Hey! Oh my gosh I am so excited to write this blog post… I want to just be completely transparent this wasn’t something we saw coming, actually this was a spur of the moment decision that has become so beautiful and amazing and I am so excited about it. For anyone who doesn’t know about when we previously converted a school bus into a tiny home you can find all those blog posts HERE and a Youtube tour of that bus HERE. A little over a year ago now we sold that first bus (someone in Hawaii actually bought it and had it shipped out). Since then we have lived in two apartments and now our aframe WHICH we are not getting rid of… I just feel like I need to say that up front the aframe is still our home and also the 5 acres it sits on happens to be the perfect place to park our new bus when we aren’t using it. To full understand why we decided to move back into the bus I need to give a little back story…..
Read moreBig Changes and Pursuing Our Dreams
I didn't think I would be writing this post... actually I hoped I would be writing pieces of it someday but could not have imagined within a few months of moving into the bus we would getting ready to make some more huge changes in our lives. I read a quote this week that to paraphrase basically said not to worry about the next adventure because you are already on one and I found that so applicable to where we are right now. I wasn't going to share any of this with you because there are so many unknowns still but was encouraged by a few friends that this is all a part of the process and something people might be interested in because process is life, and its where we are all at.
Read moreOne Month in the Bus (Or Some Thoughts on Living in a Skoolie Conversion)
So we keep going, we keep moving forward, dreaming of warmer weather and new views. We definitely have faced a few challenges this month but all in all wouldn't change this experience for anything. Bus life is not always beautiful, not always easy, and definitely not glamorous... but it has its beautiful moments and someday when we look back on this I hope we will have a stockpile of beautiful memories and the satisfaction of knowing we tried, we lived this dream for what it was because really that is all you can do.
Read moreBus Tour: The Kitchen and Living Area! (A Tour of Our Skoolie Conversion)
So thats the bus! If you have any questions please leave them down below. We have several Q & A sessions coming to YOUtube so be sure to subscribe. If there is a product pictured that we didn't mention and you want to know where it came please ask! Also again this post was sponsored by IKEA but all thoughts were my own and we absolutely love everything we included from them in the bus.
Read moreBus Tour: The Middle Area (bunk beds, toilet, etc.) (Our Skoolie Conversion Reveal)
Ben built bunk beds that you can see in the above picture, they serve multiple purposes. First a bed for Jessamyn (that she actually hasn't slept in yet.. go figure), and secondly the top bunk serves as Jessamyn's closet and our overflow storage. The bottom bunk is covering the rear wheel and so there isn't much useable storage underneath it. If we end up staying in the bus long enough the top bunk will eventually have to go back to being a bunk for baby number 2 and we will have to revisit our storage options at that time. For now though it makes a great play room and we are working towards her actually sleeping in her own bed at night!
Read moreBus Tour: The Bedroom! (Our Skoolie Conversion Reveal)
First and rather importantly because seriously who doesn't love a good nights sleep we have the bedroom. We didn't do anything fancy, just a queen size bed in the back of the bus. There is storage underneath the bed with basic lift up wooden planks that are honestly a pain to move now that the mattress is down but it is a great storage spot for items we want with us but may not use all the time.
Read moreBus Update #6 (Building our school bus conversion)
SO what do we have left? Actually a lot but not a lot if that makes sense... Ben has to run the propane like I mentioned above, we need to lay down the floors, paint the bunk beds, put up curtain rods, install the couch, install the wood burning stove and put up the fire tiles around the area where it is going, build doors for the bathroom and bed room, and install the floors. Other than that though we are really close and hoping to be done in the next week or two. Once that is all done we just have to register is as an RV and we will be good to go!
Read more8 things I Have Learned From Building a Bus
Maybe its the fact that Ben's shift changed and I am now alone at night which has led to a lot of introspection, or that we put up the first real walls in the bus this week which has left me both excited and a bit emotional... either way I wanted to share some reflections and feelings as we enter month 6 of building this bus, our dream.
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