Bed completed✅

Been using the van for about a week now. Not had wifi good enough to update blog until now.

All of the below done on 6th August, spent 2 nights on the bed prior to this. I decided to drive the van with the mattress intact, mostly because I ran out of time. Not super comfortable the first night, because I forgot to bring a pillow, and 1 makeshift curtain fell repeatedly in the night... was fine the second night when I rectified these errors.
After the first drive (about 150 miles), the mattress slipped forward about 6 inches.

Above is how it looks as a bed before 'surgery'. I watched a few videos on YouTube cutting mattresses, and realised my bed base will be the perfect support to do these cuts, and I used a regular wood saw.

The mattress is foam with a latex topper(18cm height from BedzRUs), it arrived rolled and is very lightweight.

First cut was easy.

This didn't go quite so well, I think because I was leaning awquardly.

And the finished product in action.

The following day I added a piece of wood trim to stop the mattress slipping forward in transit, the ends aren't quite finished yet, and I haven't added  latches to the hinged doors yet either.