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Retirement in a custom bus conversion offers freedom and mobility in small, efficient living space.

Retirement in their Bus Conversion

Doug and Mindy had been bus drivers and subway operators up until retiring. Nothing had been handed to them; they weren’t wealthy: they had no construction experience — but they knew traveling the continent in a converted bus was their dream! So they found a transit bus at auction and began converting it. The bus [...]

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American Idol contestant standing beside jazz wagon school bus conversion in a desert setting.

American Idol Contestant’s Jazz Wagon School Bus Conversion!

You might have seen CJ Rislove’s audition on the latest season of American Idol and been entranced by his raised roof school bus conversion! Well, today you can get the full tour of his amazing rig, which he first converted with only $5,000 that he’d been saving between the ages of 14 and 17. Now [...]

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Skoolie kitchen with modern appliances and cozy design.

Full 2005 Skoolie Build w/ Gorgeous Kitchen

This 2005 Freightliner FS-65 2WD has been lovingly converted into a school bus tiny house! It has one of the largest shower stalls I’ve ever seen in a conversion, which takes up half of the bathroom that spans the entire width of the school bus. Besides the impressive bathroom, the kitchen is also roomy, with [...]

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Christian and Kelsie stand in front of their converted school bus tiny home in a desert landscape.

Christian and Kelsie’s Beautiful School Bus Conversion

Christian and Kelsie sold their brick-and-mortar home so they could transform a school bus into a home on wheels! And they did an awesome job with the conversion, including a classy L-shaped kitchen, queen-sized bed, and spacious shower stall with a skylight into their creative layout. The couple married young — at 19 and 21 [...]

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Couple embracing in front of a snow-covered shuttle bus in a forest.

WanderBus: He Converted a Shuttle Bus to Escape $1.7K Rent!

Robin and Wayne live in the awesome shuttle bus home he converted back in 2022. Their bus has a full recording studio, a wood stove, and plenty of other clever features that make it perfect for full-time bus life. We had the privilege of interviewing them about what inspired them to start bus life, how [...]

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Mobile Skoolie RV for Small Family Living.

Price Family of 3 in Stunning Skoolie

The Price Family is an adorable family of three who travels the country with their DIY skoolie and their dog. Despite having no previous building experience, Megan and Landon did a fantastic job creating a functional and happy tiny house. Before leaving Texas to travel, the couple had a wedding photography/videography business, which they still [...]

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Shuttle bus converted into a tiny home with cozy interior and outdoor living space.

Willow II: Her Shuttle Bus Conversion

After the death of her mother and the closing of her businesses, Kari had been looking for a tiny house on wheels to start a new life. But instead, she came across a shuttle bus and fell in love with nomadic life! After some time in that first rig, she was looking for something with [...]

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