So after much discussion about the awkward sideways sleeping arrangement in the pod , I installed twin beds.

 Update; Added a center removable center section mattress for sleeping at night making it a full queen. We still sleep front to back, but now she can make snow angels in the night. After using the pod with out the center section in we loved the extra floorspace the twins provided. But really missed the open space of a queen. The center section pops right out and stores out of the way easy. 

On the bed on the slideout side i was able to extend the plywood 3 " for a total of 63" (again she's short), and have about 1/2 " to the slide trim. I actually made a simple extension that hangs on the end trim but Sue says she doesn't need it, We will see after this weekend.

rgds John

 The opening is 18" wide and the original plan was no pulls, just grab the bottom of the drawer face that sticks down an inch. but it really is wide enough even with the pulls sticking out an inch, hasn't been an issue except that the drawers handles hit each other and the drawers don't open as far as they could by 2", (My bad). I may go back to the original plan if it turns out to be an issue, It's just replace a drawer face and she wanted handles....... Happy wife!

Rgds John

We have a 172, space is at a premium, We don't have handles anywhere.

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 I just had extra handles and put them on.

This one was more complicated to design than the drawers under bed mod, but the build wasn't any worse.

Skill level 7, If you can build a drawer and mount it on guides (with drawer face) you could most likely do the mod.

  95% of the cuts were done with a skil saw, and it's all put together with screws. I wanted full access to everything under with easy to remove access panels, Trim was all the same Home Depot shelving I used before and it was tricky only using that as trim. There is angle iron over the large drawer openings to support the plywood and face frame. https://goo.gl/photos/rQ5L1C6rgQNE2mY38 - What it looks like under the mattress  

The mattress is a 6" 3 layer memory foam queen that I Bought on amazon for $130, actually cut it with a skilsaw and a cheese knife.

Rgds John

Did you use 1x6 or 1x8 for the framing?

Is the seat back sturdy when it's used as a seat back?

How thick is the mattress?

Thanks LT

Made you a video with answers to your questions.

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But the quick answers are 1x6 framing, mattress is 6" tall plus a topper, and yes the seatback fits tight and doesn't hardly move at all once set.

As I mentioned in earlier posts we first made them 28" wide and that just did not work out, I always had something hanging near the edge or touching the wall and it made for restless sleep. Adding the center section alleviated this entirely even though I only use it for an arm or a leg.

The biggest pluses are

 The added floor space during the day,

 More drawers for storage, I can actually use the closet to hang stuff,

 The whole gotta pee in the night and have to climb over the wife to do it, (sleeping bear).

 

This mod worked out way better than I thought it would,and would not change it back for anything.

Marwayne suggested flush mount drawer pulls and that is a real good Idea I just haven't done yet.

rgds John

thanks for the video that helps.