When last we visited the Great Banquette Conversion of 2009 Chris was making himself stupid by curve-fitting with a belt sander. Mercifully for all concerned, he went back to the tried and true Compass Method that we used so successfully before. We completed both seats and the table top then added some Ikea drawers, which are going to work just fine. There is quite a bit of clearance at the back of an Ikea cabinet, even though we cut away part to fit, the drawers fit perfectly.
Chris and I moan on a near weekendly basis about the dire state of the big-box hardware stores. If I go to Home Depot or Lowes or OSH for 9 items I come home with 5, 4 are of crappy quality and 3 actually work at all. It’s pathetic. As recently as 10 years ago [...]
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.