One of my very favorite things is art, paintings.  I have them everywhere I 
can squeeze them in on a wall.  One of my least favorite things is feeling like 
I'm sitting in a kitchen, and the microwave sitting in the wall made me feel 
that way. I decided a great way to make both my favorite and least favorite to 
come together.

So.... I took the big microwave out of the cubby it lived in, above the 
fridge. I bought a slightly smaller one that would fit in the space without 
sticking out beyond the opening.  

Then I hinged up an antique board. It was actually the top of a child's toy 
chest, I bought it last summer.  Then I screwed an oil painting onto the board. 


Then I bought a large folding support and put it inside the board and 
attached it to the cubby ceiling.

Voila.  An oil painting instead of a microwave.  Lift the painting and use 
the microwave when I need it, then back the painting goes. 

I put some photos up on a website....

http://members.aol.com/hhamp5246/microwave.htm   

BTW, this is a two person job, my friend Marie who evacuated south Florida 
with her husband and sister, helped. I could not have done this without her, 
it's too hard to work up under the hinges. 

Hunter

http://members.aol.com/hhamp5246/roadtrip2005.htm
Alternate email: hunterhampton@gmail.com