That is where wood design rv comes in.
Campervan cabinet making.
There are probably as many cabinet styles as there are campervans.
J j are also keen campervanners and have just embarked on their second tour of nz in a v posh 4 berth campervan.
We can bridge the gap from having a nice useable rv and having an awesome fully functional made to fit your lifestyle rv.
When building the cabinet boxes frames i used a heavy duty construction adhesive at all the joints in addition to the provided hardware.
After finishing our paneling it was time to tackle the bed frame and cabinets.
It also requires a minimal amount of tools.
So the task last weekend was to build and fit the kitchen cabinets that will house the sink gas stove and fridge.
Making them work in a van.
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 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.
There are some important things i did to minimize the limitations of these ikea cabinets in a camper van context.
Our inspiration on our cabinets was to be modern and sleek.
Making to most of the small amount of space that we had was the biggest challenge while building our cabinets.
We topped it all off with square white countertops.
The majority are made out of wood and that s probably what you ll be building yours out of too.
The build part was made easier by buying ready built cabinets from bunnings.
Our custom cabinetry can be built to fit into basically any space and shape.
Having a freezer was super nice because we could stock up on extra.
We use a dometic crx 50 fridge that fit into our campervan kitchen perfectly after making a few adaptions to the cabinet.
This should make those connections more durable and reliant if the.
It s cheap strong it looks nice and it s easy to work with.
Designing our camper van cabinets.
Let s face it when we buy a new rv it is typically not set up to exactly fit our needs.