One of the design goals for the new look of the trailer was a lower line, sleeker cushions. The original Airstream foam is 5″ thick polyester foam. When we initial refreshed the trailer in 2001, we just used the old foam as patterns- that is we took the foam pieces to the local House of [...]
The foam was done, the Dacron glued and some quick slipcovers made from some random Ikea fabric that I had laying around. Actually, three different fabrics but that is another tale; just enough to get the banquette up and rolling so we could spend a week in heaven.
This current mod allows us to seat 4 small people who are very good friends for dinner; it is snug. As an added bonus we get some very nice storage underneath. Since this is based on Ikea cabinets, there are drawers that will fit. This was important because the gauchos (couches) had 4 bins for underneath storage that we used. We get a decent bed for 1 or 2 people and a great place to work and eat. You can tell from the drawing that we shaped the backs of the cabinets to fit the trailer, but that was very simple; we just cut diagonal edges. We weren’t worried about how it looked because it will be topped with a sheet of very nice birch veneer plywood.
