Thanks, Only downside is that it has come up rather heavy! Probably because I used 50mm kitchen worktop!! Nick
Thanks for all your responses guys. Taking onboard everyone's comments I've pretty much decided to make my own and I'm pretty confident I can come up with something that will look pretty cool. I'm quite looking forward to getting stuck in actually
This is what I came up with over the last year. Total cost excluding cooker/sink and fridge was about £500 and loads of time. The table is reversible and has Backgammon on the other side. The gap between the drawers and the rear units is where the water and gas go. I've made a curved panel which will clip into it to act as a door. You can just see a bit of it in the first picture behind the table. I haven't finished it yet but I think I'll paint it black. I may also alter it to incorporate a curved drawer which would go over the gas and water bottle. It will save wasting that bit of space at the top of that area. This upright drawer is for tins and jars so we can use the difficult bit behind the drivers seat without wasting any space. The worktop is 12mm MDF with lots of support struts underneath and the edge which shows has another thin section of 12mm MDF stuck onto it so that the worktop looks much thicker (and heavier) than it actually is. It was then sanded to within an inch of it's life and painted black with some special paint by a friend of mine. It's lovely and cosy. Everything is exactly where we want it and it makes me smile.
Sandy bay , that looks spot on I've said this before but I do really like that interior of yours .... Top work
I agree. Sandybay's interior is bang tidy! It's sure changed my snobby attitude towards homemade interiors.
Wow! Nice work Sandybay. I'll take my one homemade cooker and cupboard unit and fade off into the background. Proper cool! Presumably the drawer fronts are all laminated? Nick
i bought a cd off ebay a few years ago with plans for interior cabinets. i lost it when i moved house but i have seen it on ebay since. keep a look out
Well, I finally managed to finish installing the kitchen units in our van. I've never posted pics before, so if anyone can tell me how it's done I'll put them up
Sandybay that looks excellent. Rather like the full length unit running along the side instead of a wardrobe. Almost looks like a mini hotel room And it changes my view as l was going to agree with Baydreams about buying a bus with a home made interior. There is some shocking units out there. l adapted a Westfalia continental unit to house my hob/grill. In total it cost £150 and took 3 weekends to do. It's amazing how quickly it all adds up so those new fancy units for £700 can bee a bargain at times. But it is fun making units to your spec and then adapting other items to make it more useful. When doing an interior just remember that a bus isn't as square as you'd think. Imagine them like a triangle. I know is sounds mad but they get narrower from back to front certainly as it gets nearer the front seats. Started like this Ended up like this.
Hopefully these pics will upload ok.........as I said, I have just finished installing the interior, and I'm actually pretty pleased with how they turned out. It's not exactly in the league of Sandybay's interior, but with the limited joinery skills that I have, I'm quite chuffed with it.
The units were just bought from Ikea, and they went in pretty well with a few small modifications. Admittedly they are not as light as what ply units are, but the van is running on twin Webers and with the whole family inside, we were cruising along nicely at 70mph with plenty to spare.
