We have wanted a camper for many years now. Something small we could pull with our small SUV and that would be fairly cheap. As much as we would have loved a big brand new camper it was not in the budget. Both Chris and I camped as children and loved it. My best friend has a camper and we have been fortunate enough to squeeze into their camper with their family of five. It was a bit cramped, well that’s a bit of an understatement, but we had so much fun that we really wanted to be able to have our own camper some day.
We started looking around and fell in love with our 2000 Coleman Niagara. We named her Bertha. We just knew she was the one from the first time we looked at her. I guess you could say it was love at first sight! Bertha is in pretty great shape for being 16 years old but she needs some little love and TLC. We were so surprised how much room was inside. Bertha has a slide out dinette and a potty/shower combo. Her downfall is the very ugly dated decor. I knew that this would not do and that we would have to spruce her up. I got a lot of my ideas off of Pop Up Princess. Larissa, from the Pop Up Princess has an amazing blog with so much information and so many wonderful renos. I have spent hours on her site. It’s definitely the place to go if you are buying a pop up camper or already own one and want to glamp it up.
So here is our Bertha before the renovation:
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