Elyse is a Senior Writer at LittleThings.com. She enjoys tacos, kickboxing, and naming animals. In fact, she named two of her mother’s six cockatiels Mr. and Mrs. Featherbottom.

Have you ever been driving in a car, minding your own business, listening to Dolly Parton, Genesis, or N.W.A. on the radio when — BOOM!


— it hits you. You forgot something. It can be a pair snow boots on a winter day, an extra towel on your way to the beach, or your From Genesis to Revelation CD on your way to a Phil Collins concert. And when it happens…boy, is it a land of confusion.

Should you turn around? Keep going? Stop at a store and buy a new version? No. Don’t do that, you already own it. That’s just throwing money away. Turn around, go home, and get it. But you’re almost to your destination.


AH! DECISIONS!

Don’t you just wish you had everything you could possibly ever need already in your car? Everything! From the practical — like a spare tire, crank, snacks, and a few extra blankets in case a passenger gets chilly or sleepy — to the possible-but-not-very-likely, like a coffee press…or a pop-up book?

And wouldn’t it be cool if there was a bed in the car as well?!

Well, now you can — thanks to an ingenious innovation designed by Reddit user tylerthompson21. All you need is a few pieces of wood, screws, a truck, and a whole lot of imagination!