Kitchen Addition

My Mother and Sister will understand; we are never content with the status quo when it comes to the furniture. Since I can not longer relocate pieces within the van, I have instead chosen to add to it.

It’s an idea that has been pecking away at the far recesses of my mind for the past month. At the foot of the bed (or head, which ever way you care to see it) has been only empty space. Moose’s crate has occupied that space, but he rarely uses his crate anymore. It had become wasted space, the sin of all sins for a van dweller. A plan was devised to find something better,  something useful to my daily life, to inhabit that area.

It is an extension of the kitchen that became the $35 sheet of sanded plywood I had bought just for the occasion, allowing me to move my stove to it’s own dedicated area. Moving the 2 burner stove freed up much needed counter space on the opposite side of the van. It would also eliminate the middle of the night BZZZZZZ when my fridge kicks on causing the stove to vibrate… a primary goal I must admit. You wont believe how many times I have been awaken by the heavy metal band that my stove and fridge are members of. There I am, naked, banging on the counter (as if I am the drummer in the band) in hopes that one of the bare buttocks one-two punches to the counter top will cause the vibrating to stop. Graceful is not the descriptor I would use but it was an all too often midnight event.

Below the stove is another storage compartment which can hold 8 1-gallon jugs of water and below that is even more storage; something every van dweller needs more of.