I got my camper in late feb this year and started building it out mid March after moving to a new place with a good work space.
After having an indoor cooking space and dinette in my Alaskan so long, I really wanted to figure a way to incorporate a dinette in the smaller space and be able to easily eat and cook inside or outside depending on the conditions. I couldn't really find any other builds that had a dinette so I had to scratch my head a bit on the best way to do it without it getting to heavy or complex, plus I want it to be as modular and light as possible and easy to remove if needed.
I ended up using 80/20 2020 series to build storage benches with removable plywood tops I didn't use and hinges or latches, and the lids / seats just sit on top of the benches with some wood pieces that stay lined up within the 80/20 frame. One reason is simplicity / weight and the other is I wanted to be able to access storage inside or outside the hatch, they have never come off even in rough off road so I'm happy with that choice. The 1/4 inch side panels are just sanded plywood with a Varythane stain to match the dark wood from the factory. The benches ended up being very light which is great. they are mounted to the bed rails using M6 rivnuts, 2 per side and come out very easily. I used a sheet of 3/8 plywood as my floor painted black and some 1/2 foil backed stick on insulation on the bottom of the floor.
I had to really marinate on the best way to insulate to sides of my bare metal bed and finally had the idea to take my old bed liner and "modify" it to only cover the sides, back and wheel wells. I just cut the bed rail lips off and cut out the floor and notched reliefs where it was needed to fit the benches up against the sides. The liner has insulation on the back side of it. I also through bolted the camper to the bed to get rid of the clamps that were a challenge to build around.
I used a Lagun swiveling style table that mounts to one of the benches for the dinette and we just sit on the benches.
I scored a camp chef "sherpa" for super cheap awhile back that ended up being perfect for using as a way to stow cooking gear and some other things and make a nice light table to put my Coleman stove on. It just sits on top of the passenger side bench and is held down with 4 velcro straps. It can easily be removed and used outside if needed and has some legs I carry if I use it outside.
My fridge and water sit in the forward part of the cab to keep the heavy stuff in front of the rear axel. Beverages and groceries are super easy to reach through side hatch and I have a self powered little faucet. You can set the faucet any where the hose reaches which works great, it charges USB. My lighting is just some magnetic puck lights that also charge USB and you just use adhesive discs for mounting em.
The camper is insulated with 1 inch foam board and skinned with 1/4 poly / stained birch panels stuck on w/adhesive. I used an old Mexican blanket that was covering the seat in my last rigs dinette for the hatches w 1 inch insulation underneath em.
The DC system is a 100ah lithium in the trucks cab along with a BCDC 25 amp Redarc with Mppt solar input. I put the fuse panel and inverter in the camper along with charge ports and fridge hookup. I have a little cubby to charge my E-bike battery in the bench.
I also added some magnetic bug screens to the hatch and back entrance which has been perfect for keeping bugs out.
HSWOR - Day 5 - 97 by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr