Making Van Door And Wall Pockets From Leftover Van Carpet ♻️

In this video, I'll be showing how I used some of the carpet scraps left over from carpeting my van to create pockets on the doors of my Nissan NV200 van, as I convert it into a camper.

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0:00 - Intro
0:11 - Making a plan & templates
0:47 - Cutting the carpet
1:37 - Sticking the pocket together
3:20 - Cutting the door cards
4:38 - Attaching the carpet to the door card
7:13 - Making pockets for the side door cards
8:40 - Reinstalling the door cards in the van

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There are 6 black door panels that run round the back of a Nissan NV200. These are clipped in with black panel clips & protect the panel cavities of the van (which I have now filled with insulation).

I'll be adding pockets to these panels to create some much needed extra space for housing some of the items I keep in the van from day-to-day.

The pockets will be created by folding a section of carpet over a piece of card, to give it some rigidity & then tuck the ends into slits in the panel. These ends will then be secured on the back.

I started by measuring the size of the pockets needed & drawing up a plan. I needed twice as much carpet than card in length & gave the whole perimeter a margin of 5cm to create the ends that will tuck in behind the panel.

Next, I cut out the 2 pieces of thin card that would sit inside the folded fabric to give it some rigidity. These bits of card were cut to 25x20 cm, which is the visible area of the pocket, once it is attached to the panel.

I then searched through my pile of carpet leftovers and selected some 2 scraps that could be cut to 60x30 cm.

Using a standard contact adhesive I glued the card onto the fabric, so that the long end of the card sat in the middle of the fabric and the fabric could fold over it. This would create a nice neat edge for the top of the pocket, as well as creating a soft interior for the pocket.

With all the carpet and card covered, I folded the carpet in half and pressed the two sides together and then repeated this for the second piece of fabric.

Next I measured the panel and used masking tape to create a mark to cut along.

I would be cutting two side slots and one along the bottom for each pocket, however I cut it bottom one shorter to ensure that the panel didn’t lose its rigidity. I later cut incisions in the carpet to work around this.

Making sure the glued edges of the carpet were going to be tucked into back of the panel, leaving the neatly folded over edge on the front, I lined up the carpet against the panel and started cutting two incisions into each bottom corner. The first was 5cm in, the second was a further 2 and a half cm along. I repeated this on the other corner and then on the other piece of carpet.

The purpose of the incisions is to ensure that the carpet can fit through the slits without getting caught or bunched up.

I gently pressed the bottom section of carpet through the bottom slit in the panel until it couldn’t go through any further. I repeated this for the sides and then did the top pocket as well. I had to make a few adjustments to the slits along the way, but it was worth it to ensure that the pocket sat in place well.

I used contact adhesive to glue the flaps of carpet on the back to the panel.

The two side door panels are nearly identical, so once I had cut the slits in one, I used it as a template for the other which sped up the process. The size of these pockets was 30 by 20 cm, so a little wider than the back door pockets.

If you’re wondering why the pockets are so high up on these panels, it’s because I want to be able to access both of these pockets when the bed is pulled out. I measured for this off-camera before I started, and will be uploading a video on the bed I’ve built for my van soon.

It’s really a very simple concept but will help increase the storage capacity of my van. The pockets are strong, low profile and match the van interior really nicely...and best of all, it barely cost me anything!

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DISCLAIMER: In this video, I am in no way stating that this is the proper way to undertake the conversion of a van, however after research and experience using the van, I believe this to be the way that is best suited to my van and the way I intend to use it.

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