Once again, here’s a family with small kids taking advantage of the skoolie lifestyle! The Stone family is homeschooling in their DIY rig, called the “Green Bean,” which they spent about $15,000 making into their home on wheels. The couple did all the work themselves, saving a lot of money in the process. They’ve been [...]
Video Tours
This Awesome Teacher Lives in Her DIY Shuttle Bus Conversion
Something tells me Kimberly is the kind of teacher we all wished we had growing up! This amazing woman lives with her cat and dog in her DIY Ford E-350 conversion. The former shuttle bus has everything she needs, including a very original shower set-up. Because Kimberly (@she_van_igan) loves to cook, she made she to [...]
Architecture Student’s $10k Skoolie Bus Transformation
Caleb hated paying for rent, so he started saving up for a school bus conversion. He found his rig for $3K on Facebook Marketplace, and used the remaining $7k on renovations. You would never believe he spent so little! This has to be one of the most gorgeous skoolies I’ve seen, and it strays from [...]
Shed Turned Tiny Farmhouse Cottage in Durham, NC – Hive Drive Bus Tour!
Scott & Ashley have done it again! They found an amazing tiny home, this time in Durham, NC, that you can rent on Airbnb. The amazing part of this little cottage is that it started out as a dilapidated shed! Now, the 451 square foot farmhouse is a lovely one-bedroom, one-bathroom vacation property that shows [...]
ESCAPE ONE with Metal Siding: $9.4K Off!
This is a slightly-used ESCAPE ONE model that came back to the ESCAPE warehouse and got a little bit of a facelift! The team replaced the exterior with metal siding that has a 30-year warranty, and also put in all new flooring throughout the home. The THOW is selling at a $9,400 discount, making it [...]
Simon’s 1980 Westfalia Vanagon Brings Back Memories
“I had a quiver of cuss words I hadn’t used in awhile, so I got myself a Westy.” Simon had travelled around Europe surfing with his buddies in a VW van when he was younger, and that nostalgia got him into a Vanagon restoration project for weekend travels and camping getaways. This vintage update of [...]
From No Construction Experience to a Van Conversion with Shower & Murphy Bed
Vanlife, like “normal” life, has changed since the pandemic, and Nate & Izzy built their unique campervan with COVID restrictions in mind. They made space for a shower and portable toilet just in case gyms close down again, and they went with a cool murphy bed set-up I haven’t yet seen in a van. When [...]
Her Tiny House With A Tall Loft in Alaska
Crystal is a self-proclaimed introvert who prefers living on her own, so she jumped at the opportunity to put down roots in the “middle-of-nowhere” Alaska in her own dry tiny cabin. She purchased her basic shell about four years ago, and has used reclaimed, thrifted, and gifted materials to transform the place into her happy [...]
Route Del Sol, All-Electric, Solar-Powered Motorhome
This is the story of Route Del Sol, an all-electric, solar-powered motorhome. This DIY motorhome build is very likely the most powerful solar-powered campervan in the world today and this is how it came to be. Since that very first exchange with the ticket booth operator, I have grown much better at explaining just what [...]
TransMoto Van Conversion by Wilderness Vans with Dirt Bike Storage
This is the TransMoto Van Conversion by Wilderness Vans. It’s definitely a one-of-a-kind custom van, but I’m pretty sure you can order one from them if you wanted to. A used one recently sold for $99,000 USD earlier this year. It was a 2018 T350, 2wd, with 4700 miles. You can look at it below [...]
Brynn Chooses Sprinter VanLife at 37
Society has a lot of opinions on what you should or shouldn’t be doing at 37, but Brynn has tossed all that aside and chased her dream of a nomadic and free lifestyle in her 2005 Sprinter van conversion. She made the unique choice in her van to close off the garage, allowing her to [...]
Hitting the Triails in her ProMaster Van Conversion
Sierra loves trail running, and choosing vanlife allowed her and her dog snow to follow the mountains and hit the trails instead of staying apartment-bound in Seattle. Her home features gorgeous woodwork throughout, a hidden propane stove with a neat sliding countertop, and a spice shelf that Sierra just loves! Enjoy the video tour with [...]
Ultimate Transit Van Conversion with 2 Murphy Beds (For Sale)
This is the story of the ultimate Sprinter van conversion with 2 murphy beds custom design and built by @plansintransit. It’s now listed for sale via Van Life Trader. It’s a 2018 Ford Transit conversion by @aubernutter and @justinjmorris, who previously built-out this class B motorhome. Don’t miss other awesome stories like this, join our [...]
Their Class B Motorhome Renovation
This is the story of a 1989 Ford Champion Transvan that was purchased and renovated by @justinjmorris and @aubernutter. More recently, they built out this Transit van with double murphy beds. But what do you think of Class B motorhomes like this one? They seem like a pretty good place to start for tiny living, [...]