The Hearth & Flour Mobile Bakery

March 18th, 2025

This thing has been a bonkers journey. I was scrolling through Pinterest one night in June. And I saw someone transform a cute 2-horse trailer into a coffee trailer… And that idea wouldn’t leave my mind. What would my husband think?? Another project ON TOP OF us building a home, while we were living in an apartment… Where would we park this thing… where can we work on it? Who knows how to do this stuff?!?!?

I can assure you, ALL of those questions popped into my head within 5.6 seconds. But God.

So, I told my amazing husband, Michael, that I found this cute horse trailer and the plans I had for it. For our family. Did he flinch? I think so. But it was like a puppy looking at its owner. You can’t look and not love that face. I’m the puppy. lol

So 3 days later, we drove to the coast. About 2 hours away from where we were currently living. It was white but dirty. Paint was chipping everywhere. There was rust, and the floorboards were rotting. But we had a vision… well, Pinterest had one. Parked it at a friend’s house when we got back into town. Messaged another friend overnight. SHE had her own coffee trailer before., I remember her and her husband working on their trailer in their backyard, thinking they’re insane! There was no floor… how can it become what she wants?! BUT they both knew what they wanted to do, and they made it happen as well.

Our plan for this mobile bakery is quite simple. Make the treats at home, Package and seal them. Then store and sell everything in the mobile bakery. Saturday Markets, Small events, Private Events, etc. :)

Anyways, I messaged her, seeing if they would be willing to help us transform this thing. 100% yes!!! So the following day, we picked it up from Caroline’s house (didn’t tell her we picked it up, so she messaged us slightly panicked and asked if we had picked it up, because she thought someone had stolen it) and took it to Gabbie & Blaiks! Parked it and for the next SEVERAL months, we worked hard on this thing.

Well. I quickly realised what needed to be done with MY trailer. Bought it in June, and I said to Michael, we can have this done by August, no problem. Wrong. Big problem. I decided that everything needed to be stripped to its bare metal and we start over…. WHHHYYYY………But we did it. Sanded that thing down, pressure-washed it with some wonderful friends. Rebuilt the floor, put in electricity, and repainted the interior with some bronze. Put up some shiplap. Made a bookshelf. Bought a mini fridge (which I actually can’t use right now, legally), but that’s another post.

A lot needed to happen. But we are SO close to finishing. Michael and our awesome friend, Blaik, helped us so so much that I don’t think we’d be able to finish this thing without him.

Hopefully, in the next couple of months itl’ll be finished. But I’m remembering.


God’s Plan. Not Mine.