live ›› in lovely spaces
W hen Dave Rosiello of Morgantown purchased this 1970 Frolic XP he had a vision. For two years, he worked on transforming it into a mobile masterpiece. “I bought it for $200, and just started tearing it all up. It was in rough shape,” he says. He replaced the roof, rewired it, skinned the outside and sealed it with marine polyurethane. He faced the cabinets with reclaimed barnwood he purchased at Eloquence Antiques and Artisans in Morgantown, and created an ingenious system that would allow the toilet to swing out—providing more room for a handheld shower. Inspired by family trips to national parks across the country, Rosiello gave his decor a retro vintage theme that harkens back to a simpler time.
THE ADVENTURE BEGINS Frolics were travel trailers built by an Elkhart, Indiana, company founded in the early 1960s. Rosiello purchased the camper for a song, but spent two years and around $6,000 making it roadworthy .
56 wvl • summer 2020
Made with FlippingBook Online document