[Richard and Rhonda]

Now I'm starting back in the right direction. The way the vinyl is done is that that is a frame that runs the entire perimeter of the ceiling. You can see it in the pics. The vinyl is stapled to that frame. You just have to take your time, put in some stiching staples, and they go back and carefully stretch the vinyl to get all the wrinkles out. Lucky I had an air upholstery staple gun, or it would have been impossible.

Next, I ripped new luan on the table saw and put it up with a air brad nailer. Then used contact cement to put up the trim.

Finally, the new TV. I decided to go with a 32 instead of a 26. The 32 is a bit big but not big enough to hide any guages or access. My first thought was to mount it on piano hinge swing to give a storage space behind the TV. I gave up and hard mounted it.

By the way, did you know that those guages that read shore voltage are live when you are plugged in?

Any way, here are pics of the finished product sans new plexiglas doors.

Total cost 170 for the vinyl, another 50 in misc stuff, and 500 for the new TV.
Total labor 3 days of a labor of love