While at the FMCA rally in Tucson back in March, we placed an order with Dave & LJ’s RV Furniture (based in Woodland, Washington) for theater seating and a couple of cabinets, to replace the recliners we were using since we removed the original L-shaped and jackknife couches. We liked the recliners, but they were a bit more hassle on travel days, and when we eventually sell our coach, we wouldn’t want to include them, hence deciding to get more conventional seating.

Here’s the model couch they had on show:

Our recliners:

To get them out the door, I needed to remove the bases (same as when I brought them into the coach):

We kept them — we took them to our storage unit just before getting the new seating installed. One day we’ll use them again.

Paladin suspects something may be missing:

Five months after ordering, we stopped by Dave & LJ’s in Woodland to get the new items installed:

We had ordered two of the wide cabinets, but due to a mixup they only had one:

We could have had the other shipped, but decided to go with narrower ones, that were in stock; we figure that the extra gap on either side is handy for storing lap trays, shoes, and such.

They brought in the theater seating in mulitple pieces:

Drilling a mounting hole:

One of two bolts through the underside of the slide-out:

Paladin supervising:

The installed couch:

Installing a cabinet:

With the slides in, still plenty of room to get past:

The front feet lift off the floor, along with the slide floor:

Paladin approves:

With slides in:

And out:

The center of the couch can fold up, and includes a pop-up power center, with two USB-A and one USB-C power outlets, and a Qi wireless charger:

Plus there’s another USB outlet along with the controls; a button to bring everything down, a button to extend or retract the footrest, and another button to move the headrest forward and back:

The new seating is comfy.

To personalize our coach a bit more, we decided to replace a generic artwork in the kitchen with something a bit more meaningful to us.

Here’s the old artwork, after removing it from the wall:

The empty wall:

We got a wooden US map to feature in its place:

The map comes in several pieces:

We also got a 24×36” wooden frame, an opaque white plexiglass sheet of the same size, and some foam boards to fill out the space behind it:

I used Command-brand double-sided strips to help adhere it to the wall:

I also used screws through the plexiglass to secure it to the wall; the screws were later hidden behind stickers (the PostIt notes mark the map placement):

The wooden map is attached with double-sided adhesive strips:

And mounted to the plexiglass:

It has a nice 3D relief:

Hawaii:

Alaska:

Some hummingbird decorations:

We added pins (that came with the map) on states we’ve visited:

Plus stickers around the map for some places we’ve been:

The current state:

Over time, we will add more pins and stickers, to help commemorate our travels.

One of the use-cases for getting a logo designed for Sinclair Trails was to put it on our coach.

Here’s me adding the logo sticker to our slide-out, above the states map:

The Sinclair Trails logo sticker; looks really good, I think:

Above the map:

We also got another sticker with the SinclairTrails.com website and social name (e.g. Twitter and Facebook):

The stickers:

One of several criteria when choosing an RV was that we needed to keep working as we travel, so we wanted a desk (or two). So soon after we bought our coach, we removed the couches, and replaced one with a desk:

From the start, I used a lap tray with my laptop, sitting in my living room chair, while Jenn used the desk. Over time, she decided that she didn’t need the second screen, and ultimately didn’t need the desk either.

So we removed the desk, while temporarily leaving its drawers:

We might get some custom furniture to go there in due course, but in the meantime we decided to replace the desk with IKEA KALLAX drawers and cupboards; a very flexible system that we’ve enjoyed in the past.

Here are the drawers being assembled:

To prevent the drawers from sliding open when the coach is in motion, I added roller catches:

The new drawers next to the old ones, while transferring the contents:

Next I assembled IKEA KALLAX cupboards; the bottom-right cubby is a cat bed for Paladin:

I got brackets to connect the two units, for extra stability:

The two brackets on the back are covered in self-adhesive felt, to avoid scratching the wall:

I also added a bracket to mount the units to the wall:

The drawers and cupboards:

Related, I added velcro to Jenn’s laptops and laptop stand, so they stay put while driving:

She uses the laptop stand on the dining table when she has meetings, or uses a lap tray in her living room chair like me.