AiRSTREAM ChRONICLES: CHapTER 1

March 6, 2010

In tribute to all the ROadside bars, seedy dives, and backROAD dancehalls that have inspired MiRaNda LamBErt along the way, she’s decided it’s time to hit the AmERICAN highways … like a troubadour cowgirl on the run.

 With an old suitcase filled with her best worn-out jeans, her cleanest dirty shirts (and of course, her JunK GyPSY gear), and her PinK guitar slung over her back she’s going back to her music roots…BaCK to all the beauty, character, and soul those iconic bars hold within their legendary walls and on their old creaky dance floorS.

{GRuENE HALL – one of MirANDA’s & our favorite danceHaLLS}

Soooo before she hits the road, we gypsies are decking out a 1953 FLYinG CLOUD AiRSTREAM!

{MiRANDA’s new tin can on WhEELS}

 WE’vE got 9 days to turn this SiLVER buLLET into a hip-hoppin, honky-tonkin’ happenin ParKIN LoT saLOOn for MiranDa’s new tour, RoADSIDE bARS & PinK GuiTARS!!

{ThE EAgLE is landing.}

A QUiCK & DiRTY history of how this all came to be…

  • sooo, we randomly came up with the tour name for MiRANDA years ago..
  • then…MiRANDA wrote ‘THE AirSTREAM SONG’ for us…
  • then…we designed the logo for the tour which has an AiRSTREAM front and center on the art
  • then…she decided she needed an OFFICIAL airSTREAM on her tour that we aptly named
  • then we all decided we needed to deck it out JunK GypsY StyLe

And a little more to get you up to speed on aiRSTREAM renovation progress…here’s a quick glance at a few before shots…

{before shot- gutted}

{another interior- getting ready to paint…}

Annnd some progress shots…

{PainTING the interior}

 So FaR, we’ve painted the inside MeTALLIC turQUOISE. yep, METALLIC…it is sooo rockin’!

we saw it, we loved it, we had to have it.

 Here’S the SoFA…salvaged 1800’s piece from HeCTOR the COLLecTOR years ago.

{before shot-SOFa}

 StAY TunED…we’ve GoT biG pLANS for this baby!

annnnnd other RaNDOM pieces of HaPPINESS filling thE warehouse waiting their turn in the FLyING CLouD…

{PiNK FLaMINGOs-yeah, baby!}

annnd…

{GLiTTER viNYL!}

 a salvaged CiRCUS game WHEEL

{CiRCUS gaME WHeeL}

…seriously, WHO doesn’t need one of these?  AND a 1960 CaDILLAC grILL

{hello Mr.CaDILLAc grill…you complete me}

  and soooo much more stuff you’re gonna loooove!

StAY TunED! NeXT, on the AiRSTREAM CHronICLES…

-RiCK & BeV LamBERT, us, the DiXIE ChiCKEN, and TiJUANA FriES

-bar installation, circus wheel, and FLooR!

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14 Comments

  • Reply Beverly March 6, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    Mercy! I’m LOVING the metallic turquoise paint.

    … keep the updates comin’ ….

  • Reply mar March 6, 2010 at 7:13 pm

    LOVE where this whole project is going
    goes without saying i love miranda lambert!!!
    how cool is that she is going to travel in what you recreate!!!
    i will be back to watch this progress!!!
    glad i tripped onto your site today!

  • Reply Cyndi Neumann March 6, 2010 at 8:20 pm

    NOw, I am loving this and I know it will be awesome from your previous re-do of the big rig. Now, will that beautiful sofa fit theough that doorway? I would love it in my little 1963 Shasta Teardrop trailer, AND I am on the look out for that Airstrea Song Miranda wrote!
    Smiles, cyndi

  • Reply Cathryn March 7, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    Where did you get the paint?!? LOVE….now…where could I use it?!
    http://www.farmerstrophywife.com

    • Reply Jolie March 8, 2010 at 4:06 pm

      HoME DePOT! RaLPH LauREN MEtaLLICS…We Loooove it!!!!

  • Reply Mike March 7, 2010 at 7:13 pm

    This project is soooo Miranda. Can’t wait to see the finished product. It’s gonna ROCK. But it’s gonna rock Gypsy style.

  • Reply Renee March 8, 2010 at 1:01 pm

    I am so excited to see the progress and cant wait for the finished product! You guys are phenomenal and I know it is going to be so cool!

  • Reply Leah March 8, 2010 at 5:22 pm

    My bedroom is painted that exact same color and I have never loved a paint color SO much!

  • Reply Bobbi March 10, 2010 at 9:56 am

    I love what ya’ll are doing to the airstream.
    love it, love it, love it!!!!!!!

  • Reply Aussiej March 10, 2010 at 10:02 pm

    I just want to be there with you all.

  • Reply Pam March 10, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    Wild Things, you make my heart sing! Can’t wait to see what evolves with the airstream!

  • Reply Jen April 6, 2010 at 11:33 pm

    OhMaGosh! It was around Spring Break weekend & I was headed to the local bootshop & this (well, technically not specifically ‘this’ exact one, but “a”) Bee-u-tiful, Shinnnny Airstream caught ma eye! I SOOO wanted to follow it, haha – just to get a better look (knowing Nothing about you gals’ project). I just loved the nostalgia of the tin can on wheels, but I HAD to pick up my boots before the shop closed!and missed it. I went home & raved to my husband about the tag-along silver bullet, lol. I am dying to know if y’all were in South Texas (Corpus) during your time with the project??? Is there any final footage of the project? I’d love to see how y’all gloriously junked it out! Maybe i missed it, I’ll keep lookin’!

  • Reply Wayne April 27, 2010 at 3:23 pm

    Great job on the trailer! Interested in where or what the stamped metal panels are that are used on the cabinet next to the couch?

  • Reply Deborah November 8, 2010 at 9:32 pm

    Can’t wait to see what the finished interior looks like; we’re currently upgrading a 1977 Airstream.

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