One thing I found myself wanting when I went overnighting in the van last fall was a little table to set my phone, clock, and little lantern on next to the cot. I made do with a plastic container but this is a new year and I deserve a little folding table for myself. I looked around on the internet off and on for the last few months and the closest I could come was a folding table from REI but they wanted $38 for the thing, it wasn't the 'perfect' dimensions, and when folded it was 4 1/2 inches thick. Give me a break! So I set about to make myself one and I kind of like it :)
Started like this. Two pieces of wood I had laying around just waiting to be turned into my new table.
And this is how it ended up!
Instead of folding up to a bulky 4 1/2 inches, my little table folds down to 1 3/4 inches, slick as a whistle.
And of course it's exactly the right dimensions, including the height, to set up along side my new cot. Happiness is having something exactly like you wanted it to be :)
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