Reduce reuse recycle - pavalino edition

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Reduced - well, it's no longer got walls
Reuse - it's a former pavalino, replaced after 10 years service
Recycle - ...now going on to a new life as an arming tent

My clever sweetie was hard at work in the heat on the weekend, finishing a lingering UFO (UnFinished Object): making an arming tent out of a pavilion top, left to us by Dubheasa and Terafan some years ago.


Is this cool or what?



Genevieve sample included for scale.
It's just tall enough for Robert to stand in, and large enough for two camp beds. Requires just one pole, and a dozen stakes.

Best of all...having it here reminds us of Terafan and Dubheasa. I think of them every time I handle purple-painted canvas.

Comments

[ethnowoman.livejournal.com]

I have a pavillion exactly like this. I also started painting it... unlike you guys I never finished it! But yes, I agree, the design is awesome... one central pole, tons of head room, virtually impossible to tip in the wind (important on the windy prairies). Mine is better in theory than practice though as the fabric was not cut quite right and it is rather loose, like the skin of a Sharpei. Hence not totally waterproof. Trying to figure out whether to salvage it or start again, especially with the kids factored it.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Immense coolness!

(I confess that, while this is a great arming tent, I myself wouldn't camp in it for more than a night or two, and not at all if it's going to rain; but YMMV.)