Uploaded September 2018 | Updated September 2026, 44 minutes ago

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This "how to" video demonstrates the method I used to build and upholster a sleeping platform for my 2007 Subaru Forester. After I put this video together, I have enjoyed this sleeping platform in a different 2006 Forester with the same body style.

Materials included:
1 OSB board - $28
~5 square yards of fabric from thrift store - $5
Legs cut by Home Depot from scrap lumber - $6
Staples and star screws: $4

Total cost of materials: $43 (plastic container drawers not included)

Backpacker Diaries would like to thank several handy men for serving as invaluable consultants on this project:
Ken Donaldson
Anthony Gagnon
Brim Scout

Brim has his own YouTube channel that I can highly reccommend:
youtube.com/channel/UC-CaJknW4JbTT_q6u-Ni7Fw

Music by:

Lojo Russo
"Willow's Walk"

Richie Aldente featuring Jimmie Herrod
"I4U"

Lojo Russo
"Mirror Image"

Chill
"Remember"
licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Lojo Russo
"Lucky day"