Lara and Julian began their tiny living journey hoping to stay free after years of school, but eventually ended up doing “normal life” with jobs and rent and typical work hours. In 2019, the two environmentalists decided to take the plunge into a skoolie conversion, creating a space to use as a studio where Lara [...]
School Bus Conversions
Living With Rescue Pets In Their Renovated School Bus
You might remember Rachel and Adam from our interview with them back in 2020. They are an awesome couple who did their own bus renovation and travels with rescue animals — including two bunnies! Well, they contacted us with new pictures since they’ve done some updates to their bus. This week celebrates four years that [...]
Family Building a Skoolie as Mobile Mission Base
While most people choose skoolie life so they can travel the country (or continent), JT, Berenise and their son Asher have been renovating a school bus to use as a mobile mission base. The family spent about 11 months in Mexico and Brazil working among the hurting and homeless. They wanted to continue that work, [...]
When They Couldn’t Backpack, They Built a Bus Home
Amanda and Owen were planning to get married and take an 8-month-long honeymoon backpacking. They had been saving for years, but when 2020 hit, they had to pivot. So they decided on a bus conversion! The couple ended up splurging on this particular bus because it had a solid engine. The resulting bus is absolutely [...]
Virtual Teacher’s $30K Bus Conversion
Deyana was teaching virtually before it became “a thing” in 2020, so nothing was holding her back from life on the road! She chose a school bus over a van for its affordability and was able to purchase her entire bus home for about $30,000. It took 11 months for her to complete the renovation, [...]
They Converted a Bus to Search for Land
Holly and Dustin were tired of the typical rent trap and wanted to do something different. They took the first leap of flying to Florida to buy their bus and from there got to work creating a home. With little experience, it took them redoing almost everything 3 times to get the bus to where [...]
Sarge the Simple Beauty Short Bus Conversion
Stephanie went from #buslife dream to reality in just a year, meticulously planning out “Sarge,” her future full-time bus home. She chose a more masculine exterior in order to throw off any would-be thieves, but the inside is 100% her own simple style with bold accents like a black back wall and stunning wallpaper. Since [...]
