Since we bought our Vintage Argosy Trailer (many many years ago!), the “gaucho” aka sofa aka couch aka extra bed has always been a decor challenge. Since the gaucho is at the entrance of our trailer, it sets the decor and design. When we bought it, the couch was a fairly ugly green with weird […]
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Lola the Yorkie reserving her spot on the newly upholstered gaucho and comfy blanket.
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Admittedly, the one refurbish job that we have been avoiding and seriously dreading is reupholstering the Gaucho. I am not a sewing person but can sew a straight line. It seems to be that the Gaucho is basically a lot of straight lines so we decided to be brave and buy some fabric! I always […]
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When we purchased our 1977 Rear Bedroom Argosy, I wanted to keep everything as original as possible. It was never our intention to completely gut, restore or change the interior of our Argosy especially since it was in really great shape. Along the way, we were forced to fix previous owners changes. Things like the […]
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All of our Gaucho articles are listed below. Note: This Includes Gaucho/Sewing of ALL AREAS of the Interiors of our Argosy Trailer & Argosy Motorhome. Re-upholstering Airstream Gauchos Measurements https://www.argosytraveling.com/2019/02/18/re-upholstering-airstream-gauchos/ Grandma’s Gaucho (or how to hide the ugly with a quilt) https://www.argosytraveling.com/2015/07/22/grandmas-gaucho/ Single Couch / Gaucho https://www.argosytraveling.com/2014/03/08/single-couchgoucho-into-a-double/ Memory Foam Coach https://www.argosytraveling.com/2017/03/19/memory-foam-couch/
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* This is part of our 2017 Renovation Series Loki on the Couch The Airstream / Argosy couches have never been known as comfortable. Our son sleeps on the couch and always complains how hard it is. We put an extra board of plywood under the thick upholstery foam and that helped but it’s still […]
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