Building a huge storage drawer for my Van! (Tips and Tricks)

[@atmrtnez]

The most amazing part of this video was watching you freehand those straight lines. Impressive.

[@joannakasper5486]

As someone who spent many years going camping with a husband whose packing style can only be described as 'chaotic' this gives me feelings of such peace and contentment just watching how neatly that went together.

[@pacoparigi2163]

for camping one must embrace the chaos! :)

[@MichelleGaudetteEdD]

You just helped me overcome my fear of drawer slides! I've never seen anyone build 'around' them and that's the smartest approach ever! Thanks you! This was very cool!

[@nathanfell8993]

"Just get started-don't overthink it" It's so inspiring to hear those words coming from you Laura. Many of my best outcomes on projects came from that approach. (MOST, now that I think of it.) I'm a middle school science and engineering teacher with an after-school Maker Space where students can build whatever they want. The biggest obstacle for 100% of my students is perfection; they want so bad for everything to be perfect that it hinders their creativity. Your videos are perfect instructions on not just how to build something, but how to approach building something. Thank you Laura, as always, for the guidance and inspiration!

[@laurakampf]

Thanks Nathan!

[@zakarymeakin6673]

Ohhh that last shot of everything neatly fitting in perfectly was...... delicious!!!

[@lazymandoplayer]

I love the shot at the end, Smudo's expression says "Wow! How did you do that?" to me :D

[@clintstinytrailerconversio5560]

Nicely done. The key is having bins on hand to make it all fit. And, as you mentioned... springing for the best slides. Cheap is never good and the good is never cheap. I missed the "LET GLUE DRY"... your signature thingie.

[@trumpwon8231]

Thousands in tools, Your very fortunate. Enjoy this moment in life. Most do not have all that. Nice work by the way.

[@RexusKing]

Your stickers looks so stock on those crates! Also two systaniers fits one eurocrate is insane! So satisfying.

[@ADBBuild]

You can get your logo printed on them, so I'm assuming that's what she did. Looks super cool, like it was designed to be there.

[@asiandrmr]

A girls after my own heart! 😍 I love organizing and organization stuff too!! Love your videos... It just popped up in my feed... And I'm. So glad too! 😊

[@theresedignard4267]

What an awesome idea to build after the slides are installed. I learn so much when I watch your videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@roadless_wanderers]

Dudeee you are so so smart. Doing like so, building like a floor for the drawer will be much stronger and also I can, now, trace the drawer to my trunk. Daaamn, I wish I could be that smart. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheReaperGT]

Production value on point over here. Thank you Laura for sharing.

[@davidbell6101]

I live on a sailboat. I use a similar grid system. I leave the corners off the grids walls to make it easier to sweep the inevitable spill off the shelf. Love your videos.

[@cherrysIushie]

How do you end up living on a sailboat that’s awesome

[@davidbell6101]

something I always wanted to do ... everything else after that is a detail@@cherrysIushie

[@tomanicodin]

No one at work understand the amount of time I spend in order to have everything organized. Your system is a paradise to my eyes!

[@colmakesvideo]

that final slide was so satisfying !!

[@mariellecb1]

A place for everything and everything in its place. So satisfying...❤️

[@sgsax]

I do love a good modular design. So satisfying to watch the loaded platform slide home. Thanks for sharing!

[@kingukulit4597]

so satisfying seeing it all store so efficiently! awesome job!

[@mariobessa8875]

Dam Girl!!! Super super organized... Well done, i love it. At the end of your videos, i feel like i should go right away to my garage to make something with my woods... As you know, i see you as super hero, you have the hands of a goddess 😜😜😜 Laura kampf the "goddess woman", ladies and gentleman the newest world"s super hero 💪 Thanks for this video Laura See ya soon i hope 😎

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

3D Zarges-, Systainer- and breadbox -Tetris, spiced with occasional folding seats. I'd become a fan, wouldn't I already be one. Only thing missing here (...yet 😂): The side panel section of the drawer that doubles as an extremly good looking, rocksolid surprise folding table .... . Cheers and thanks for sharing!

[@simonr6793]

Laura the looks Smoudo was giving you at the end of the draw build said it all, he was hoping that you was making him his very own sleeping quarters and instead you filled it with storage bins!!! That four weeks camping trip is going to be a very unpleasant one for you by the looks on his face!!! Laura as always 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.

[@Mucram-17]

I must confess I stopped watching KZbin for a while now and started going through Laura withdrawal.lol.Im loving all your new stuff. Your awesome

[@laurakampf]

Welcome back :)

[@jasondrummond9451]

Amazing to watch. I'm the poster child for massive disorganization. This does give me ideas ....

[@g.r.2985]

Hey Laura, great video!! You had me (like) @ “Hello…everybody!”, to borrows cheesy line from “When Harry met Sally”. You are a great inspiration. Keep up the great work. Danke schön!

[@skywalker165]

In the beginning I could not catch what will it turn out o be (well knew it was storage). And the end result was really great to see. So much storage in such a small space, very well thinking.

[@p.w.2149]

Very cool Projekt 👍 And there is nothing better and cooler than Zarges or Zarges like Alu boxes.

[@danielwoolfe1135]

Laura, as someone else who's brain runs in overdrive 'designing' things and analyzing optimising systems (such as organisation), you might be a 'nerd", but it's not a bad thing at all :)

[@remoc52357]

Laura....I love everything you do, as long as Smudo has someplace to sleep and live in the van!.......

[@acopernic]

I had exact same logic with my van. Ended with more or less the same solution. Packing is the key. No disturbing moves in the truck. Next step for me is the energy.

[@voneschenbachmusic]

Storage box heaven! love the organization system!

[@matthewb8229]

Very efficient use of space!

[@cartooncito764]

I LOVE that everything fit just perfect, visual pleasure, great job!

[@mjallenuk]

Some epically common sense yet utterly smart decisions there... thank you, that really helps and inspires

[@craigtanner6916]

Awesome video! You take the old saying “ a place for everything, and everything in it’s place” to a very very cool level! Thanks for all of the hard work putting these together, they are great!

[@drexellouis4046]

My motorhome, the Phoenix is going to have a slide like that. I love the one you built. My motorhome is going to be my home as well as my mobile shop so I can drive around and help people so I'm coming up with very creative ways of having workbenches come out from the side of the vehicle where my awning is going to be.

[@martinfahy8348]

Cool , nice feeling when it all closes in

[@davejohnson6211]

Wow! You have MAD skills! I love this design. Having the drawer base on top of the slides instead of attaching them to the sides of the drawers! My head just exploded!!! I like to think I am pretty clever at this kind of stuff, but I was never going to think of that. Exactly the idea I need. Glad I decided to watch "just one more". You have a new subscriber!

[@datisdatdan]

Laura, you are an amazing person!!!! Love your video and this one just put a big BIG smile on my face!

[@frankimperiale4470]

I love how organized you are!

[@RevdUp.Art.Fotografer]

That's a lot of stuff you fit in there. I am a container freak. I love all kinds of containers. Boxes - metal, wooden, plastic, etc; baskets (not like Easter ones); zip top plastic bags from snack to elephant size; backpacks; luggage; canning jars; food storage boxes; etc... I even went through a period of buying lots of terracotta pots and then the plants to put in them. LOL I think it's the Capricorn in me. My ex's and friends that are Caps or have a lot of Cap in their chart all like containers of differing types. lol... Yes, I know I'm strange. The thing that surprised me was the chairs. I guess I must have longer/taller ones.

[@jiri4023]

This German organization of stuff is pretty cool. I'm a happy messy person, but when you have limited space, you gotta make an extra effort and plan something cool. Congrats Laura!

[@jamiecoates377]

Very aesthetically pleasing!

[@felixfromnebraska8648]

You always come through with cool ideas, tips, and tricks. Thanks, Laura! Felix

[@queendidine]

Laura great content and thank you for sharing.Life's better when you built stuff.

[@charlesnicholson5715]

That totally made my neatness ocd tingle in a good way!

[@alandickson1629]

I like your QEK Camper Laura, it inspired me to build one. Thank you for your enthusiasm

[@hennessy4666]

I just discovered your channel and i like it, its amazing what a pair of skilled hands can do, and fact you are a girl it s even more cool

[@helenwalkerceramics2461]

This was one o f the best van videos I’ve seen! Thanks for this!

[@annie-centrepiecefurniture]

As we said in my hospitality days ‘Mise en place’ 👌

[@ronreade3297]

Girl, you have some awesome skills and tools. Love Festool also. Only as good as your tools!

[@RoelfvanderMerwe]

Wow...OK thats cool. I love how it all fits together!

[@jackhume4532]

Hi Laura, once again you have shown how wonderful you brain is when it comes to thinking and then producing any ideas that you have and this weeks one is absolutely fantastic, as it as a plus to it as well because let’s say in the future you decide to sell your camper your sliding drawer will be easy to remove as you have used the factory fitted anchor points in the camper and there is no damage at all by doing that and so I congratulate you on this and I will be looking forward to see what you make next time Laura and until then TaRa for a bit.

[@laurakampf]

Thanks jack! Glad you like my design :)

[@alison__16]

All that perfectly neat and organized storage, with everything fitting so perfectly in its place, makes my soul happy. Smudo was excited for the trip too 😄

[@kaybalschuhn1001]

Klasse. Vielen Dank. Du hast mir für mein Projekt wieder eine neue Sichtweise bzw. Idee gegeben.

[@junebingham4213]

thankyou for sharing, this is exactly what I've been looking for to build for my Sprinter van, cheers

[@NickGranville]

Looks great. I like the modular aspect of it. I made my own runners for my van. The bought ones were crazy expensive for the weight and length I needed (over $1000 nz!). So I made them from square 20mm pipe and skate board bearings (got the idea from Pask) and it works so so well. Cost me $100 and can take 100’s of kg’s of weight

[@LardAssMike]

Would love to see it if you have any pictures/film from the build? I just found this video since I'm looking to to do the same in my motorohome and also realised how expensive the runners are :-D

[@kevgermany]

Timing is perfect for me. Thanks some good ideas. Have a great trip.

[@imagineme9233]

So satisfying to watch. It all fits just right, precise and wonderful work, Laura!

[@manythingslefttobuild]

Great drawer build Laura, the angle drill attachment got some good use. Have a lovely time on your camping trip.

[@grn9209]

I love organizing too❤️

[@DisillusionedAcronym]

6:25 is that glorious smile of someone with OCD tendencies who found things that fit perfectly. i feel you, homie. :-D

[@jerrycapizzi2081]

Good thing the pup was there to supervise construction!

[@niknikolaeff7620]

Omg Laura you done it again 😃 super cool 😎 super organised but I think you dog is worried about where they will sit/sleep🤣🤣🤣

[@lenardvandermaas6893]

wow, this was so satisfying! Thanks for showing the process of making a storage system like this yourself.

[@millennialfalkon]

Awesome stuff, Laura! As always.

[@DudeSawdust]

Clean, simple, and useful. Well done!

[@Sol-hl2rj]

Great build. The 60x40 follows the rule of thirds which applies to photography’s composition rule, its a great system and easy to relate to. That the Systainer fit I didn’t think of! So indeed it gives me ideas too as I do also like outdoor trips as much as having gear very organised in a caravan, car or trailer.

[@arminosaeure29]

It is basicly 1/4 of a Euro-Pallet.(120x80cm). So the Euro and beercrades also are fractions of this to meet the Europallet form factor. Systainers are basicly fanzy Eurocrades(which you can get with lids as well). They also have 30x40 which is 1/8 of a Euro-Pallet...

[@lennertvdwerf]

The rails that sometimes come with servers are actually very useful for this!

[@votesudanusa]

Thank you for this sir. Very well organized

[@aroz72]

That.Was.Beautiful. My OCD thanks you 😍.

[@maximflor]

Perfect. Looks so cool and perfectly organized. Have a great trip !!

[@MsFitz134]

Love the eurocrate concept. I custom built my closets to the dimensions of the boxes that reams of paper come in, so that way I could keep off season clothes in these sturdy lidded cardboard boxes and they'd all fit perfectly. At the time I had an unlimited free supply of these boxes because both my partner and I were working in offices that used tons of paper. Since that time we have moved to remote paperless jobs so finding replacement boxes is slightly more difficult.

[@egbluesuede1220]

I would LOVE to go camping with you! Awesome build!

[@CaraVanOlogywithBecky]

Love it! Just finishing off the drawer/fridge/etc. system for the back of my T6. If I may one other bit of advise for van drawer builders - watch your weight! These type of drawer slides are vital and oh so practical but they, and birch ply, weigh a massive amount so if you've only got a small payload, think carefully about materials. Great video Laura, thanks :)

[@neilspurr7149]

Thank you Laura I managed to get those Pica pens black, blue and a red one was able to find them at Total Tools Eliz. S.A.

[@dimcclung]

Great video! I love seeing how to use every inch of a small space.

[@RevdUp.Art.Fotografer]

Really like your channel. I appreciate your Creativity.

[@marcusruhl5413]

Ordentlich und akkurat, gut geworden 👍 😎

[@AB-C1]

Brilliant! Great storage solutions! I've been looking at building out my own campervan from a panel Van for a few years now haven't got around to it and what with the last two years everything that's happened been going on, it's not really been an option so I've just been learning everything I can about ALL things Campervan related! This is about the best storage system I've seen for maximising space in the rear access/garage compartment as people like to call it.. Really great! And great information about the crates I never knew this before and am looking for a tool- storage solution for my many accumulated (and unorganised) tools aswell! Lol .. one that can be transferred from a shed/small workshop into to a van if needs be pretty easily, so that's another project that has been on back burner! So this will REALLY help with that! ...Thanks for another great Inspirational video Laura! 👍❤️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@beaulabix4914]

Greetings Laura - Good video/tutorial, as per usual. 1) So I have a theory. 2)Re: your "pretty - collapsible - sturdy - portable - table" ( PCSPT). 3) Perhaps, possibly, somehow using the principles of your project from today, & combine them with current, & other, principles for creating a user-friendly PCSPT. 4) IE: using some metal bars, or drawer sliders. 5) I am thinking stability & convenience. 6) Thank you, Laura. 7) Ingenuity creates tomorrow, today. 8) Blessings.

[@mamapreneur8605]

That was incredible!! Instantly subscribed. Thanks.

[@thorugs2816]

Nicely done! Good job 😊

[@rcollinge5818]

Great video and music !

[@vanomadcyclist3474]

Nice storage!! Hope there is a van tour on here 😊

[@themudhutt1]

That was fantastic!!!

[@catweazlekuhlwalda4943]

Moin,was für ein „Werkzeugpark“,super Arbeit!-top👍..

[@jamesday9950]

Soooo satisfying

[@00schralf]

Uh nice 👍 Thanks for the tipp that Systainers are compatible with the euroboxes! Cheers

[@cbpuzzle]

Germany always has smart stuff. All those slides and crates are specialty items in the US where we have to steal old worn out milk crates from the back of stores as they're not for sale anywhere. The closest thing the US has are 5 gallon buckets.

[@bernardor]

just beautiful

[@Diamond_Hammer]

That ending was very satisfying, Tetris level over 9000 even Smudo liked it :) European logistics spawned allot of cool and efficient storage systems, nice use of the crates.

[@bodhi6k]

Love your lovin organisation ! Huge THX

[@travelwithtmc]

You are such a badass. This is incredible! Loved the style of the video but it also was helpful to watch. Thank you.

[@lidijabirsa7768]

I love it! Everything's in perfect place, in order! 👍My dream! 😅

[@rjl110919581]

THANK YOU FOR DETAIL VIDEO

[@64maxpower]

I like to build much the same. I get started with the base and i free style from there. Sometimes i go backwards to go forward again

[@davidoneill7412]

Hi Laura. Great work as usual. It might be a good idea to use either nylon lock nuts or serrated washers to stop bolts coming loose. Good call on locking sliders also.

[@shyamdevadas6099]

Nice job, Laura! If the core of your assembly was something I could buy in the store, I'd get it in a heartbeat.

[@abeledgardosoria9371]

La pasión con la que haces los trabajos ,es inspirador !!!