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Hi All, Just wanted to share a couple of lovely spots to overnight in Salem, MA.   I've been here almost two months and I've found Salem a very welcoming and easygoing place in general. I like the downtown area with all the historic witchy themed museums and the waterfront. The first is the...

Hey Cheapies! Been living in my unfinished Chevy Express for the past two months in the Salem/Beverly MA area, gonna be here for the next couple of months.  I say unfinished because though I have a very comfy bed, I have no "galley" cabinet (using a big tupperware thingie) and on the short wall...

For the same winter weather reason as you I haven't yet moved on to hanging the paneling, so my ultimate solution is still an open question.  I've still got 1x2 framing pieces on the ceiling and long wall and that luan panel on the short.  WRT the corners, for one I cut a few shorter 1x2 pieces...

yeah, and that's where I'm iffy: that sheet's so thin, hard to believe I can attach the 1/4" panel strips to it and they stay put...

My goal is to attach cedar paneling horizontally, like these guys: http://www.instructables.com/id/Cedar-paneling-for-van-interior/ What they did was to attach 1x2s vertically along the ribs, then nailed and glued the paneling to the 1x2s.  This is what I did, and all was well until the curvy...

Hey again, Going with your suggestion of the 1/8" plywood to the metal for the rearmost 4 feet of wall, guess it'll be a plywood/studs hybrid.  One more question, or rather a request for reassurance: will I really be able to nail 1/4" paneling to this 1/8" luan?  Putting the panel up this...

Geez highdesertranger, if I knew people did this for a living I'd a outsourced this job for sure! Thanks so much for these explanations sassypickens and almosthere, I think I'm beginning to see the light. The plan is to attach cedar paneling horizontally to the vertical furring strips, and I...

Thanks a lot friends, I guess my question is, anywhere I set a flat strip against any part of the van wall like rvpopeye suggests, the plane it creates won't be parallel to the plane created by the rest of the studs. The vertical ribs of the rest of the wall are all mostly symmetrical, hence...

Hi All, I'm converting an '09 Chevy Express with next to no carpentry skills, and I've run into a roadblock I'm hoping y'all can help with.  I'm trying to put up a frame for the paneling I want to install.  I've been screwing in 1x2s in to the ribs which have so far worked well for the ceiling...