The kitchen with the new spice rack and with paper towel holder reinstalled
The magnetic curtain rod is a bust. The upholstery fabric is apparently too heavy, even with the additional magnets glued to the door.
So tomorrow I’ll remove the magnets, touch up the paint, and install a conventional curtain rod using rivets.
The new spice rack. Note the mini air horn on the top shelf. It’s there in case we catch a bear trying to break into our truck. 😀
I fared a little better installing the spice rack. I did have trouble drilling out one of the old rivets, and ended up drilling one hole larger than I should have. And neither Ron nor I have the hand strength to properly pop the 5 mm rivets. Finally, though, we did manage to get them in — only to discover that Casita had originally drilled the holes a little off level. Funny, we never noticed the old rack being off a little. I am training myself not to notice that this one is a little crooked!
The new rack had spaces for 4 rivets instead of two. Since the rack wasn’t real stable with just two, I drilled smaller holes and used the 3 mm rivets that I could manage in the bottom indentations.
The paper towel holder, properly bolted on, at last!
Next was reinstalling the paper towel holder. I originally had installed it with adhesive foam tape — that fell off on the first trip. The next time I installed it with 3M VHB tape. That lasted several months, but it finally fell off, too.
So this time I did it properly. I drilled small holes in the stove hood and used small bolts with stainless steel washers on both sides. I put a dollop of silicone on the back of the bolt so the nuts are actually “glued” on. I bet it will stay up now!
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thymelesssageandrandomrants
/ July 21, 2013Thanks for giving us the results of the magnetic curtain rod. It sounded perfect. I was about to go look for one. Won’t bother, now.
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tinycamper
/ July 21, 2013It did sound like an inspired idea, didn’t it? Glad you didn’t have to find out the hard way that it didn’t work! 🙂
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Judy Crankshaw
/ July 21, 2013Two outta three ain’t bad. 😉 Looks great.
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tinycamper
/ July 21, 2013I’m pretty happy with the kitchen now. It’s neat and convenient.
And I’m glad I tried the magnetic curtain rod, too. If it had worked, it would have been great. Now I know! 🙂
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Jo
/ July 21, 2013Just moving right along. I didn’t notice any slant in the spice rack. It all looks great.
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tinycamper
/ July 22, 2013I’m surprised that I never noticed the original rack wasn’t a little crooked. So if I haven’t noticed it for 1-1/2 years, I’m not going to let it bother me now! 🙂
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Jerryc
/ July 21, 2013You’re one handy lady. Sorry about the curtain, but I’m sure you will come up with a solution.
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tinycamper
/ July 22, 2013Jerry, I excel at correcting boo-boos. Because I make so many of them! 😀
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