REVIEW | IKEA Furniture for a Campervan #Vandwelling

When I built my IKEA drawers for my kallex unit, I glued the hell out of them and they've held up. But I'm not traveling all over with them. To keep them in place while driving, install baby locks. I have the baskets too. They are acceptable.

Great video. If you had it to do over, would you make them all hinge doors and just put bins inside (vs draws? Thx! : ).

Great idea

Awesome. Did you make your stopper ropes by yourself? How do we make it? Thanks

Love it! Great video!

Don't understand the mobile library bit. Digital books and audiobooks make more sense. Books are heavy, absorb moisture and breed mold.

Got it. Saw the other Video. Thanks a bunch. Happy holidays 🎄🎅🎊

I would love a living room look in my van, but how did you fit that over the wheel well?

Just came across this video. I like this cabinet idea. I've put furniture like this together for an apartment. One idea I'd add is that for a van/rv, I'd also use construction glue like liquid nails while putting them together and get adhesive to fix the drawer trim as time goes on. thank you for a great video.

Always use glue and screws 👍😁

Best to avoid compressed wood at all costs.
Long run, cheap quality = expensive.

How did you anchor the cabinets to the wall of the van?

So if you want to have those furniture’s with a Continuous movement and vibration you might want to use carpenters glue it will be very good

Glue the drawers & dowels

You can have a piece of Formica cut to fit on top of your cabinets for longer wear. Just glue it on. Can buy from Home Depot.

How much does the unit weight?

L. Ron hubbard??? Sucker!

Maybe you could use some good looking bins or replace the drawers with the cabinet doors. It would cost some $, but it would make you happier in the long run.

Anything IKEA that requires wood doweling automatically gets my application of wood glue before assembly. All assembly joint movement needs to be prevented, otherwise the item will progressively loosen until ultimate failure. Something else may need to be substituted, however, since these items are exposed to such variations of temperature and humidity.

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Get yourself a Kindle and sell off your books. You can even download your Bible my friend

Is there space at the back side of your drawers to put one of those catches like you have on the door? I saw a guy who's Van was built with that from get go because he thought of it 1st. It keeps is drawers tucked in.

I probably would have wood glued them when I put them together knowing I was gonna be vibratin' on the road

I think you could put some polyurethane on the wood cabinet . It works good and protects the wood from the water.

How much do they weigh?

Get you a tube of Flex glue it is a wonder. Make sure you want it where you have it.

I have these exact same units in my apartment and plan on moving them into the van, I have the baskets and will bungee for travel!!! You’re the first build I’ve seen with them, good to know the cabinet itself has stood the test of time!!! Thanks.

Drawers that shallow just aren't necessary - just use the compartments as reach-in boxes, maybe with a bungee net on the bottom half.

One-way you can use to close your drawers if you cannot utilize the same latch system that you have on the cabinets what to get child safety locks. The simplest one out there runs about a dollar each. Yes they are made out of plastic but if they were to break it would be easily replaced.

Did you have to cut the base as well as some of the vertical dividers to fit it around the wheel well? If so, do you remember how much of the base you cut in? I think the wheel wells are around 12"-13" high and since the wall slopes inward as it goes up, I'm thinking you had to cut in 4" or so? Sound about right? I'm thinking about doing this as well. Although IKEA does not sell the birch Kallax anymore it seems. Neither online or in the stores, checked it out yesterday locally.

reinforce with L brackets

Isn't worth the time for me. If I'm going to go to the trouble to build something,, it'll be out of wood. Real wood, not particle board wrapped in plastic. Same goes for my home. The few things that came into my home from IKEA didn't last long. I replaced them with wood from trees, not sawdust glued together. Whatever floats your boat

The OCD in me really wants them catches to be straight....arrgghh! But....if it works it doesn't matter I guess. (I'm a cabinet maker).

I have had the same issue with the drawers not holding together in a house so all the movement in a van is bound to make it worse. I should have glued them together when I set it up too.

IKEA furniture is nothing but trash

I appreciate the quest to find store bought flat pack for camper van use however in my experience nothing I have ever came across would be long lasting, I prefer to build myself from quality materials that will give many years of trouble free service, it takes time patience and skill but the end result is worth it plus I won't have to come back to it countless times for repairs. Good job though.

Thanks love your videos!

I bought the same Shelf for My Van conversation, have yet to put it in, I noticed this is where your wheel well should be correct?? Did you have to cut a section out so it would properly fit?

A couple of L shaped metal brackets on the inside of each drawer will solve the problem of the fronts coming off. A bit of flexible glue would help too. Looks a good budget idea though.

Thanks for the glue tip. Great video.

nice and tidy

You should get the drawers replaced under warranty.

Just a thought, you should try to drill some holes through the top suffice down into the front of the drawer so you could secure the drawers with grande pins. That way they won't fly open randomly.

Ah that figures. Ill get the doors instead. Thanks i love looking at stuff in ikea

Hey. Question: How many miles were put on the van while the Ikea furniture has been installed?

do you think it would hold up better with wood adhesive on all the joints?

i love ikea furniture

I'm really curious about your Delta ball cap. Could you please elaborate? Cheers