So, create a base that fits along your longest wall.

Then you make a set of interlocking slats, so that the lower set pulls out. These get screwed to the wall, on hinges.

Then add a leg to the slats that pull out and have your wonderful wife take two mattresses and cover them in curtain material to make two beautiful mattresses.

They can be arranged as a seat 

and when pulled out a bed!

Tada! Bed made now. We are booked to go away!!

So, here is how to make a Chuck Kitchen..

Purchase an old desk from St Wilfred’s Hospice Furniture store move the drawer unit to the other side, throw away the three lowest drawers and cut a hole in the top to accept the kitchen unit you have purchased. Then make a small box frame to replace the legs on the other side

line the side so it is flush with the top with something like 9mm ply, and cut a handle in it.

Then insert two sliding doors into the sink section and a hinged door underneath the drawer. Give it a base and a back (So that stuff doesn’t fall out when you’re moving it)

Place two bits of wood and a strap to stop the bottle moving around. if you like you can use a pair of drawer runners as a support for a shelf that encapsulates your gas bottle.

Grab two water bottles, one for clean, one for not so clean and place them under the sink and run a hose into that which you deem is the dirty one.

I have no images of this bit just yet.

I made two 150mm wide french cleats to attach the kitchen to the bulk head. I added a short uncut piece (1 inch wide) of the same wood to the inside edges of each cleat and these cleats were attached to the kitchen. then aligned the other halves of the cleats on the bulkhead. These two “uncut” pieces ensure there is no lateral movement of the kitchen.

After much sanding, we painted the kitchen “shed green” so that the paint will cope with the exterior.

Next is the wardrobe, which is going to the right of the kitchen.

It’s been nearly a year since I posted anything on here.. It really has been that long since we went away in the motor-home. So long in fact that in the interim, we decided it was too big for the three of us and decided to sell it.

Not only was it too big for the three of us, it was also too good to be sat there doing nothing. we’d placed a lot of ourselves into it, and we really hope Den enjoys it where ever he and his family decide to go.

So, we’re without anything to camp in at the moment, however there is plan.. Honest Guv..

And here is the plan

We purchased this, a Vauxhall Vivaro Long Wheel Base van from a local van dealer with the intention of turning it into a camper-van. It used to be a carpet fitters van which is evident from the bits of fluff we’re finding in all the nooks and crannies.

And we gutted it, insulated it..

Cut holes in the roof..

repainted sections of it

Lined it, made a bulkhead and covered the ceiling with plastic, installed a roof-light. Cut a hole in the sliding door and fitted a window.

Shiny Plastic Tongue and Groove Ceiling

Laid a new floor..

You can see the electric lead on the bulkhead, which leads to a consumer unit, battery charger and, in turn, a leisure battery.

So, now we start the process of filling it with goodies like a chuck kitchen, wardrobe, hammock for Toby and pull out double bed.