Campervan Cabinet Making

When building the cabinet boxes frames i used a heavy duty construction adhesive at all the joints in addition to the provided hardware.

Campervan cabinet making.

There are some important things i did to minimize the limitations of these ikea cabinets in a camper van context. The build part was made easier by buying ready built cabinets from bunnings. Be sure to watch the end of the video for the finished product full blog post with tool and part list. We explain what to consider when building your bed frame and cabinets in your camper van conversion.

A lot of people go with a chest style fridge but we like the appearance of a built in fridge because it looks more finished plus it comes with a freezer which chest style fridges usually don t have. We wanted clean lines slick grey faces and modern door pulls. Designing our camper van cabinets. Making them work in a van.

Our inspiration on our cabinets was to be modern and sleek. It s cheap strong it looks nice and it s easy to work with. Having a freezer was super nice because we could stock up on extra. We can bridge the gap from having a nice useable rv and having an awesome fully functional made to fit your lifestyle rv.

After finishing our paneling it was time to tackle the bed frame and cabinets. We topped it all off with square white countertops. It also requires a minimal amount of tools. Our custom cabinetry can be built to fit into basically any space and shape.

There are probably as many cabinet styles as there are campervans. Let s face it when we buy a new rv it is typically not set up to exactly fit our needs. We use a dometic crx 50 fridge that fit into our campervan kitchen perfectly after making a few adaptions to the cabinet. That is where wood design rv comes in.

We opted to make our bed frame really sturdy so build it by hand out of timber then cad up the kitchen unit and cabinets and cnced them out of 12mm birch plywood. So the task last weekend was to build and fit the kitchen cabinets that will house the sink gas stove and fridge. This should make those connections more durable and reliant if the.