The useable flooring space was pretty small for my van design. I bought some Oak laminate flooring and used polyurethane wood glue to glue it down.
This stuff is really easy to lay, you just measure the length, cut it, lay it down and use the offcut as the start of the next section.
I needed just under 2m2 for my build, including the draw fronts! It only cost £35 / $45. The depth of the oak flooring acts as a stop for my food drawers.
Notice the wear on the laminate flooring, this was because the edges of the bottom of the crates were quite rough – I have now rounded them off and they do not seem to mark the laminate too much. Either way I am careful when sliding the, in and out.
When I did this a second time I got engineered oak wood flooring where there is 4mm of real wood so wear is not so much of an issue (it could be sanded down a bit and re- varnished.
Aluminum Edging
I bought this aluminum edging and cutting it to size created a protective edging. I glued and screwed this down to the flooring (it is screwed into the original stud work I put down when I insulated the floor).
The edging. I also put some wood at the back of the step – it just hides some of the white metal work.
Door matt
I got a simple design door matt from Ikea and cut it down to size. This I glued down with ample amounts of Sikaflex to the metal step.
The doormat (one cut in to strips) looks great and fits nicely with the colours and design of the van.