We’ve been working on projects for nearly 2 months, and we’re FINALLY ready to share! Come on over and see how we got the last dozen or so items, including our kitchen countertop, the stove installed, and our sink mounted!

Epoxy Countertops

If you’re interested in what epoxy we used for countertops and the colors, check out our previous video, which goes through that a little more. I will be posting a “what I learned” video shortly, so stay tuned for that as well!

Our focus this week was to get our kitchen countertop installed along with the new sink, plumbing, our new stove, and finish the drawers to get on the road.

Kitchen Sink

Karran Quartz Kitchen Sink – We struggled a bit to find a sink that would fit in the limited space in our truck camper kitchen. We ended up purchasing this sink from Home Depot.

One of the huge advantages of this sink was the angled backside. This helped reduce the potential for the sink to interfere with our propane tank box, which rests partly underneath our kitchen cabinet.

Some of the sink options I saw on Amazon seemed to be too long for our space claim. With the 14×16″ dimensions along with the 7 1/2″ depth, this seemed like the best option to minimize under-cabinet space while having something large enough to comfortably wash a large pot.

I was also not too excited about getting a stainless steel sink, since it would show scratches easily (and we’re not easy on our stuff). This seemed to *hopefully* be a better option.

While this fit, Gary did have a *time* to get the mounting clips in – I think we ended up with only having 5 clips along with the silicone instead of the 8 that were supplied. But again, installation is a huge challenge for anything in an RV.

When I purchased this, I was planning on having a darker brown background, so the “bisque” color seemed like the best option. In hindsight, I wonder if I should have just purchased the white. A bit late for that now, though.

Kitchen Faucet

I had a few requirements for my kitchen faucet- I wanted a pull-down sprayer, I wanted to keep the knob to turn the water on/off as simple as possible, and I wanted minimal angles on it (to keep it cleaner more easily). This is the faucet I ended up purchasing. We did hit the big box stores before purchasing on Amazon and I’m happy to say that this faucet (so far) looks just as good or maybe better than what I saw at the store and about a third of the price of others.

The main portion of the faucet is metal, but the sprayer is plastic. But everything seems pretty solid so far. Again, we haven’t had much time with it yet, but I think it looks great! Update: I emailed the company about an aerator with less than 1.8 gpm flow, and they’re sending us a 1.2 gpm aerator at no charge – fanTASTIC!

We re-installed our Acuva faucet as well. No changes there, but wanted to make sure it was on-board with us!

Rec Pro 17″ Oven/Range

I have been sulking since the day we bought this camper because it didn’t have an oven. And that was back in 2018! We bought our camper off the lot, and we had very few in the midwest to choose from.

I have been using the Omnia Oven to help with many dishes, but I was still missing my roasted veggies and pizza. So when we figured out our plans for the kitchen and bathroom, it seemed like the perfect time to add this to the list.

To install the oven, we ended up losing our top drawer along with a bit of height from our lower door. Our top drawer held our knives, kitchen utensils and our “junk drawer”, so I had to find other locations for all of that.

Luckily, nearly everything I had previously still fit in the shorter lower drawer. The small drawer we created above our garbage can worked perfectly for our kitchen utensils, and I had to create a “junk drawer” container in the pantry for pencils, pens screwdrivers, flashlights, etc.

As expected, the stove wasn’t the easiest to install, since we had to create a base for it to sit. I ended up using some PVC wood from an old project as the base and placed a sheet of plywood on top. We ended up using some plastic shims to get it in level. Gary had to re-flare the gas line, since the Rec Pro stove was on the other side. Luckily, we could cut the existing line down to fit, and was able to grab the 12V for the lighting.

We’ll give a review in a few months on the actual stove once we’ve used it a bit, but so far I’m so glad we did the upgrade!

Under Sink Storage

My #1 goal for our under-sink storage was to find a way to keep my instant-pot knockoff under the sink instead of in our basement tray.

I was always asking Gary to pull it out and it was just kinda annoying. Having a pressure cooker is quite handy, and can easily be used when you have hookups. We use this regularly for soups, stews, rice, etc.

I’ve also used the pressure cooker while off-grid since it’s not drawing all that power once up to pressure. While I found room to put the pressure cooker with the regular lid on, I wasn’t able to store the air fryer lid. Gary did mention that he might be able to clean up the plumbing a bit more under there which may give me more height. But we had enough on our plate this round, so I wasn’t going to push my luck!

Final Results

I’d check out our video which gives you a MUCH better feel of the upgrade. I’m so happy that I spent the last 2 months painting cabinets and making these countertops.

The camper has a totally different feel – it looks new and brighter which is fantastic.

The only question I have is whether I’ll be able to minimize scratches on the cabinets and countertops. I’ll certainly share our results as we continue to put these through our heavy usage.

Other Links

• 🛻⛺🛠 Truck Camper GEAR
• 🛻⛺🛠⬆️Truck Camper UPGRADES

Our Camping Locations

If you’re interested in seeing all of the places we’ve stayed, I’m keeping a (mostly) updated list on Google Maps by Month. Enjoy!