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We are leaving on a two month trip to Alaska in two weeks. Based on a month long trip out west last summer, we decided to remove the couch and fold out tables in our 1995 25' Classic and replace it with a dinette set. I also pulled out the carpeting and replaced it with a floating cork floor, put in two new Fantastic Fans, and added two overhead flourescent lights. The wrap around dinette arrangement was modeled on the two done by PizzaChop, and detailed elsewhere in this forum.

I used a hydraulic pedestal ($75) for the dinette table that I found from an online marine parts store. This lets me lift and lower the table without having to manhandle it up and down. I also added 4 folding table legs to help stabilize it when it is in the table position. The back cushions drop onto the table to complete the bed surface. It all goes up or down in less than a minute, and I do not have any leftover things to store or fiddle with.

The cork floor is great, and I think it will be easy to clean, and less funky than the carpet. Although it is a hard surface, it is "soft" underfoot.

Many of the threads posted in this forum gave me ideas and the confidence to do this project. Here are some pictures, and thanks for sharing your knowledge here! (PS-not sure the pics will post, but if they don't this time, I'll try again....)