A New Look for Kini

Kini's my vintage travel trailer.  (The name means "Tin Can" in Hawaiian.)

The upholstery was starting to look a bit shabby and faded, and besides, I wanted a different bed arrangement. Having a couch is all well and good, but when I travel alone, I rarely sit on it, and it's a pain having to convert it into a bed every night, so I widened the seat to twin-bed size and reduced the backrest.

Here's how it used to look:

And here's the new look:

 In the event a double bed is needed, the twin bed will pull out and the back rests will drop into the space.

I split the backrest into two pieces that can be easily stashed out of the way. I'll leave the twin bed made up all the time unless I'm at a show or rally and feel I need to be tidy.


The house got a little out of control during the process...

Carefully posed candid selfie

Since I was redoing the bed, I needed to re-do the dinette as well, and for these cushions, decided to put piping around the edges.  Didn't bother with that on the bed, because... it's a bed.

30 yards of homemade "piping"

The "Guest Bed."

Getting ready to take a little road trip, so the New Look will get a good test.