Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Modification

Nap Time for Ms. Georgia & Jerry
The Freedom Deluxe has a table in the back that folds down into a double bed. It also 2 captain chairs on the side with a small table between them. The former owner had replaced the original captain chairs with smaller leather captain chairs which added a little more room. We purchased a memory foam mattress for the bed and leave it made as such all the time.  However we have found that with  Ms. Georgia in the bed it is a little cramped and if she is on the floor we trip over her at night.

Like so many other Casita owners we make a modification to fit our needs. We unbolted the captain chairs under the seats, leaving the base in place, We also removed the little table. Then we placed 2 1"x12" boards side by side, extending from the outside bathroom wall to the edge of the double bed. By drilling holes through the boards to alien with the holds in the pedestals where the chairs were attached we were able to built the 1"x12" in place. A twin size memory foam mattress was cut to fit the 24' platform ( allow a little of the foam to overhang on the outside edge) Use the foam you cut off as a back and you have a little sofa, which can also serve as an extra bed it needed. Ms. Georgia has calmed it for her bed...we are all happy about this.

Ms. Georgia is very happy about her new bed.
As for a table, we eat most of our meals outside or hold our plates in our laps. We also have a little folding TV tray we sometimes, but find it really isn't needed.

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