I love the little details that Geo comes up with!
Geo has built these cool little cubbyhole shelves at the head end of each bunk bed, for things like iPad's, cameras, books, water bottles and other kid-related junk. They have these awesome little LED lights that look very much like old car headlights - they are so cute! He even has USB charger plug thingies - so they can charge the iPad and iPods, and their cameras. I mean, he thinks of everything. The bunks even have whiteboards on one side, so the kids can write on their walls in erasable marker pens ...
The bottom bunk, which will be used mostly for storage, hasn't got a cool cubbyhole. But it does have a piece of the original van's plywood, saved and reused. So that's cool, huh.
The kitchen cabinet framing is now complete, and the sink and stove installed! I LOVE the old stove. It's so 80's, it really takes me back to my childhood era! The overhead cabinets including the range hood are also completed, and will be all screwed in place tomorrow. Yay! And the overhead cupboards will come down to sit right on top of this sweet little window. Can't decide whether to put a tea towel rail over it so we can hang tea towels that will double as its curtain, or make a cute frilly curtain ... will have to wait till the kitchen has more character, I think.
Geo has built these cool little cubbyhole shelves at the head end of each bunk bed, for things like iPad's, cameras, books, water bottles and other kid-related junk. They have these awesome little LED lights that look very much like old car headlights - they are so cute! He even has USB charger plug thingies - so they can charge the iPad and iPods, and their cameras. I mean, he thinks of everything. The bunks even have whiteboards on one side, so the kids can write on their walls in erasable marker pens ...
The bottom bunk, which will be used mostly for storage, hasn't got a cool cubbyhole. But it does have a piece of the original van's plywood, saved and reused. So that's cool, huh.
The ladder for the kids bunk's went in this week too, but the jury is still out on it. Geo thinks the MDF might not be strong enough to cope with MonkeyBoy antics. MDF is usually full of formaldehyde so we had hoped to not use it anywhere on the van.
Might pull it out and use ply instead. If funds allow? We'll see.
The lounge is also coming together, and the plans for the Murphy type bed are drawn up and have been scrutinised. Hopefully they will go in tomorrow.
Then the last part of the couch will go in, and the layout is complete. After that we sand and paint, sand and paint. Then we can start bringing our stuff in! Getting closer!
I still can't believe how clever Geo is at creating all this stuff with no actual plans/patterns. Working it all out himself. Designing, planning, then building. Clever cookie! More soon xx
I still can't believe how clever Geo is at creating all this stuff with no actual plans/patterns. Working it all out himself. Designing, planning, then building. Clever cookie! More soon xx
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