Nallely • June 6, 2020
Anyone else agree that existing RV dinettes are just too bulky? Well, for us it was! We understand that they are great for most people, but for full timers it is a lot of wasted space! We wanted to utilize the space to our advantage and we knew putting in a desk would do just that!
We knew we wanted a desk to replace our existing dinette but we didn't want to drill any holes into our precious Airstream aluminum walls. We went back and forth on just putting in a small foldable IKEA table, but then worried about how to secure it when we traveled. We looked at hundreds of pictures online of other RV full timers desk and gathered some inspiration before deciding what would fit our space!
Tanner figured out that we could just use the existing dinette hardware to secure a tabletop so that we didn't have to worry about drilling new holes! So off we went to IKEA to find the perfect tabletop!
STEP 1
At IKEA we chose the bamboo HILVER tabletop . We liked that it was fairly inexpensive and lightweight! We wanted a thin, long desk so we ended up cutting the bamboo table top with a table saw to the width of 18 inches.
A little FYI: the reason that the bamboo tabletop is super lightweight is because it is NOT solid bamboo! It has a cardboard core. This didn't bother us because the cut side was going to be up against the Airstream wall and would not be seen. We also cut about 1 inch off the end that would be up against the wall so that it would fit flush because the tabletop is curved. We added a Velcro strip to the cut end to prevent scratches on the wall.
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