I am just finishing up some custom cabinets for my passenger van turned
camper.  I wanted the grey westy setup but they are hard to find.  I am
painting up some tan doors to see if they will work on the custom cabinets I
made.

I would have to agree that it is easier by far to buy an interior and
install it.  That would still take some time.  But building cabinets is
taking a long time.  I used 1/2" plywood and special ordered a nice looking
light speckled grey laminate.  The laminate hides any screws and looks nice.
  I decided to put one narrow cabinet on each side rather than one large one
on the driver side in the back.  I also added a small cabinet just inside
the slliding door next to the z-bed( a cut down weekender bed).

I like the custom styling, but the work is probably not worth it.  I don't
think I would do it again, I would just buy an interior and clean it up and
install it.

>From: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Building one's own Camping Cabinets?
>Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:40:56 -0800
>
>I have the opportunity of either buying a Weaty camping interior  or
>building a camper interior
>from scratch.
>
>I have searched the archives for: (building making) cabinets, and found no
>entries.
>
>I'm looking for ideas for buidling LIGHTWEIGHT cabinets out of materials
>that is readily
>obtainable (Home Depot etc. stuff).
>
>I do have 'an order' in for a westy interior (late model, gray), but I'm
>also interested in what I
>could use to build camping cabinets.
>
>Thanks.  Malcolm
>
>
>
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