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Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today’s video, I’ll show you all of the products and steps I used to create a sink with running water for my Minivan Camper. Recently, I converted my minivan into a camper that sleeps two.  I have a three part video series that describes that conversion.  I didn’t have quite enough time in those videos to give all of the specifics on how I put together the sink with running water, so I thought I’d do a separate video on that. Because the bed occupies so much space in a minivan that sleeps two, my kitchen only uses a little less than two feet in the back of the van, plus some of the great outdoors.  When cooking, I keep my cooler, cabinets, and stove outside the van and use the back part of the van for counter space and access to storage.  The sink hangs off the van and pumps water from a storage container that is stored underneath the bed. First, let’s talk about the Sink I knew I wanted the ...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar Channel and today's video is the third in a three part series where I show you how I converted my 2015 Honda Odyssey minivan into a camper that sleeps two.  The first two videos covered my camper requirements,  the bed build plus other sleeping concerns, and using the van for living or storage space when we are not sleeping.  This final video will cover the kitchen and other miscellaneous thoughts. Kitchen The kitchen is accessible from the back of the van.   My requirements for the kitchen were to have all of my cooking stuff fairly easily accessible, to have a good food prep area, and to have everything be -- again -- totally removable and easy to store in my basement or garage.  So not a big, heavy built-in kitchen.  Let me show you what I designed.  First the Refrigerator - I already had a cheapo cooler, but I decided to upgrade to this Coleman cooler that, when fastened shut, can ...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar Channel and today's video is the second in a three part series where I show you how I converted my 2015 Honda Odyssey minivan into a camper that sleeps two.  The first video covered my requirements and the bed platform build. This video will cover other sleeping concerns and how we use the van for living space when we are not sleeping.  The last video will cover the kitchen and other miscellaneous items. So, I already covered how I built the bed platform, so now let's talk about other sleeping issues.  Bedroom - Other Here are some other things that make sleeping in the van awesome: Mattress - One of the key elements to this design was having an actual mattress.  I detest blow up mattresses -- I don't like the way they shift around when you move and they are ridiculously noisy.  So, getting a nice thick foam mattress that was 48" wide was key to this project.  Also, I CAN sew, but I didn't r...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar Channel and in today's video, I'm going to show you how I converted my 2015 Honda Odyssey minivan into a camper that sleeps two.  This is the first of a three part series.  This first video covers my requirements and the bed platform build.  Video 2 will cover other sleeping concerns and how we use the van when we are not sleeping and Video 3 will cover the kitchen and other miscellaneous thoughts. Why? I know minivan conversions are all the rage and a hot trend right now on social media, but I swear, I have been thinking about building out my minivan since at least 2012.  I'm definitely the most enthusiastic camper in my household.  Growing up, my family's main summer vacation was camping for 2 weeks about 2 miles down the road from our house and it is still in my bones.  The problem is -- my bones are old and creaky now and sleeping in a tent on the hard ground with some super thin camp mattress...