Aboard Idilio

The last post was all about tough, even nasty, projects... So now I want to share some more fun stuff! There was a good amount of deep cleaning and wood restoration, the kinds of jobs that are immediately satisfying and often had us oooooing and ahhhhing at the results. But, before we get to that... Let's talk about the one extra compartment we found, several visits after we thought we had gone through everything in the boat. See, the salon has this convertible sofa, with drawers underneath. We had cleaned out all the drawers, but hadn't moved all the sofa cushions out of the way. They were kind of nasty and sticky underneath, maybe even glued to the boards below, so we had left that for whenever we wanted to tackle some leather restoration.  After deciding now was the time and removing the cushions, Becca was playing with the sofa to understand the mechanics of how it turns into a bed when she found this space. I was able to capture her "what is in here?" face... If