BAM! Upper corner cabinets above one end of the bed. Here’s the process & tools for making these…
Decide where they’re going and where the divider is going
Cut cardboard templates for the end pieces and (in my case) center divider. These will each be unique as the lines in the van are all different & nothing is straight or consistent.
Make sure those templates are the same height & width (in my case 11” deep & 13.5” tall)
Trace those templates on to 1/2” plywood and cut out with a jig saw
frame them together using 3/4” plywood ripped into 3” strips. Use pocket holes & wood glue to connect everything. I put the pocket holes on the back so you can’t see them when you open the cabinet.
Build a face frame out of 1/2” plywood cut to 2” strips. Mounted with wood glue & nail gun
Build doors… I did shaker style cabinet doors, which look GREAT and were a lot of fun to build. Learned a lot. You could always just do pieces of plywood or whatever, they’re your doors!
Paint (I used rattle can spray paint primer and spray paint. Lots of light coats)
Mount doors using self closing hinges & install hardware.
Screw into the corner 2x6s that you framed the upper corners with
Voila!
