Kid's Bed

Kids are small but you can't take their sleeping space for granted. Our first few outings, we had one kid strung up in the rafters in a hammock and the other was in a pack-n-play by the sliding door. As you may have imagined, this was less than ideal. Father's Day rolled around and my wife suprised me with spinning mounts for the front seats (more on that later). Woo hoo! A side effect of spinning seats is the ability to install a Cabbunk. We were taken by the price and decided to make our own.

The bedframe

Before a Cabbunk is an option, you will need spinning seats. Once installed, you extend your hangout space which is kind of rad. When bed time rolls around, you simply unroll the bunkbeds over the seats, push them back a bit and you are good to go.

Round 1

There was a lot of measuring in this project. We bolted some L-Track to the sides of the van and welded up some bar holders. We wound up using fiberglass rods our supports. I think we may have been able to get away with fiberglass tube.

Round 2

Our fabric choice for the first design was a perfect color match but a bit too stretchy. We reworked the design with canvas and this one is going to last. Our youngest is only a year old so we added a mesh curtain around the lower bunk to keep her on the bed throuhout the night.