Thanks for watching! Good luck whenever you do your build!

@@aricadorff6868 You, too!! Thanks!

Me too! But I watched it all the way through. These people seem like such a GREAT family. Love the hound dog too. They are such loving dogs too. I have not actually seen a good old hound dog in years. At least that’s what we called them. They are great with kids!

I noticed that, too!!! Loved it!

And more permanent bench space

GF just said to me today that she 'knew' she wasn't going to get to keep her kettle in the van... that slide out guy is perfect. Going to mount the kettle base to that and wire it into 240V and surprise her with it. Awesome idea!

Good luck with the rest of your build!

Thank you!

Thanks for your kind words!

Thank you for the kind words! I love how it turned out!

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Thank you Judi! 😊

Thank you!! 😊

For sure! 👍

Haha! Same! I had no carpentry skills prior to doing my van build. My carpenter friend Alex taught me everything as we went along. 👍

Keep trying... mistakes are alright

No one can put together an ikea desk.

I used to say the same thing, until I committed myself to build the cabinets for the whole kitchen in my new house. Nobody wanted to teach me and the youtube videos do not cover everything, so I had to learn by trial and error and I think I made a good job. I do not like to spend part of my life recording and editing videos, so there is no documented evidence of what I did. But every time I watch the end result and I am asked for references regarding the carpenter who made the kitchen cabinets, I pat myself in the back. The cost was about 1/3 of custom made cabinets and the quality of the materials about double, no MDF or particle board, only baltic birch plywood and solid Oak frames and doors, High quality, soft closing hinges and drawer slides. However, my wife was not very happy, because it took me very long to have the job completed. At the end, it was worth it, not only for the savings, but for the experience and the lessons learned along the way.

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Awww glad you enjoyed it!

@@aricadorff6868 It was good but be honest did it really take this little amount of time? For example did you really get the electrical work all done in one day?? If so how did you achieve such efficiency had you done this before or are you the most organised people on the planet?

Devonian - There would be no reason for us to pretend we did this build any faster than we actually did it. We’re not a van build company - just two friends working together to create a home on wheels. I had to move out of my “normal” (land-based) house so we rented an Airbnb for the van build for exactly one month and that was our deadline to get everything done. As you can see in the video, the electrical was something that was worked on throughout the build (running wires on Day 2, solar on Day 6, outlet boxes and fuses/breaker on Day 7, more electrical work on Day 9, wiring on Day 11, electrical complete on Day 14). Alex is a traveling carpenter who built his van (that he lives in full time). I had never worked with power tools before so it was an awesome crash course / carpentry internship for me. 😊

For sure! My Bloodhound loves “her” van!

Yay! Happy van life for you and your pup! 😍

@@aricadorff6868 I've been wanting to do the van life for a long time now. Now that my children are grown. I can do the van life and travel a little and see some places that I've always wanted to go and see.

Yes!! 😉

Thank you!!

Thank you!

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Thanks for the nice comment about my dog and van build. Take care! 🤗

Haha - I get it! We were able to do it in 30 days because there were 2 of us working on it full time 8-10 hours per day. 👍 Good luck with your build!

For sure! I love the homey feel of my van and being a part of the build definitely makes me appreciate every aspect of it!

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Awww thanks!

@@aricadorff6868 thanks for sharing. Very jealous

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Thanks! She’s the best travel buddy! 🐕🐾