It says something about the condition of the boat at purchase that decorating is at the top of the list… Don’t get me wrong there’s plenty of technical stuff to get my head around and do as it is a fairly complex vessel and maintenance never stops, but nothing is so urgent that Lady Kay (the human one, my lovely bride) can’t have fun decorating the place. She’s been looking forward to it for years…….
1: The Salon.
The veneer is gorgeous. We are not touching it. Though Hatteras used a lot of Afromosia, it appears ours is Mozambique. (a relative of rosewood). The cabinet case in the middle of the room initially seemed odd. But having that storage at the helm for sundry equipment is handy. The furniture and curtains were very good quality, just not our thing. The carpet a wee bit tired. We installed new wood-looking blinds (the real thing at some point in the future) and new off white curtains.
Before:
Original plan was also to use cutoffs from the curtains (we’re buying off the shelf 60″ curtains) to redo the cornice. Just for giggles I started peeling back the layers (4 it turned out) and found gorgeous original finished mahogany. The fabric layers were stapled but thankfully 99% of the staples were on the back…. 500,000 of them. HOURS and HOURS I spent puling them out. But it was worth it…..
With the new blinds….
The furniture was, again, not our thing. Fortunately it fit through the center opening on the back deck and with a few stout gents on the swim platform out it went. We replaced it with furniture from a company called Recpro. Comes in all kinds of configurations and 4 colors. They cater to the RV industry and RV doors are even smaller than the Hatt doors, so it’s all designed to fit through a 22″ door! Snap together and there we are. All of it reclines, the two center backs on the couch flip forward as tables…Quite comfortable.
And finally with the new curtains. Off the shelf Jacques Penez, shortened by a friendly person with the right equipment at home.
2: Master Stateroom.
Again, quality but not our thing.
Before:
After:
I replaced the tracks with new as the OEM tracks would have required sewing in the sliders at EVERY pleat. We went with ring sliders and hooks. They’re out of sight so no one can tell the difference. Also, for some reason the side curtains were a foot off the side wall on the trim piece. I made a second piece out of Sapele and installed that a few inches off the side wall. This greatly increased the volume of the space.
Lady Kay..... a series of boats. 