How to change an RV Dinette to Lazyboy Recliners
Today we completed another Truck Camper Magazine Mod Contest where this one encompassed changing our Dinette to Lazyboy Recliners! This changeover can be accomplished without any tools, and can easily be changed back if we wish. The essence of this change was to give us better more 'cushiony' seating during our long travels with the Truck Camper over many months. In addition to the new seats, it also includes custom articulating tables to allow eating, or laptops, right at our fingertips. These tables pivot out of the way for sitting down and travel. This change should be a perfect upgrade for our lifestyle!
Note: We tried several chairs and they didn’t work out satisfactorily. One was a ‘gaming’ chair that was too stiff and not cushiony enough (sent back). Another was an IKEA wooden chair that I had to cut 6” off its height (broke, not robust enough). These last chairs are perfect! They are leather, with arms, swiveled, and the back tilted. These are called ‘Floor Chairs’ and after exhausting internet searches could only be found in China! Although moderately expensive, we spent the money and are thrilled with the quality! A link to the chairs is as follows:
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One of the best mods I've seen. I've always thought those dinettes were too restrictive and unconformable.
This is my favorite mod yet! Thanks for the videos and keep them comming
This is a well thought out and quite ingenious mod. Very impressive.
Ingenious, I like how you have a new space and also managed to keep the old setup 👍
I'm so glad you put this out there. Thank you so much ! We updated our dinette in a similar manner and we love it !
especially love your clever tables! great idea!
Excellent improvise and overcome Charles. The modifications you made to that T.V. arm would make for an excellent DIY video. Thanks for posting.
Those articulating tables are sweet. Very clever. We are in the process of changing out an RV couch with two recliners, was looking for some sort of table resolution, your idea is perfect. Thanx!
Great Job! Would not thought of that Mod! Keep up the Great Work!
Great video and super impressive mod. Well done!
Not only an excellent job but nicely filmed and presented. It's amazing camper manufacturers have not clued in on what a great option this is. I've spent 3 months in a camper and know first hand how uncomfortable those dinettes are.
A friend did a similar mod in his C class. Instead of the swing away table, he used a pop up coffee type table that could be use to eat on and then drop down for a foot rest. Works amazingly well.
Excellent solution!
This is brilliant! I was just about to remove the dinette completely, until I saw your video. Love this Idea! Thanks for sharing.
@shepardes
5 жыл бұрын
Us too, we were just talking about this last night. Great idea and I love the idea of making something to put your legs up on with the drawers out - brilliant idea! I LOVE the table ideas also!
Great mod!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Absolutely brilliant! I think we will do that to the rear dinette of our travel trailer.
Brilliant and clever. Thank you so much!
Awesome work! Keeping it simple.
marvelous work, thanks for posting this, very clever :-)
That was clever, excellent idea !
Thank you for sharing this great idea!!
This is the best idea e have seen so far!
Great ideas! This is exactly what we need!
What a neat, transparent comfort add on.
Impressive ingenuity
Excellent idea thanks for sharing
Very nice! I have a similar idea, mostly with similar chairs mounted onto floor cupboards. Just like you, if I lose the chair legs I can have them sit on storage instead. Maybe you can add a very secure rod or something to the top of the cupboard below as a foot rest.
You made that look easy!
Fantastic, thanks for the ideas. Two upgrades I might like is a cup holder between the chairs and footstools.
@JNatella
3 жыл бұрын
www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/guide-gear-camp-chair-foot-stool?a=2195357&szc=000&clrc=107&pm2d=CSE-SPG-15-PLA&PLA&Google&CI&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhv-NleXL6wIViAiICR1Ytwf4EAQYCiABEgLKwPD_BwE
Great job Charlie...going to have to look at your truck camper when we get back to SP for the season...John G.
Great job !
super duper clever! I hope you have other nifty videos like this, I may have to borrow, or use inspiration from, your great idea!
What a great 👍 idea!!!
Excellent idea
Very nice work 🎉🎉
Omg, what I needed. Thanks!
What an elegant solution to a continuing problem! If you removed the chairs, you would have a great bed area with pillows. That was truly brilliant! I will use your articulating arm idea for a console table in the cab area.
yes leg support would be great too have. have someway to support your legs while sitting in those chairs.
@ladykatiecrafts
6 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. Fantastic, only missing one thing..... Great innovation, thinking outside the box....
@JNatella
3 жыл бұрын
may look a little strange but this is the first thing I thought of www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/guide-gear-camp-chair-foot-stool?a=2195357&szc=000&clrc=107&pm2d=CSE-SPG-15-PLA&PLA&Google&CI&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhv-NleXL6wIViAiICR1Ytwf4EAQYCiABEgLKwPD_BwE
@isaratx1209
3 жыл бұрын
@@JNatella i have RA and live in a lot of pain, especially feet, ankles, and legs. I bought the Moon Pod ottoman and it’s wonderful. I can always scrunch it for more support, or whatever I need. Pricey, but totally worth it for me. Goes with any chair or sofa. BTW, for me, the Moon Pod chair was too hard to get in/out of, but I’m old, lol. Their ottoman is great!
@stevenbrown5210
2 жыл бұрын
Pervert!!!
I have a dinette and a couch across from it and this a purrrfect idea. I have been trying to figure out how to put a cat post at a window. Now I can have a counter expansion on top of the one bench top then giving my kitchen area an L shape plus, the cat's space. 2 problems solved simply . Thanks
Great Mod Charles. I know leg supports has been suggested. I would add a small padded top consol between the chairs with storage under a lid and maybe a drawer in the bottom. You know some place to store all the electronic chargers and adaptors you accumulate. Nice neat work.
amaze-balls! love it!
Awesome Idea!
Great idea love it
Great idea!
You could mount some footrests the same way so you’re not dangling and taking a chance on a blood clot. Very innovative! Well done you!
pretty slick Charles
Great Job!!!!!
AMAAAAZING! You're hired! :)
Very creative
Nice job.
Really clever!
I too am/was missing comfortable seating options in my Arctic Fox 990. Like you I could not afford to loose my underneath storage. let alone the furnace that is located on one side. This modification will allow me to retain these necessary items and pick up a comfy chair for coffee in the morning.
Very great idea!!!!
This guy's the G.O.A.T.
Brilliant!
Brilliant
Looks good great for couples
Excellent!!!!
Make leg supports that you can Attach to the plywood just like you did with the tables you can adjust them to your liking and have them upholstered where your calves rest on them
Really nice.
Another great mod / video. Perhaps some felt on inside of the clamp so wood doesn't get scratched.... Watching a bunch more of these videos tonight. Love em.
Brilliant!!!!!
Clever. Thank you. 🌲🌝☘️
Ingenious!
THAT IS JUST KOOL!
Awesome smart love it!
Nice! Glad to see the K.I.S.S. principle at work. And I liked the fact that you left the original install in place. Like several have asked before, what about your feet? Would seem uncomfortable after a while. Great job tho!
I would need a full lazy boy there. But good mod.
Excellent idea!! I've been trying to figure out a way to do this but this is great! Does it sag or lose tension? Thanks!!
Very Cool!
smart idea
Genius!
I'd gotten a quote for a (factory order) Chalet a few years ago, was surprised and disappointed that as with other manufacturers, no one was offering this as a factory option. A Truck Camper by definition is a small space. Seems to me its more likely to have two-persons on board than 4 or more. I think the manufacturers should offer comfortable recliner seating for two, with a means of optionally seating two others, perhaps on a bench that could be mounted in front of the recliners. Your design is great.
@slimcruise
7 жыл бұрын
Snowriver campers out of BC offered a quad recliner, they are out of business now, some used ones around
brilliant
As many have mentioned, great mod, non-destructive and all that, but needs a foot rest. I also like that with the cushions placed in storage, the foot-well underneath the "normal" dinette could be used for folding chairs, or other bulky items. Thanks for the vid.
@jcrefasi1
5 жыл бұрын
Or to store a foot rest
Pretty awesome 👏 leg support would be nice 👍 well done great idea 👍🇨🇦
@jcrefasi1
5 жыл бұрын
Foot support should've been a mandatory requirement!
Fantastic conversion! Who wouldn't rather sit in a comfy recliner vs dinette cushions? One issue for me...half the recliner is missing...the leg support. I wouldn't like my legs to dangle over the edge. Do you have an ottoman or some other inventive idea for leg support?
Love it. I'll use an ottoman for leg support. You can get a matching Euro chair ottoman.
Would it be possible to write up how you modified the swing arm? I love this but can't see how you got the platform to face up...
Genious ! 👍🏽
you should send a copy of this video to the truck camper manufacturers like northstar campers and lance it would be great to be able to buy a camper from the factory with this mod in it
Just subscribed to you! I like what you did and will have to show my wife. I think she would like that too.
Great design...I would have added those marine cup holders...:-)
Great idea. I would need something for my feet, no way could they dangle about. Wife would need a step stool to get in, but nice easy idea!
That is an excellent mod, more so because you haven't destroyed your booth dinette to do it.....great job mate ;¬)
I like that mod looks great. if I ever get a truck camper I would like the recliners instead of the dinette wonder if any of the truck camper manufacturers would do this as an option.
@TheBobonli
7 жыл бұрын
Alp RV manufacturer of Adventurer and Eagle cap offers theater recliners in place of dinette
very clever .
You could have bolted a Murphy Style ironing board on the wall as a table for really cheap but of course you went for style in the class
Great Idea that what we are going to also do but where did you get the chairs Thx
Can you tell me how you ordered those chairs, I mean what exactly did you ask for? Also did you put the swivel mechanism on the chairs? Thanks John
Hello - love your idea. Can you please tell me where you purchased your chairs, and what brand they are? Thank you.
A little bit late with this comment, but better late than never - I can't imagine that it would take too much to add a lid to your storage drawers to do double duty as a foot rest. Inspiring idea, Charles!
@hosephine1
5 жыл бұрын
Trevor Reiten, how about a removable board that nests between the drawer with a cushion on top?
Awesome idea, Charlie! Where did you get the chairs?
Been looking for something like this for awhile. This is absolutely great! You did a superb job. I was thinking about using this on a Lance 1995 which has the full length drawers but would still work. My only addition would be to somehow have a chair with a footrest too. Otherwise, this is my 95% solution and I am now a subscriber. Well done!
We would love to do this, however our dinette is a slide and is raised up and not level with main floor of the trailer. Bought chairs to do this, but now they sit up too high, need a stool to get into them....now we have to remove the frame work for the benches, which isn't what we had in mind. Other than the bed, this would be our only seating area, we have a 21 ft. Springdale Mini
Where did you get the seats. The link on Pinterest isn’t working. Thank you, I love this idea.
Any chance to share the measurement your slide was as well as the two chairs measurements? Length/width
Nice.
We’re did you get the modified parts for the TV arm. Thanks
Great stuff again CC, love it. Just a reminder that I will be dropping my TC off to you later in the Spring for some mod installs :) jk, but I would like the link to those chairs because I think this mod will maybe work in my TC. Thanks.
@charlescoushaine
8 жыл бұрын
The link to the chairs has been added to the description above.
@jima28080
7 жыл бұрын
When I click on the link it takes me to a Russian site.