Just tweaked my 'truck transformation' CapCut vid, so the music lines up better ... wait for the drop! 😉

Music: Cannonball by The Breeders
The rest: All my own work 😁

#tinyhomes #offgrid #DIY #music #selfbuild #vanconversion #nomad #NewAgeTravellerCommunity 

Today I'm measuring up for the kitchen worktop. I've bought a lovely quarter sheet of bamboo plywood and I'm quite nervous about cutting it.

I'm trying to optimise usable worktop space with adequate knee room when I'm sitting on the bench.

This piece of cardboard is currently a little too deep, as I need room to reach into the kitchen storage while the bed is extended. My habit of keeping cardboard boxes, in case they come in handy, has been well justified in this project. 😄

I'm not looking forward to cutting the hole for the sink, but it doesn't have to be a perfect circle.

I secured the kitchen frame to the floor yesterday. Things are starting to come together. 🙂

#PaddyTheCaddy
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I decided I needed to stick to a plan and stop dithering when building #PaddyTheCaddy's kitchen.

I'm 85% sure what the design is and maybe 90% sure how I'm going to build that 85%, so I've spent the afternoon carefully re-measuring and constructing simple jigs out of right-angled cardboard boxes, lengths of wood and lots of clamps.

I learnt a lot from making the bed frame and I won't be making those mistakes again. 😄

I needed to get building and let the unknowns sort themselves out along the way.

Tomorrow I'll work out exactly where the floor bolts will go, then screw together the side rails/legs to the floor struts.

I have a nice piece of bamboo to cut for the (split level) worktop.

#VanConversion
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Couple Builds Stunning Camper Van From Scratch | Full Transformation by @Mar.lavender

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The more I wrestle with Nana's sewing machine, the more I marvel at the skill of that generation of women. The machine appears to possess a demonic spirit of its own. My Nana's generation knew how to tame and control that spirit.

I have read the manual and I've tested all of the settings on scraps of material yet, when I come to sew something for real, the machine scorns my efforts. It bunches up the material; it creates a huge knot of thread; it teases me with very slow stitching ...... then rushes forward at potentially finger-jabbing pace.

I will persevere!

#Sewing #VanConversion