When we picked up our new Solitude, we showed up with two trucks and a utility trailer loaded with most of our RV possessions. We had to be 450 miles north a week later for a work project, and didn't have time to drive 220 miles south to home to load it. We picked up our unit, and drove a short distance to a campground where we loaded it up with our stuff. We quickly found that the pantry doors as installed were an obstacle at the entrance to the kitchen when open, and really weren't very efficient when trying to retrieve something. I decided to install piano hinges in between the left and right doors, making a bifold door out of each the top and bottom sections. This at least made the pantry operational for us from a kitchen standpoint. In the time since the photos were taken, we actually organized the contents (no we don't travel like that, lol). We also removed the third drawer down; this allows use of the bottom drawer as a pot and pan drawer.
I figured out that if I exchanged top for bottom of the right and doors, and inverted them, that the pulls would be oriented correctly=no new holes to the exterior of the doors. The only new holes were for the 12 #6 x 3/8 screws holding the piano hinges on. I bought a 48 inch hinge, black, and cut it in half to yield two 24 inch hinges, and 24 of the screws. Total cost less than $20. We find it much easier to live with. It travels fine once we figured out how to keep the drawers in place. A quick trip to Walmart for a yard stick wedged in front of the drawers does the trick (about $5).
Photos should be self explanatory.
I figured out that if I exchanged top for bottom of the right and doors, and inverted them, that the pulls would be oriented correctly=no new holes to the exterior of the doors. The only new holes were for the 12 #6 x 3/8 screws holding the piano hinges on. I bought a 48 inch hinge, black, and cut it in half to yield two 24 inch hinges, and 24 of the screws. Total cost less than $20. We find it much easier to live with. It travels fine once we figured out how to keep the drawers in place. A quick trip to Walmart for a yard stick wedged in front of the drawers does the trick (about $5).
Photos should be self explanatory.
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