Build A Bed In The Back Of Your Van

Sheet 1 covers the area of the boot sheet 2 goes over the back seats and rests on them once folded down and sheet 3 covers the space over the passenger footwells.

Build a bed in the back of your van. In my post 5 Ideas For A Simple DIY Camper Van Bed Easy Van Conversion I wrote about a fellow van-dweller who only used plastic totes for everything. We used a 14-inch plywood for the back of the cabinetry because it was flexible enough to bend along the curve of the van wall. Because our bed is 60x70 we had to use 2 pieces of plywood to cover the whole bed platform.

You bought a regular van to live in for a temporary period of time ie. Make sure that all equipment is in good and safe working order. Youll want to work from the back of the van where your bed will likely be and move forward.

Then we cut the 12 plywood to fit across the frame. There will be one of these base frames on each side of the van. Couch Mode to Bed Mode.

Youd like to build an easily removable bed so the van has more re-sell options when youre finished living in it or so that you can use the van for other things. Build a Bed in the Back of Your Van. Ive long said that having a shelf in the back of an SUV is probably the single biggest improvement or modification you can make to your car camping setup.

Here are a few simple van storage ideas. These campervan bed designs show creative and practical ideas for your van build. One thing we did to plan our first van floorplan was lay on the floor - this helped us determine how long our bed needed to be in order to be comfortable.

While looking through these builds by other vanlifers be sure to keep in mind the. Not everyone has the cash or time to buildout a fancy van like they saw on Instagram nor do they need to. We used Bertha our 2000.