What is your vintage trailer "fetish"?

I have a thing for vintage hardware and interior and exterior lights. You can't have too many lights.

I love the 55-62 hams but I like the 30s & 40s hardware better. The art deco looking pieces.

The same goes for our 1982 house. When we moved in I took off all the door knobs and replaced them with circa 1910 glass knob.

For me it's PARTS. I hoard them. If I get rid of something, the next day I need it. LOL

I'm right there with you on the plates and melamine ladywendolyn  

I have melamine in various color schemes, even though none will go with my current camper theme.  And just decor (era correct, not just glampy stuff)... fans, radios, etc.  Soon my project will be to the point where I will at least feel safe in digging out all of my decor and see how much of it I'll actually use!

For me it's trim. When I walk in a trailer, a house, or anything else, I might not notice the color of the walls but I look at the details. The trim, how things are finished, how the corners meet up, if they are square etc. I would call it more of a "problem" though than a fetish. I am constantly looking at all of the stuff we have done thus far and wanting to redo it to look better. As my wife says, "we don't want it to look brand new!!"... ahem... yes dear, but we do want it to look like we knew what the $&%$& we were doing when we repaired/restored it.

I think trim is really where you can tell if someone did a good job or not. I guess that's the moral to my rambling.

My fetish is definately wood. \Carved wood, wood trim, real wood paneling etc. In our house I added some very nice hand carved posts that hold up the ceiling, and hand carved, hand stained finished etc cabinets in the bathroom, See juboka at houzz ...
As far as hardware, I too really like the 1930's (not sure) brass figured Eastlake style its very cool and readily available.
Being a specialist in the fashion industry, my real expertise in fabrics goes way back also. I found a few pieces of '1950's vintage French Barkcloth' on Etsy for the trailer! :)
Its nice if a few 'things' can make one feel they have something no one else has, something that is unique to them. I believe in loving everything you have inside your life. If it makes you feel crappy get rid of it.

p/s Wendolyn did you or anybody look up the 'Winfield Bamboo' dishes I got for Gypsy? They were made in the 1950's right here in Santa Monica. So amazing I got a giant set to use in the Spartan. For 100.