nothing like watching someone show you their ingenious bed design that's so complex they're out of breath by the end of it. so clever

I know myself well enough to know if I didn't have a fixed bed I would end up sleeping on the couch/bench or floor half the time

We've used this kzfaq.infoUgkxwY_GQlMmFUAMhEN7rwfizj6Pi1RPnF_8 travel bed for our toddler multiple times while traveling, since she just moved out of the crib and wasn't comfortable with her in bed yet. She has slept great in it every time!

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I'm not making room for guests when I build my van. The entire point is to get away from people. And beds with joins in them absolutely stink to sleep on.

Some great ideas there. I have noticed a lot of folks shut off access to the front cab. Having done a few years of van life and quite a bit of wild camping, there have been a few occasions where making a quick egress has been necessary, due to sketchy situations. Which would not have been possible safely, if we had to exit the van. Just something for people to think about when designing. Having said that, if you only plan on using camp grounds or van parks, this would most likely not be an issue.

Reinforce the walls and string a hammock. Best space saver bed you can have.

Things I learned from this video! Fixed bed! No building a bed! No sections Matras :D Rebuilding your bed is fun for 3 times :)

And your whole beautiful life in a van turns into a constant assembly and disassembly of the bed.

Idk how people sleep on beds made of multiple cushions, you always end up sleeping in the gap between them

I've watched both videos and there are some amazing ideas, but I still think a fixed bed is the best option. Unless you have a really small van. You can always sit outside under an awning!

I like your channel for solving a particular design issue in van life, such as bed, shower, kitchen, security. Not like other channels, your channel is more like a library where viewers can screen quite a few designs and pick the one that suits them.

The slats one at the end is a great space saving idea.

Your name's Nate Murphy and you did a van bed vid without a Murphy bed? Lol Nice designs. Planning my first low budget van for later this year, thanks for all the ideas

Lots of options. Great. I couldn't sleep on those multiple cushions. The, seams and crevices where they meet is nightmare to me. Different strokes.

2:55 "we've had six around it" with your cute accent made me giggle

The roll-out slats get my vote.

I like the mechanical bed. Thanks for the variety of beds and how they function.

Complicated bed competition. Your so exhausted after setting up the bed you drop off to sleep.

What the crap homegirl has the kids sleeping on the counter that’s crazy and so so so smart ! she saving so much space !

after watching for various ideas of beds it suddenly came to mind, how about a bed that fully folds out from the back door..?? I'm an Aussie and we have a Jayco Expanda where the beds come out from either end of the caravan leaving the body of it for living..you could probably do the same concept coming out of the back door when you open it..the beds have a canvas awning which comes out as well and held up with a fold out frame..in our caravan we have a king size bed in the front (mine) and queen in the back (brothers)..I'm sure with some thinking a similar idea could be incorporated into the van..

Thanks Nate! Between the 2 videos I'm surprised you left out the van with the Murphy Bed.

I used #7 lol. I’m 5’10. I wanted to sleep across in back of the van but not enough room so came up idea just like #7. It works pretty well. Couch and bed. Also more room for my tote boxes under it. Simple. Just what I like.

The #2 is definitely my favorite. Really clever and gets best of both worlds.

I have watched a lot of van conversion videos and I have yet to see anybody address the need to be able to exit the vehicle quickly in a fire, especially if you were asleep in bed. All you need to do is to visit an auto junkyard and look at the vans that have burned to know that by the time the fire department gets to your vehicle it may be a burnt shell of metal. If you wake up to a smoke-filled van you’re gonna want to go out the back doors if that’s where your bed is, before being overcome by smoke. Many beds have been placed right up against the rear doors and so high from the floor that I wonder if it’s even possible to open the doors with the bed in place. If your bed is located back there and it’s pot not possible to open the back doors with the bed and place then you need to re-design your bed location. Also, you should place a second smoke detector inside any cabinets that contain your batteries and or major electrical components so that you get an early warning if there’s an electrical fire. Practice exiting your van in complete darkness so that you don’t know what to do if you wake up to a smoke-filled van.

Nice now where's the bathroom

I was designing my perfect camper last week and #2 was totally the bed and seating area I decided on. I'm glad it's a thing

Thank you for such a wonderful well thought out channel I’m a 57 yr old women and have been wanting to go tiny living either RV, bus or van and you have provided a lot of reasons why van living might be best for me and my dog and cat

A few of those had really good feel to them, open, well designed. Impressive. Also like the idea of trying out a quirky camper.

Some of these beds look so uncomfortable.

how about a van build with just a single bed. when i build mine i will be traveling alone. No need for a giant bed

Watched tonnes of videos looking for inspiration on how to have a fixed bed and a good social area. Love your design. So simple but brilliant. Annoyed never thought of it haha

No to having to pull out those complex sleep systems night after night. Defiantly nope. But cool for a stationary setting. Thanks

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The Jigsaw bed was a great idea, especially attracted to that feature, because it would be great for smaller vans. Well done all of you 🇬🇧🥂🍾

Love the very last bunk design! Great use of space for adults with minimal work. Otherwise, a fixed bed works for me!

Very clever design.. Amazing, I'm going to change my bed design make it higher so I will have more storage.

I got some really good ideas from this video! Awesome thanks!!! Also, take a drink everything you here "basically", "literally", and "technically".

Thanks for Sharing Part-2 Additional Bed Styles.

Brilliant and unique designs!! ❤️

your solution seems the best I think. Still building on our house, but when that is finished (if ever) .....Once we transformed a little Renault r4 into our travelling home and spent a good time going around former Jugoslavia (and other countries since we travelled fro m Sweden) . All cooking and stuff like that outside of coarse, but it really worked out fine. Now we´re much older so demands are higher but not to high. A fixed bed is almost necessary at our age though..Well, just wanted express my apreciation of your ideas presented in your videos ! A bit hard to keep it short and stringent..might be another age factor :)

I loved watching your video. I’m a camper at heart, and I got a lot of good ideas from it. Thank you.

I wish there were a convenient way to make a bed in a camper. No joke, I've been known to put multiple sets of sheets on so I can just peel them up one by one, lol.

Fixed, Queen after watching this

Thanks for the top notch videos Nate. I am full of ideas for our van again. You have a new subscriber.

너무 좋아요. Very fantastic ^^

There's some very clever engineering on display here, but honestly, I can't see myself faffing around with all that rigmarole every single night. Fixed bed, or bed lift for me, thanks.

Great video Nate. Thanks for the upload, some great ideas here

Fixed bed systems seem ideal, but in fact they're a bit of a space-eating luxury!! If your only headache is having to put your bed together, at the end of the day, then you're doing ok, I think! At least you've got a bit of elbow room, until sleep time! 😁

Awsome ideas, I’m becoming obsessed with living in a tiny home on wheels!

Great ideas Nate ! Love the one that comes down, you have your couch, table, bed is ready to get into!!! Awesome!

I think the counter top bed with simple and effective safety “net” is genius!

This is very funny ! ! ! Starting at about time 7:20 we all can see your overalls have a pocket in the front , but there isn't a button hole eyelet . If these were to be North American overalls , there would be an eyelet at the top of that front pocket . This was used to put a little metal "T" into . Then you clipped your pocket watch onto that little T and then the watch went into your front pocket . Wah La ! ! ! No more lost watch ! Have a Good one !

All are Awesome beds.. no complaints here.

Very sturdy, and easy to clean.Excellent product

If I had to spend half an hour every day fixing all my velcro mattresses I'd rather stay at home for the holidays. Holidays with kids should be much easier for mummy.

Absolutely love these ideas... I might use some of them in my next van build ;)

Number 9 I love the layout. Better to have a bed already made up. I'm also obsessed with Insta camper van ideas 😀

fantastic ideas thank you so much for sharing.

I prefer #3 the fixed triple bed bunks which could be adjusted a little for three adults. Coupled with good sized Wet Bathroom in a 5m Van for me would be perfect. The remaining space would be for a small dresser (hanger and folded) small fridge, kitchen sink and small burner. Other items can be bagged or tucked somewhere inside the van. I liked #3.

Love that table!

I like the 2nd most but the idea for the first bed of the last van was really cool

Love the last 2...so clever! Thanks:-)

Nice vids. Just watched the first. Im building an E350 right now. Thanks for some great ideas! 👍

Great bed setups! Especially the bed lift one😉

I like simple to make up beds, like fold down Murphys, sofa sleepers.and futons are easier to put sheets and blankets on and transitions to a setting or fold out of the way.

they are all great ideas, nice but the Jigsaw bed and bunk is a really great idea, the bunks to be used multifunctional, excellent idea!! and so cute :)

By far the best vid on bed buildout ideas.

Awesome ideas!! Thank you for sharing. =)

That last one with the long bolt bunk bed that has the top bunk drop down to make a long bench fantastic idea, to be honest I need a van as much as a camper so I would make the bottom one on a long bolt as well so I could drop both the top and the bottom to create a van most of the time if I have the kids make both bunk beds up back to work drop both top and bottom to create a van again cheers for the idears buddy

Love love these beds!

Super ingenious to extend space thanks to share your super ideas could use also for mini houses tiny house bungalows. Really thanks

It’s a very useful video, thanks a lot!

love the twin to double options!

Brilliant simply brilliant love it

I am 'The Princess and the Pea" so the sectional beds do not work for me...however love the fixed bed options. Great ideas for storage as well. Well done.

So cool !!!!

This was awesome. Thank you for putting this together. :)

The last one was clever and easy. Nice!

Love the slats...very clever.

the mechanical bed is exactly what I've been looking for! I wanted a fixed bed and a seating area. I was thinking it would be cool to put the bed above the cab but most vans don't have space there. the mechanical bed is a perfect solution! im sure its expensive though

4:05 Don’t want to sound like a smart ass But that’s definitely more than 5 seconds 😂 Great idea though, love it 👍

21:30 I lo0ve the deployable slats.

Option 2 is exactly what I'd do. I want both and I want it easy to get either sofa or bed mode. I would even make it so I can press a button and it'll go on its own without me having to stay there and press the button. So just press the button, brush your teeth, bed. Quite like #7 too, though I'd just sleep upstairs all the time.

your 'Fixed'...King size Bed...at the 'START'...is the 'BEST'!!!

For a short 1/10th of a second there I heard "We have had sex around it too"....I guess that says more about me though :) Nice van, Nate. Might even "steal" at least some of that construction for my build.

Love all the ideas.

amazing. lwish i had one just like that......especially the table. great all the way around.

i did a 3ft sliding bed that sits above two bench seats when fully open..when bed is closed its a dining area.i built the bench seats first, one eack side 6 feet long.then made sliding bed to straddle both benches..then just fold over the 4 inch memory foam mattress.where the bed slides out theres a slide out table too..it can in theory now sleep 4 to 6 people in a lwb vauxhall movano ex minibus.

Great review Nate.

Numbers 5 and 10 are so cool and so creative!! wth??

Nice compilation!

Very creative use of space 😊

awesome video it's helpful 👍

the no.2 and 3 are very very good idea amazing it can sleep many ang carry more passenger...

Brilliant !! Thank you 🙏☮️🌈🌟💞

Pretty cool!! your van it's so nice.. enjoy!:)

Ok the first one is actually kinda genius, the fact that the plug is only for the feet is really cool. Might consider that option for a future vanbuild

Thanks for all your great info, will definitely get your book :) can't wait to start my build ♡ I loved the permanent bed with bunk one ♡ so homey and perfect for me and my little one.

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