Amazing cabinetry!

This post is mostly going to be a bunch of photos of the newest cabinet. Check it out!

The large compartment will hold the fridge, below it the stove and fuel. The smallest on the left side will be small kitchen tools, the middle will be pots/pans/plates/cups, and the lowest is the port-a-potti. Adam cut lots of holes in the supports to reduce weight. It's very airy and open! Adam's hand is on the face of the stash cabinet (see later photos--he cuts out the front) which goes right behind the driver's seat to stash jackets/blankets/small pillows. 

In the van. Fits great!

Some of the holes Adam cut to reduce weight now have hardboard insulation in them (surrounding the fridge). The front of the stash cabinet is cut out. 

This is right behind the driver's side seat. It'll have a  shelf in it, and that front sloped part has a lip on the bottom so it holds our atlas (and a little cut out on the front lip so the atlas is easy to grab!). 

This is the small area right below the fridge. The divider holds the fuel in the small area, and the stove to the right of that. 

Fuel!

Fridge area with fuel and stove compartment.

The whole thing. 

I helped sand for a short time tonight, and Adam is doing some more sanding while I do this post. Once that's done we will finish the edges and put it back together to go in the van. Then the fridge can be permanently installed (yay!). I think it looks fantastic, and extremely well planned out to hold everything we want to carry. Go Adam!!

As usual, I've been continuing my Betty Crocker streak...check it out:

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies (5 doz):

Oatmeal raisin (4 doz):

Side story:

With a chunk of the money we got for Christmas, we decided to buy a new tent. We plan on using the van a lot to get us to a trailhead on Friday nights, so we can camp 1 night and then do overnight backpacking trips with the dogs on the weekends. We needed a bigger tent--we've been using a two person tent and it's so small the dogs have to sleep in the vestibules! So we went for a Nemo Losi 3p. Aaannndd....it's HUGE! We decided to keep it (after some more research)--it's the best deal for the price and we'll eventually have another person (kiddo!) with us, so might as well buy one tent to keep for the long term. Anyway, here's a picture of the gigantic tent we now own:

Happy New Year.