Of course, those of you that really understand how this RV is laid out will see one problem... what about the slide?
In the original, the bed pushed RIGHT up to the edge of the hot water tank/electrical box...
We bought a new (RV length) mattress for the master bed so that now it is 60" versus the longer size, but this still wouldn't be enough room...
So I came up with this... when the slide comes in, the bottom bunk lifts up (manually) on piano hinges
Underneath is storage room (three cloth boxes) as well as room underneath that for shoes
When the slide comes in, the bottom bunk nests over top of the master bed (excuse the trim in this pic)
As to the other question folks had... weight... I worked really hard to keep the weight down and though the structure looks "weighty" it is an optical illusion created by the framework being structured out in a torsion frame. We also removed considerable weight when we took out the closet-- 3 heavy mirrors and lots of solid wood came out.
As for color matching (I know someone is going to ask)
I pulled a piece of the original wood and took it to my local woodworker's source-- then I went from gelstain to gelstain (with the manger's permission) putting a q-tip in their test can and trying it on a piece of maple. When I found the closest match, I took a can home and dialed in the color with dyes.
Thanks again for looking all- more update pics to come soon (we've been doing a lot)
Lawrence
