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Van with sliding bed in Sprinter for small space living and travel.

Pop Top with a Sliding Bed in his Sprinter Van

While pop-top campers are nothing new, adding your own to a regular Sprinter van is quite remarkable. That’s what Stu did! He had a low-top Sprinter and wanted more headroom and amenities, and he was able to get that with his innovative DIY. The downstairs of the rig is equally impressive, with great storage, a [...]

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Rustic tin ceiling in a tiny home with a cozy soaking bath and compact living space.

Rustic Tin Ceiling Tiny Home with Soaking Bath

Here’s a unique tiny house with a rustic tin ceiling on the inside! Built using many reclaimed materials, it has the coolest wall of window art and a luxurious soaking tub in the bathroom. There’s even a hobbit hole leading into one of the lofts. There’s a deep copper sink, four burner cooktop, composting toilet, [...]

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Family enjoying their tiny house with kids' bunk room and cozy interior.

Family Skoolie with Kids Bunk Room!

It can be tough to fit a family into a skoolie, especially when you have elementary-age children. But these parents created a really special space in their bus for the kids — each one has a private bunk and underneath there’s a private desk, TV, gaming console, and storage for their things, so they have [...]

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Micro house built on a tiny Japanese truck for compact living and mobility.

Incredible Micro House Built on Tiny Japanese Truck

Here’s another amazing micro house build on a Japanese truck bed! While I don’t know the exact measurements of this truck, many Suzuki truck beds are 6.5 x 4.5 feet, meaning this micro house is around just 30 square feet — now that’s tiny. Below, you can watch a time-lapse of the entire build, or [...]

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Aerial view of a stargazing tiny house on a wooden lookout tower in a forest.

MoonPass Lookouts Stargazing Tiny House

Remember the Potato cabin? That was the brainchild of Kristie Wolfe, and she’s back at it again with her most ambitious project yet! A set of five “Moonpass Lookouts” inspired by fire lookouts set on the 55-acre historic site of the Great Fire of 1910 in Idaho. These vacation cabins will feature smart glass roofs [...]

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Happy couple enjoying their van conversion in a scenic outdoor setting.

National Park Adventures: Couple’s Van Conversion Journey

The biggest debates when converting a van seem to be 1) Should you install an indoor shower? and 2) Should you have a fixed bed or a convertible one? Blake and Tabby chose to maximize space and leave out the shower. They also chose a convertible bed that sets up as a U-shaped conversation area [...]

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Happy couple in front of a tiny house bus on a sunny day.

Life Takes a Twist: Gymnasts Turn Full-Time Travelers in a Skoolie

Courtney and CJ met doing gymnastics, got married, and moved to Washington, D.C. They were happy in their life until 2020 changed the world. They started camping more and more and wanted to keep doing it all the time — some Google searching led them down the van life rabbit hole, and they were hooked! [...]

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