Campervan Cabinet Making

Designing our camper van cabinets.

Campervan cabinet making.

So the task last weekend was to build and fit the kitchen cabinets that will house the sink gas stove and fridge. 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. Making them work in a van. It s cheap strong it looks nice and it s easy to work with.

Making to most of the small amount of space that we had was the biggest challenge while building our cabinets. We explain what to consider when building your bed frame and cabinets in your camper van conversion. This should make those connections more durable and reliant if the. It also requires a minimal amount of tools.

Be sure to watch the end of the video for the finished product full blog post with tool and part list. Our inspiration on our cabinets was to be modern and sleek. 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. 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. J j are also keen campervanners and have just embarked on their second tour of nz in a v posh 4 berth campervan. Let s face it when we buy a new rv it is typically not set up to exactly fit our needs. 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. There are some important things i did to minimize the limitations of these ikea cabinets in a camper van context. We can bridge the gap from having a nice useable rv and having an awesome fully functional made to fit your lifestyle rv.

We use a dometic crx 50 fridge that fit into our campervan kitchen perfectly after making a few adaptions to the cabinet. When building the cabinet boxes frames i used a heavy duty construction adhesive at all the joints in addition to the provided hardware. That is where wood design rv comes in.