Author: Justin

It’s been more than four months since I started this project, but it’s finally done! The bunk beds came out awesome and the girls love them. In this post I’ll give a summary of the steps to build the beds, and then show some photos of the completed bunk.

Last year I installed an inverter in our 2018 Airstream Sport 22FB. The inverter has worked awesome so far, but I did create one problem. When the inverter was turned on it would power the battery charger, created a power loop that quickly drained the battery unless we manually turned off the charger at the breaker panel. In this post, I finally fix the problem.

I’ve always wanted to learn to weld, but it’s always seemed a bit overwhelming to get started. Building a bunk bed for our Airstream has provided me with the perfect excuse! My original plan was to just use my friend’s welder, but pretty quickly I found myself at our local welding supply shop buying myself a whole welding setup.

Our 2018 Airstream Sport 22 came with great bright-white LED lighting that makes it feel sunny inside the camper even when it’s a bit cloudy outside. However, when it’s evening time and we’re trying to settle down, those lights are way too bright, and we found we were using battery operated lights and candles instead. That’s why I installed a dimmable light in the bathroom before our big trip.

Although our solar panels on our Airstream have been installed for about a year now, I never wrote up a post about installing them. In this post I’ll cover the details of installation of 350 watts of solar panels on our 2018 Airstream Sport 22 travel trailer.

Before starting to build the bunk bed for our Airstream Sport 22FB, I wanted to make a 3D model so we could really visualize how it would look and so I could be sure to get all the measurements correct. I didn’t have 3D modeling skills, so step 1 was to learn how to use Sketchup.