Jeanne

Well we have a 13 year old daughter and she actually likes to sleep up there. I don't mind it because I am usually the last to go to sleep and the first to rise in the AM. If she slept on the dinette bed then I'd have nowhere to read or get my day started without leaving the camper to sit outside. So we use ours every time we camp and it's not a pain in the butt so far. She does bang the roof when she rolls over occasionally, but she has only had a couple weekends up there to get used to it. We just bought the trailer in July. 
The little foam mattress that goes up there is tri-fold or some call it a Z fold and I fold 2 sides of it up leaving the last part flat on the bed, and then half the bunk folds over the flat part of the mattress and then it folds up to be latched. Heavy, but simple when folding. Without the bunk folded up you'd hit your head if trying to sit on the couch though. 
Do you have turquoise appliances? If so I am jealous if you are getting a turquoise ice box! Almost everything in out trailer is original except our fridge. While I would love the icebox, my hubby thinks the electric fridge is more functional, even though we tote coolers every time we camp. LOL! But let me know if you need more info/pics or anything. I'm obsessed with our little camper and actually missed it when we didn't camp this past weekend. I too think it is the coolest thing since juice boxes! :D

can't wait to see updated pics! we are hard at work here too! hey, I saw your dad had an older camper in his yard when we were there last weekend...what's that story?!

ah ha! I figured you'd have snagged it otherwise LOL! We are working hard on ours...have to go to wyoming next week to do my dad's ashes....so the front end is going BACK ON today and tonight and tomorrow....hard work on a timeline!