Building A Mobile Fashion Boutique — paparazzi truck

​Look what we just bought! Macy’s is going out of business at our local mall so we just bought the checkout counter from their shoe department! It ain't pretty but we got it for $75, which is a great price! It’s not the right color but we will fix that! Or should I say…my Husband will fix that! Lol! He will have to refinish it somehow, but it’s the right size and the right price. Can’t beat that!

Now that we have the truck back home, it’s time for us to start with the build-out. At the beginning of this adventure, my Husband was less than thrilled about putting any kind of money into this truck, let alone help me do the work. I’m not sure what changed, but he has been out there every day this week working on it! I’d like to say he’s helping me with it, but really it’s all HIM doing the work so far! He has installed the insulation and the new laminate floors already and he did it all on his...

Because of the freezing temperatures, the paint was taking quite a long time to dry, but my truck was finally delivered last night! The Fabricator brought it home around 9:30pm so it was too dark to take pictures until today. It looks wonderful! The porch is extremely heavy though so we will have to install a winch system of some kind so that I can set it up by myself, but it looks great! I love the new French doors! It looks so inviting. J I can’t wait to get started on the inside build-out. I’m also very pleased with...

I got a call from the Fabricator today. Our plan was for him to start on reassembling the entire porch & door components back onto the truck today and then we planned for him to deliver the truck back to us tomorrow. However, because of the cold weather, it is taking much longer for the paint to set and dry than expected. Boo for freezing, snowy weather! Looks like we will have to wait a little bit longer! It is coming along nicely though! It’s gonna look so cool when it’s done! We are hoping to have it back next...

I haven't had much of an update from the fabricator, but he did send me a few photos. The porch, awning & stairs have been made. The roll up door and lift gate were removed, and because the lift gate and back bumper were one unit, a brand new bumper had to be fabricated so he is currently working on that as you can see in the photo. He's filled in lots of holes left behind from the lift gate as well. The door frame has been made, the doors have been mounted and then removed again until all metal...