After working hard on the struts and having the majority of the furniture framing done we took some time to catch up on some design aspects of the build. I personally had been looking forward to figuring out the final look of the kitchen. Decisions, Decisions! It can be hard to know quite where to start with a kitchen in a camper van, and in general there are a few things to figure out before pressing on: How many people…
After another round of SketchUp work and some more van measuring we ordered our second parcel of struts. Upon receiving them we eagerly headed out to set them up. Framing Continued… This week we were concentrating on the rear of the van working on the bed and seating area. The plan for the rear is to have a 2100mm long sleeping area at night that converts to 1050mm of bench area (this will act as a roof for the garage…
It’s been a long week waiting for our struts to arrive so we can start the furniture build! Let’s Get Slotting An extremely large parcel arrived first thing, it’s our first batch and contains all the struts we’d need to get the kitchen unit and shower units built. We were both super excited and rushed outside to make a start. The parcel had been packed extremely well and it took some doing with scissors to get into as the struts…
We mentioned last time that with the new appliances we needed to make some changes to the layout. This section of the build started with the frantic rehashing of the layout in SketchUp. With some minor adjustments made to our original layout, we have now reached the stage where we can start to build the skeletal frame of the furniture. It’s exciting to reach this phase, I’ve been looking forward to starting on the furniture and seeing the van come…