minivandesignbureau

Bought a 2007 Toyota Sienna! My grid beam plan didn't fly due to the curvy interior of the van. So Far I have built a folding bed to couch using an Ikea pine single bed frame. I removed all the rear seats attached the headboard upside down to extend the bed posts into the trunk by the rear hatch  cut two feet off the end of the bed added two foot drawer slides, so the bed slides back into it's self and the 3/4 inch plywood top folds into a couch. having a hard time figuring the back brace for the seat back. Basically I ripped off the Grove Guy's awesome design but I made the bed wider as we are both over 6 feet! We sewed velcro to the firm foam cushions and glued and stapled it to the plywood bed platform so it won't slide off during car chases. The widest possible bed limits the Westfailian shelves on the driver side of the van to spice rack size but we plan to hang netting from the oh shit handles along that side a la Das Boot. With the bed pushed back into the "couch" position a tiny living room appears. Behind the rear seat my plan is to put a small cabinet wit a small swivel table and a large bowl sink. This narrow cabinet will also slide out the passenger side sliding door (2 foot drawer slides) and a fold out table on the door side will open out and extend the kitchen outside further like the Australians like to do.