I spent most of today building cabinets along the wall behind the driver’s seat. It’s a little over four feet of space and my new cabinets are 48 inches wide. So there’ll be a little room left for the seat to adjust. Yesterday I tried to work it all out on paper first but I kept getting hung up. This morning I gave up on planning it all out and just started. Too much time spent theorizing and not enough time spent doing.

It was quite the challenge as my stock of wood for this was all scraps that I acquired one way or another. So probably half the time was spend fiddling around with ideas, trying to make the most of the wood I had so that I wouldn’t have to buy more. I needed to make a balance between being terminally cheap and wanting something sturdy and useful. And not to heavy either! This is a van after all and I don’t want to overload the suspension or make the miles per gallon even worse.

These cabinets are almost symbolic of my life at the moment. Done on the cheap with scrap leftovers gotten for free. Done without a plan, completely improvised and still wondering how it’ll end. But I’m quite comfortable knowing that indeed it will resolve nicely and the cabinets will be attractive, sturdy and functional.

Of course I’ll need to figure out the doors at some point. Likely I’ll have to buy some hinges and such. But, I think I have a line on where to get some for free!

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