Overhead Bunk Area Projects

After removing entertainment center in overhead bunk area	After removing entertainment center in overhead bunk area	After removing entertainment center in overhead bunk area
After removing entertainment center in overhead bunk area	After removing entertainment center in overhead bunk area	After removing entertainment center in overhead bunk area, ready for side mounted TV & cabinet
After removing entertainment center in overhead bunk area	Overhead with new mattress - future project to install side TV cabinet	How to cut foam
With nichrome wire	and a 12V battery	After glue-up with foam adhesive
Lots of pieces to make a mattress extension	Dacron covering	More Dacron
Putting it all together	Final product - not perfect, but functional.	Final Product
That corner kinda got away...	But it'll do!	Updated cover with handles
Installing	Created a sliding base	In the storage position
Original ladder brackets	Created new ones for the sliding base	Finishing with hammered paint
Installed with Stainless bolts	Finishing touches on the ladder; test fittings	Ladder test fitting
Storage box to hold sliding base in place - Too high!	Proper height	Storage!
Sliding bolt base	Installed.	Temporary bracket on other side for now.
Sliding Base - Almost deployed	Sliding Base - Full view, almost deployed	Sliding Base - Deployed; relation to storage box
Sliding Base - Spacer/lock detail, deployed	Sliding Base - Lock spacers, Detail	Sliding Base - Deployed; relation to storage box
Sliding Base - Storage position	Four Winds Bunk - 3 piece overhead mattress	Four Winds Bunk - Left view
Four Winds Bunk - Mid-sized section has 3/4" plywood in slip cover	Four Winds Bunk - Larger view	Four Winds Bunk - Deployed - Note, no ladder; use dinette to crawl in
Four Winds Bunk - Full storage	New cabinet for TV in overhead	Entertainment Center