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Progress Report V: TV Lounge and Master Bedroom

Everything in the stucco motor castle is versatile. Furniture doubles as storage, rooms double in their functionality and furniture doubles as other types of furniture and can be reconfigured in various ways.

The TV Lounge and Master Bedroom are a perfect example. I've designed this room so that depending on the number of people on board, the beds can be configured in different ways. When it is just me out on a business trip promoting my Masterbond Wall System and training applicators on how to install this system, I will have the full size memory foam mattress up like a sofa on the left hand side of the room. I'm installing a TV over the twin size bed on the right side of the room.

However, if the Queen joins me on a journey, I can slide out the bed extender board, swap the location of the two mattresses and easily have a king size bed! Also, under the twin size bed is another storage cabinet; half is accessed from inside the motor castle and half is accessed from an outside door for dirty tools and spare parts. Under the sofa side of the room are going to be two large cabinets.

The sofa side of the room.

The twin bed side of the room.

The bed extension board pulled out.

As viewed from the rest of the castle.

Gleaming Counter Top

No castle is complete without counter tops so shiny you could shave in them.

My solution to keep the cost and weight down was to cut square granite tiles to measure to cover the counter.

Plywood base.

Cement board layer so the tiles adhere better.

The castle's granite counter!

How it will look assembled with the stove top and sink in place.

While we are on the subject of the kitchen, I've just installed the collabsible table. Here is a peek at that:

The Throne.

As promised, the throne. The vanity will have several drawers and storage. I'm very excited about all of the storage the Motor Castle will have. Much more then your out of the factory models!

Doors Galore!

My warehouse was turned into a cabinet making factory this weekend! Here are some shots of the work my brother helped me with.

Decorative routered inner edge.

Rounded corners, so you don't bump your noggin. I have a history of bumping my head so this is an important concern of mine.

Cabinet sanded and primed.

Progress Report IV: The Living Room

I've opted to keep the original captains chairs in the cab. I am also leaving much of the dash area as is as both are in great shape for their years.

Here you can see the curved wooden area above the cab that blends into the custom cabinets along the entire perimiter of the motor castle.

The sofa is a full size bed. I am using a luxurious memory foam mattress. I've designed a curved pull out that doubles as the bed support and extra storage.

Here is a closer look at the curved pull out.

It's on heavy duty wheels and tracks.

Progress Report III: The Kitchen

I've put my productivity into high gear as I would like to have the motor castle finished and on the road by my birthday, December 5! Last week I stained all of the cabinet boxes. This weekend my brother, Dave, more popularly known as "Hodoka Dave", helped me install a granite counter and build cabinet doors. Hodaka is a multi-talented carpenter/plumber/electrician/know-it-all/kind of guy and I love him to pieces and appreciated every minute with him this weekend. This week we are finishing the cabinet doors.

Meanwhile, here are some progress pictures of my kitchen.
Slide out pantry shelf with rails and varying shelf heights to hold different sized items.

Close up of pantry. This tucks conveniently into the wall for storage.



Curved cabinet above the counter. I curved it so you don't bump your head upon entering the door.

The tile I am going to line the wall with and the stove hood.

Curved counter and slide out cutting board.

I primed all of the wood walls and here is a closer taste of what the eating nook will look like. The benches are hollow and the cushion will be removable so you can use this as a storage space.