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It's been a tiring couple of days! Work, run, build, kids, cook, move. Why did we decide to move all of our bedrooms at this time?! It is exhausting. I remember when we bought our house, thinking, "I will never have to move again." Well, switching bedrooms (us to the master, girls each their own room, office to our old room) was just like moving. We still have the "dump" room as the office where anything weird is residing. But I have to admit, I love how it feels. Very airy and open.

But, back to the CoVan20. I realized that the curved boards for under the mattress were just not going to cut it. A bummer, since they were free. I found some more on marketplace, which fit much better and gave a good solid overlap in the middle to help stabilize it all. I stapled some straps on the boards, and even overlapped the ties which helps really keep the boards in place.

2 sets of overlapping bunkie boards

The sleeping platform & storage bins

My new mattress arrived, and it is so comfy. I am pretty excited that it seems my back won't be entirely ruined after this trip. Also, I was most excited to get my bins, actually. They fit perfectly and make my heart happy. Something about the crisp new plastic smell of potential organization really gets my heart pumping. I think, honestly, we won't have any suitcases or bags. When we do stay in a hotel, we'll be lugging up tupperware bins. That won't look weird, right?

Cozy mattress

The mattress flips back easily to put the seats up

I started the window covers. I used painters plastic to line the windows perfectly, and trace and outline. Then I cut it out about a centimeter bigger onto Reflectix, labeling each window as I went (haha! She thinks ahead). It was a pain for sure, and required bending and twisting to get these big pieces of paper to trace the windows. But thankfully cutting through the Reflectix was easy enough, it is basically bubble wrap with shiny stuff on the outside.

Tediousness

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Overall, though, I think it came out pretty amazing. I ran out and need to buy another roll for the front windshield. The plan was to fancy up the shiny sides. I'm going to cover the interior sides with fabric, and the exterior I was thinking of spray painting black. Someone mentioned the lingering smell of spray paint fumes though, and as awesome as that would be while I'm trying to sleep I think I'd rather suffer the ugliness of a 70's antenna vibe. We shall see. The tinted window section doesn't look too bad though?