You are missing the one horizontal piece of wood on the other end! It is the long side parallel to the wood where the slats are screwed into. All the slide out pieces have to be attached on back end to this long piece as well. Thanks for an excellent demo. It was well explained and shown, and now the mystery has cleared up. Thank you, Brian! I think the slide out slatted bed is the best model for vans. I love your van, its beautiful inside. Such a good layout and so cozy!

Another 1x1 under the ends of the sliding slats will keep it true, and less binding. ✌🐧

Love watching people build. I was a custom picture framer for 17 years! .

Very nice. Just the guidance I needed.

Literally binged watch you last night ( again ) and woke up to another one!

Looks good Brian. 🌻

I'm lovin' the remodel, started me thinking of doing a slat bed myself, it sure would help with my back pain from not having back support while sitting on my bed. Just got a back massage from our friend Carole from caravan 2, Oh I feel so much better tonight !!! Peace, my brother of the road.

Nice job on that bed!

Great design. I agree with the below comments that a piece underneath the stationary section would stabilize the slats on the sliding section. Maybe even a solid piece of plywood? You are giving that Kreg jig a workout. Sponsorship Bro!

Morning! Rain.... Gratitude! As always thank you for the upload....

🤩 I am glad you are in high spirits while entering your 5th year living in your van. 🚐 You are my favorite Nomad. I love 💕 your channel. 🌅 I look forward to continue watching your adventures. 🛣Thank you for all of your inspiration and sharing your travels.✌🏿☮️😎 Be encouraged! God bless you in Jesus name. 🤗

Great job on the bed,thanks for sharing ,hugs from MN

Well done! Introverts get itchy to move on... just hang in there and get your home just as you want it.... you will be glad for it later, once you are back on the road. Cheers!

I am on the road as of yesterday in my express build. Slept in a truck stop on I80 last night(30 degrees). However I was not prepared for -11 wind chill and blizzard warnings in Iowa so got a room. I went thru 4 designs and builds of a bed before I settled on a Teton collapsable cot that I lay on the floor when not in use. Slept like a baby last night. I put a cabinet on both sides. This leaves me 36 inch aisle down the middle. A good folding camp chair works for sitting inside. My 2nd design was like yours but I didn't like losing the headroom over the bed. The cot also lets me move it outside in the summer if I want. And as another alternative, I can also just use my sleeping bag on the floor instead of the cot. I spent 2 weeks sleeping on the cot in the house before I left. It did take 2 nights to get use to it. And with 2 wool blankets and a pad, I was very warm all night in 34 degrees.

A TRICK FOR HELPING DRAWERS SLIDE EASIER IN OLD WOODEN FURNITURE IS RUB THE BOTTOM OF THE DRAWER EDGES WITH A COMPLETELY DRY BAR OF SOAP. I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY HOWEVER IT'S WORKED FOR ME SEVERAL TIMES. I ALWAYS USE A NEW BAR OF IVORY SOAP TO MAKE SURE IT'S DRY. IT MIGHT WORK ON SLIDING BED SLATS. IF I DO A SLAT BED I'LL TRY IT ON THEM TO SEE IF IT HELPS. GREAT VAN BUILD!

I just built myself a bed for my van, on a slightly smaller scale, using this video as a step by step guide! It turned out perfectly!! Thank you for this SO MUCH! You made this seemingly daunting task SO EASY! 🙏🏼🙌🏼

Thank you! A person who can explain the bed effectively

you need another board on the inside of the sliding boards under the bed good job!

Also, Minwax wood paste wax will make the slats slide smoothly. I use it on old wooden drawer bottoms. Works great. You’re very handy with those tools. Love your build.

Thanks for sharing another amazing video.

Exactly what I'm looking for... Thank you

Wow Brian! You answered my questions about making a bed. Thank you 👍

Great job!!!! You have the patience of a Saint lol. That patience paid off.

I’ve seen quite a few builds and although I’m only halfway through this I’m subscribing and saving this clip. Very clear instructions. Thanks!

Wow. That Kreg Jig system is a big help. Really make easy to custom build the van. Hope to have one for the time I build my van. Thanks for the building inspirations.

You did a wonderful job on the build! Years ago we had a 1977 Aristocrat camper. It had a goucho style bed. The mattress was designed in three parts and had a removable cover. So it would be in couch position and with a tug of the front of the foam it laid flat due to the way the cover was sewed. There was a big main piece of foam, a smaller maybe eight inches and a medium size piece that was the back when in couch position. When it was in bed it laid nice and flat and you easily flipped the two smaller pieces up to form the back. No hassles with loose or falling foam. Excellent support when using as a couch or bed. Yours is much fancier on the bed frame. It was just a thin piece of plywood with fold down legs that slid in and out easily.

Very cool!

Love your layout. Your build outs are always inspirational. Great video, easy to follow. Thank you for sharing. I've never seen this bed build done so easy to understand. 1 tip. That unsecured slide out wood will warp eadily with moisture. It's happend to me. If you attach the slide out portion to another set of legs & horizontally bar that will keep them in place, stable & true. If you are concerned about the other set of legs getting in the way of your under bed storage just use a smaller piece of wood like a 1x1 or 1x2 as its mostly for balance or at least do the horizontal bar & no legs.

The organization is great. The bed (couch) when finished will be great for reading, editing, and watching KZfaq’s. Good job!

GREAT BUILD ONCE AGAIN!🤗 SUGGESTIONS... I MADE THE SAME BED FOR MY ELEMENT A FEW MONTHS AGO... PUT A THIN LIP UPWARDS ON THE FRONT OF THE PULL OUT AND ON THE BACK OF THE FIXED BED IT WILL PREVENT YOUR BED FROM FALLING DOWN WHEN DRIVING AND MOVING AROUND WHILE SLEEPING... AND THE SLATES THAT A FREE HANGING YOU COULD USE A THIN WINDOW TRIM BOARD TO SECURE ALL THOSE TOGETHER OTHERWISE THEY TEND TO GET CAUGHT ON THE MATTRESS... GETS ANNOYING AFTER A WHILE LOL... I ACTUALLY USED THE SAME VERY THIN TRIM FOR ALL 3 OF THOSE... WITH THOSE 3 FINISHING TOUCHES YOU WILL BE GOLDEN PONY BOY... LOL Oh yea, I also added small L- brackets on every leg to bed frame for extra support... Much love!💙💜🌲🌲

Great job Brian. Safe travels. Namaste.

Great Demo.thanks Man😄

Excellent job Brian excellent job ! I don't know if anyone's commented yet but just a quick note. The side of the boards with the Kreg holes should face inside the build so the finish side is clean !

Great job on the bed build. Painting the cabinet and table white adds a nice contrast to the other wood and lightens up the interior. Thank you for sharing the complications during this build. Pointing out the issues helps others understand which issues can develop while building. On a side note, I see a few comments about why they think you decided to go with a slide out bed, and I say to those folks to mind your own business. I don't know why people don't understand personal boundaries. Perhaps they should invest this energy towards something positive in their own lives!

Your van looks clean, crisp, light & organized. A bigger bed is good. You never know when you might have company. Love the bloopers.

Looking very very nice Brian. Very good work on everything. Cheers

Brian, I like how your build is coming along. You do good work. Can't wait for the adventure to continue. Safe travels. Howard

Great job Brian!

I for see 2 problems, need to attach the sliding slats underneath to create stability, may need to put a square in between each board for airflow/moisture/swelling of the wood during seasons changing. Great presentation and love the vids.

Looking great! If you need a little break, maybe a little flute playing would help. Music soothes the soul! OK, I’m being a little bit selfish cause I miss hearing you play. When I’m stressed or tired, my guitar snaps me right out of it!😊🎶

Thank u for showing step by step it helps us who need to see that to make our own. Love ur videos.

😆😉 Finally he has found a reason to make a single bed to a double. 😉😉😈

Thanks a lot from Menorca. I really enjoied how tidy you work. Professional! Good luck and peace;)

Its looking good. Love the bed.

turned out nice, id put a strap across the bedside (underneath) so boards wouldn't fall onto your storage containers that should hold them up

You have to have a "small" lip on the side so your mattress doesn't slide off at every turn :)

I really like how you are showing us this step by step. Thanks!

Amazed with your talent. Nice work!

This new build is great! I especially like the bed.

Perfect. So very organized. So ure is nice Brian. Great video as usual! From OKLAHOMA TRAVEL SAFE.

Nice work. If you’re going to replace the foam the best quality is 100% latex. All natural and long lasting. Also the most comfortable and healthy. A foam or upholstery shop will order and cut to size.

Nice bed build, Brian. Very similar to mine. I’ve been sleeping on it for 2 1/2 years. :) It’s already been mentioned, but adding an underneath length-wise board will prevent the extension slats from popping up. This board would also serve as a stopper for your desired extension pullout width. FYI, wax may be needed at some point on stubborn sliding slats.

Nice work. Keep pushing on. You won’t regret getting as much completed as you can.

Great job Brian. Looks really really good. One thing you can do on the edge of the slats that you slide out is to rub down the edges with a bar of bath soap. Ivory works good but pretty much any bar of soap will work. Acts as a lubricant on the wood. There maybe times in high humidity that the wood will swell slightly the soap works great. Just curious,. Is it possible to introduce us to your parents. They have to be incredibly wonderful people. You are such an incredibly nice person I cannot imagine your parents not being extremely special people. Maybe they are just camera shy. Have a good day and be safe out there Brian. I always look forward to your next video. You do such quality videos. I Always learn a thing or two also.

That's cool Brian! That's what I was thinking for your available space ! Nice job! 👍😎 ✌️💜😊

Badge gave you a shout out on his new channel. Each evolution of your van builds seem to go better and faster. Thanks for sharing!

The wax, cross member, and trim piece were already mentioned but I have two other suggestions. On the bottom of the legs that slide out you can add stick on slider pads to make it easier to slide and to protect the flooring from scratches. The w has those. Also I recommend getting the back foam sewn to the bottom mattress. I have mine separate and sometimes slip between them in the middle of the night. Also getting it big enough that it's jammed between the two walls helps.

Great video. Never could see how you were comfortable with the smaller bed. This new bed looks like the ticket. Nice van build. Safe travels

thanks Brian best bed video, its exactly what i was looking for and easy to understand

I was hoping you would see pushing the frame in and the screwing would work better glad you did. I am not a big fan of screwing drywall type screws into pine. I would gorillia glue the slats in then rescrew. I have seen wood like that crack over time, the glue would give more strength and less wiggle over time, also place a horizional wood 1x1 or 1x2 under the moving frame on the other end so they just dont hang loose. Wood can expand over time maybe some poly to keep the humid air out, you may even have to sand them so they dont stick as the wet air swells the wood.

Awesome build Brian gave me great ideas 💡 thanks 🙏✌️

You look like an expert!👍

Thanks for sharing the bed build. 🐾☕🚙🐾

Great explanation of the build....Cheers👍🏼

Thank you so much for this video best one I’ve seen by far🥰

nicely done Brian, congratulations

What a great build on that bed , so much more room to stretch out and have some company.` If the van is a rockin dont come a knockin`

super cool idea Brian, thank you

Just one suggestion for your bed Brian, you need to make the slats longer so that when you have it slid in, the slats won't be hanging down, when it is all collapsed. But that is my only suggestion and I know, I it Your bed, not mine, but I was thinking about those ends hanging down, when it is all collapsed in and they won't be catching on anything when fully collapsed. Great video tho, and we are enjoying the process with you. Good Job man, good job.

Nice job Brian. You are missing a piece that would connect all the loose slats. A 2X2 would work with some dowels that would slide in and out of that back 2X4 creating a stronger and more rigid platform that won’t wiggle loose as easy over time. 👍

Very good looks awesome 👏 👍

It's coming along nicely

Awesome love it .. thanks for sharing 🤗

Love the bed!! Great work ❤️

Looks good Brian...to make it more firm you can screw 3/8, 1/2" plywood down on the frame nearest the wall enabling you to still pull out the extension, then cut a duplicate sheet to slide over the extension ...build is coming together just fine..you can only do so much in that confined space and it seems you maxxed out your storage space...

Your build is looking great Brian, you’re gonna be so much more comfortable.

Hey! Looks great! Looks bigger! Congrats!!

You're really doing up right. Even though you're getting burned out on the build, I suggest taking your time and finishing it up nice. I think you'll enjoy it all the more.

Looks so good. Love the bed idea

Great rebuild. Liking the bed a lot!

Great job on the whole renovation! You're making it look easy!

I can't add to the suggestions below. I plan to build my own gaucho sofa for my fifth wheel with a few design differences. Mine is next to the wheel well, so I'm gonna have an extension coming back from the sofa to the wall. On that extension, I'm building a box using MDF that will provide a "sofa back" as well as linen storage. You should stain/seal/paint the sofa- it looks GREAT!

Great tutorial Brian! We learn when you learn!

I like this. I hope it's working well for you.

Lookin' Great Brian!

Awesome video, thanks, I saw another one where the guy said it`s a good idea to space the slats further apart with an air gap. This allows for the bed to "breathe" when sleeping in single mode. Because: Your body is a moisture factory, You will get condensation moisture under the mattress and can get mildew. I never would have thought of this. Since you have more space no chance of the slats binding when sliding. Thanks for posting, Well done video, Nice bed!

Its looking very good!

Nice work Brian!

Looking good!

Extremely useful how-to....thanks so much!

Super job! I appreciate that when you ran into issues, you let us know what they were and how you corrected those. Very helpful and educational. Thank you so much! Looking forward to building mine.

That looks great!

I have a 1992 g20. This how I built my bed. I have been using it about 3 months. Works great especially when you need a little extra legroom or to haul something

Great work my brother

Looks really good. Love the shelving organization as well

Looks great!

Enjoying the process

Keeps looking better and better - Bravo! Thanks for another cool video - love it.

Thanks for sharing Brian. Looks good. Some small shelves up high mounted on walls would add a lot of storage. Looks real good .👍👍

Great job my friend you like me your DIY you can do things yourself the amount of money you saved by doing stuff like that is astounding awesome job...