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Let these gorgeous RVs inspire you to channel your inner Joanna Gaines!
Amy Smith
Amy and her husband sold their 1,700 square foot home to live in this Forest River travel trailer. Amy has gradually been making modifications which include a peel-and-stick tile backsplash, painted cabinets, a drop-leaf table from Ikea, and peel-and-stick wallpaper on the refrigerator. Her white plank wall is actually made from textured shiplap wallpaper.
Brooke Seaman
Brooke and her husband Jon regularly live in their camper while traveling for work, so they wanted it to have a homey feel. Their travel trailer has undergone several phases of decor including this farmhouse look which featured white cabinets, peel-and-stick wallpaper, and cozy decor pieces.
Brooke used burlap sacks to make curtains and cover the trim on her dining booth.
After having to remove a wall in their bathroom due to a suspected water leak, Brooke and Jon decided to replace the wall with corrugated metal, which gave it even more of a country feel.
Cherice Perkins
Cherice and her husband bought their fifth wheel to live in full time after they sell their house. Clean gray and white paint with cheerful blue and white curtains make this kitchen feel fresh and modern.
The rich, wood headboard original to the camper is accented nicely by the dark paint color, while white trim and one white wall keeps the darker colors from overpowering.
Cherice and her husband removed the built-in dining booth and sofa, replacing it with a sofa with hidden storage under the seat and a convenient storage cart. The faux wood accent wall in the living room slide was created using this wallpaper.
Christina LaPlaca
Christina and her husband bought their 2015 Forest River Wildwood Heritage Glen Lite fifth wheel to live in full time so they could keep their same home no matter where in the U.S. the military sends them. To mimic the look of a plank wall, Christina used peel-and-stick flooring which she then painted. She then used antiquing wax to create the illusion of depth and to give her white painted furniture an aged look. You can read more on her blog about her bedroom makeover.
Christina used peel and stick flooring to make a faux wood wall in her kitchen, too. She also added burlap to the inset panels of her kitchen cabinets.
Here is a picture of her RV’s living area.
Jennifer Reid
Jennifer and her fiancé remodeled this 2007 Timberlodge RV to use as a lake house. Having the RV set up in a permanent location gave them a bit more freedom with their decor and furniture choices.
A versatile drop-leaf table can be expanded to seat more people or occupy less space with the leaves down.
To create her backsplash, Jennifer used faux brick paneling (available at Home Depot or Lowe’s) and added spackling “grout” and whitewash to make it look more realistic. Her fiancé built the amazing stovetop cover.
The subway tile backsplash in her beautiful bathroom is peel-and-stick tile from Amazon.
The black and white color scheme with rustic wood gives Jennifer’s RV a more modern Farmhouse feel.
Kelly O’Brien
Kelly turned her 2002 Coachmen Rendezvous Class A into a farmhouse on wheels. with the help of some paint, distressed wood wallpaper on the dining booth, and other decorative touches.
This is Kelly’s dining booth being used as a comfortable looking day bed.
Kelly used the same peel-and-stick subway tiles that Jennifer Reid used in her RV.
Kimberlyn McFadden
Kimberlyn made the uncommon choice to paint her RV’s trim but leave the original wallpaper, and it looks awesome!
A slipcover disguises the factory-original sofa.
Kimberlyn used the distressed wood wallpaper to make an accent wall behind her bed and as insets for her cabinet doors.
Melissa Escobar
Melissa has an impressive ability to innovate to create the look she imagines for her RV. She made her curtain rods out of PVC pipe spray painted to look like copper, and her windows are framed with peel-and-stick wood shiplap. I love the decorative “wrought-iron” detail in the corners of the slide-out trim, made from a shelf bracket. (For more great window ideas, check out my blog post about RV window makeovers!)
Michelle Sharp
In addition to fresh paint and cute farm decor, a tin backsplash helped Michelle achieve the bright and cheery Farmhouse look in her RV’s kitchen.
Michelle added more storage by mounting these baskets on the kitchen cabinets. (Check out this blog post I wrote for more fruit storage ideas!)
Michelle also used the distressed wood wallpaper as a bedroom accent wall.
She painted her built-in dresser with an aging technique to complete the antique Farmhouse look.
Robyn Crowhurst
Robyn and her husband John renovated a 1990 toy hauler and turned it into a tiny home. These photos show some of Robyn’s Farmhouse style decor during one phase of their renovation process.
Robyn’s husband does construction for a living, so it was no problem for him to build a real plank wall for their bathroom.
They also added this real wood wall and sliding door to the open floor plan toy hauler to create a separate bedroom for their daughters. They reinforced the frame of their RV to compensate for the added weight of the extra walls.
Robyn uses vintage Farmhouse items like a rake head and a cheese grater to add storage to her kitchen.
I love seeing how other people decorate their campers, and this is such a great roundup! Soooo much cozier than how they come from the factory, that’s for sure!
I agree! These people did a great job of turning a camper into a home!
So many great ideas! My husband and I started RVing full-time last October. We bought our travel trailer new but have considered painting some of it to lighten it up. I found it quite dark in the winter as our color scheme is creams and browns. This article has given me a lot of inspiration. Thank you!
So glad you enjoyed it! Have fun with your travel trailer! 🙂
This was a fun read! Thanks for posting!
Aw, you’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Love all the creativity! Thanks for sharing. My husband and I just got a 1956 vintage Yellowstone camper and I can’t wait to start rehabbing it! We live in the mountains so it will have a cabin/lodge look.
That sounds like a fun project! Enjoy!
Wow, each RV is so homey, creative and beautiful…..so many great ideas to inspire! Can someone tell me how they have managed to get the peel-n-stick wallpaper to stay stuck? I papered the bathroom to start, and after we put the RV up for the winter, when my husband went to check on it, it was a fallen, crumpled mess. =( Tried to put it back up with lots of smoothing and pressure, but to no avail. Hubby wants me to just tear it down and paint, but I like the look of the pattern instead of just a painted wall. Thanks for any help!
Hi Cindy, I don’t have personal experience with this, but some RV owners recommend 3M Adhesive spray to reinforce the adhesive on peel-and-stick wallpaper, and others use regular wallpaper paste. Hope this helps!
I will give it a try! Thanks for your help!
You’re welcome! Hope it goes well!
Very creative and cute! Quick question: with the free standing decor (vases on upper shelves, etc.), do you remove them when moving the trailer or are they in place with a specific adhesive? I would love to not have to take down my free standing decor in my own rv when it is on the road if I don’t have too. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you
Some RVers take down the stuff and pack it for travel, and others use an adhesive to keep it in place! Museum putty is popular with a lot of people, but my personal favorite adhesive for decor is acrylic mounting tape!
Hi! Great inspiration, lovely design! I’m in the process of renovating my 2005 Toy Hauler, full gut job. That said, I want to clad some of the walls with barnwood but I am wondering what I need to consider? With moving (I’ll be doing so more than being parked) as well as temperature gradients, can I use real wood? What about peel and stick? MDF? Wood like stickers/wall paper best? Thank you for any feedback folks can give, good bad or indiffernt I’ll take it! 🙂
I know of people who have used all of those materials you’ve mentioned! Peel and stick wallpaper is probably the most common just because it’s so easy. Some people use it with no problem, and others have needed to use an additional spray adhesive or wallpaper paste to keep it from peeling. I’ve also known people who used fence boards or cut strips of plywood to create a wall from real wood. In these cases I would just say to be mindful of weight. There are also some interesting artificial wood plank materials available. I used a peel-and-stick 3D foam to line my RV closet, and there are also some very realistic wall paneling materials available at places like Lowe’s and Home Depot. As far as temperature changes, the biggest thing to be aware of is moisture and condensation. You can read more about what causes it to form in an RV and how to prevent it in this blog post I wrote.
Well worth a read. Got great insights and information from your blog. Thanks.
How do u get in touch with someone who’s redo is on here.
Hi Karla, beneath each photo is the name of the person who owns the RV. If their name is in turquoise, you can click it and visit the person’s website or social media page and contact them that way. If their name is gray instead of turquoise, that means I came across their photos shared in a Facebook group and when they granted me permission to share their pictures they didn’t have a URL for me to link to. You might be able to find them by searching for their photos in the Facebook group RV Interior Ideas, as many of them are in that group. Hope that helps!
how has the peel and stick wall paper and tiles held up. did it fall off the walls over time or hold up well. i want to try this option to brighten up our rv bedroom.
I can’t answer from personal experience, but you could try contacting the owners of some of these RV’s to ask! If their names appear in blue below their pictures, that means you can click the name to visit their social media page or website.
I actually saw a discussion about this on Facebook this morning. Some people had problems with their peel-and-stick shiplap wallpaper falling down after the winter, and others said they used adhesive spray (found in the craft department at Walmart or a craft store) to hold it up. Which makes it permanent, I guess!
This post made me smile and even tear up a little. My husband Ed and I renovated our 1997 Nuwa HitchHiker 5th wheel, starting shortly after we bought it new back then. People were horrified! “You’ll never get your money back!”
Ed was gifted a lot of old barnboard which he used to line our bed frame, create a lift-up cover for the window at the top of our bed (lifted and hooked when we wanted light/windows open) and also doubled as a headboard, create a desk with extra storage where the “vanity” had been, add a skinny coat closet near the back of the main area, and a decorative shelf with storage underneath the huge back window. We removed the RV sofabed and dinette, replacing them with a cute denim loveseat and our vintage enamed-top table & chairs. We had a beautiful quilt on the bed. Plants to make it homey & clean the air (they rode in the shower during a trip).
Our only regret was that we didn’t keep it when we stopped working on the road. We were sorry in less than 6 months that we had sold it. But our lives had taken a different turn at that point.
We always planned to get a vintage camper and redo it to use for summer travels. Alas, that never did happen before my beloved Ed died in 2017.
Thus the story behind my smiles and tears looking at these RVs. I’m so grateful for the opportunity we had to live and work together, especially because we were home no matter where we were, together in our tiny cabin on wheels. ❤💔❤
Thank you for this grand article and my unexpected trip down memory lane. 🥰
Aw, thank you so much for sharing that! <3 Glad to be able to bring back some sweet memories for you! <3
Why why why is the RV industry continually cranking out faux Tuscan suburban dreck? THIS is what I want in my vacation cottage on wheels!!!!
Some of them are starting to go with a more updated look! Check out this blog post and you can see what I mean!