Ch. 3: Bed Frame with Storage.
As you can tell from the picture, we built the bed frame and storage before the doors and windows were installed. The main reason for this was to make sure we were satisfied with the storage space that the 2x6 inch boards gave us, as we were considering 2x8s. We also lived with the trailer on a couple of trips before installing the paneling in the picture below; mainly because we were not sure if we were going with paneling on the sides. The paneling does give the cabin a nice finished look and adds to the insulation value. On the next build we will install the paneling before the bed frame storage; much easier in that order. Each side of the bed frame is an independent box that is about 2 feet in width and 6.5 feet long made with 2x6 pine boards. The end that you are looking at is open to the kitchen to allow for storage of cooking pans and canned goods. Just on the other side of the power tools there is a 2x6 that blocks off the kitchen storage space from the under-bed