Building a Subaru Forester Camper!

We built a camper in our Suburu forester! It was quite easier than I imagined. It just took a day of taking measurements, going over to Home Depot, picking out plywood, getting those cut by a nice Home Depot employee, then screwing in some wood screws with a drill. All done in a day!

Now let's see if this setup gets us a bit better sleeping experience and good amount of storage to shove in our climbing gear... :) 

Final product:


Progress photos:











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