Considering an interior refurb

I spent about an hour today trying to determine whether or not I can reasonably redo the interior of my not-worth-too-much airplane. Looks like I can do it for a relatively reasonable price and make it much, much nicer inside. Pretty sure interior on the plane is 37 years old - all original.

When the aircraft is worth around $30K (and I paid substantially less than that when I bought it), you just can't easily justify investing thousands and thousands of dollars into seats, carpeting and trim. But if I could make it work on a budget and get good quality for what I would spend, an interior upgrade could breathe a substantial amount of new life into a tired and worn out cabin. The airplane itself - meaning the airframe and engine - are great. It runs strong and is solid structurally. But he seat cushions are old, flattened and worn out, the fabric is faded, plus the window and wall trim is mostly warped, cracked and generally gross. In other words, it looks like it was made int he 70s and has been used since then.

I intend to fly this airplane for years to come, so I'm thinking an interior redo is in order. But refitting teh interior means not doing other things, like avionics upgrades or other changes. At any rate, I'll try to document some of the changes and the decisions here as I go, along with some of my flying experiences.

A note about Twin Oaks Airpark's rentals

I think this is worth mentioning. Twin Oaks Airpark, where I'm training, has very reasonable rentals on their aircraft fleet. All the aircraft are GPS-equipped, and the rates are "wet" (which means they include 100LL fuel), which is quite a bit less than most other FBOs in the area. Good for keeping training costs down a bit.

They have seven Cessnas for rent. The four C-150's rent for $75/hour and the three C-172's (all IFR-equipped) go for $99/hour).

For the Piper fleet, they have a cool restored 1948 Cub (VFR), a Cherokee 180 (VFR), and a Comanche 250 (IFR).

You can see the rental schedule for each plane and then reserve the aircraft you want to fly online.