First Trailer Project Completed

In preparation for taking off on a life on the road, I decided to make some changes to my teardrop trailer. 

Previously, the interior of the trailer was all one big bed, split in two sections, with storage underneath. I’m removing one of the beds to make the interior of the trailer more livable for life on the road.

I first removed the plywood where one of the mattresses lay and then removed the 1x4s that held the sheet.

A small camper trailer with an open side door shows the interior, featuring a wooden shelf and a fire extinguisher mounted on the wall. The exterior is white with black stripes, and there is a circular window on the door. Sunlight filters through nearby trees, casting shadows.

Part of the reason for doing this is that having the entire inside of the trailer as a bed makes it so that you have to remove your shoes before getting inside. And if it’s raining outside, you absolutely have to remove the shoes. Now I could get into the trailer without removing the shoes.

The only problem is that sitting into the trailer would require dragging your butt over the door threshold and potentially scraping up your legs.

Interior view of a partially renovated room with installed light wood flooring and a section of square gray tiles. A wooden cabinet with an electrical outlet is on the left, and a window is open to the right, showing green grass outside. Sunlight streams through an open door.

So, I reconfigured the supports to return part of the sheet of plywood, which will also provide a bit of storage. 

Interior of a camper van under construction, showing a partially built wooden bed frame on a tiled floor. A cordless drill rests on the tiles. Wooden cabinetry is visible on the left, and a window on the right opens to a grassy yard outside.

I trimmed the plywood sheet to fit. Now when you get into the trailer, you don’t scrap your butt and legs. I’ll need to have a piece of foam, similar to the bed material, cut to sit over the new storage. I added the hinges at the top so that the piece of plywood would not slid off and so that it could be accessed from outside or while sitting on the bed.

Interior of a small trailer with wooden flooring. A raised plywood platform covers part of the floor, with a small round hole visible on one board. The left side has a brown cabinet with an electrical outlet. A door opens to reveal a grassy yard and a parked car outside.

Here’s the storage.

The image shows the interior of a camper van with a wooden platform bed. The bed is partially lifted, revealing storage space underneath. The flooring is tiled, and there's a built-in wooden cabinet on the left. A window on the right lets in natural light. A car is visible outside.
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