Our Skoolie Build


Cooling the Bus

Now that the weather has finally started turning a little cooler (not fast enough! Texas just can’t seem to let go of summer), I thought I’d talk a little bit about our trials and tribulations regarding keeping the bus not…ass hot. It’s not quite as a rage inducing problem as…

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Insurance, Tag, and Title / Video

Read our earlier post about all of the legal nitty gritty here. Or watch it. Multiple formats! Yay!

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Why Don’t We Have Solar on Our Skoolie?

A reader of the blog recently asked us, “Have you thought about solar?”  Yes, solar panels were always present in every one of our best-imagined versions of our skoolie before we began the conversion .  Yet, after three months into our full-time skoolie adventure we have still not taken the…

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Bathroom Storage

Living in a tiny house is all about managing clutter. It’s like a never ending battle to keep the place tidy. Mike and I have been having to renegotiate how we store everything because so many things are not working out the way that we had planned and anticipated now…

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How Much Did Our Conversion Cost? / Skoolie Q & A / Video

We get asked a lot about the cost of doing a conversion. Friends, family members, people at gas stations, all over the place and it was one of my biggest concerns going into the conversion. Luckily, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I mean, we could…

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Vlog Ep.02 – Painting the Safety Wall

Continuing with our small upgrades and renovations, Katy paints the safety wall…

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Toilet Update

We purchased a portable camping toilet (The Thetford 92859 Porta Potti ) to try out in the place of the composting toilet.

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Vlog Ep. 1 – Kitchen Update

So we decided to just go ahead and forget our two burner propane stovetop for the moment. It’s been a hassle and-a-half trying to find the right propane fittings for it so that we could connect it to the propane tank and actually use the stove. Plus, we’ve got the…

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Upcoming Bus Projects

The bus is like a never-ending, constantly evolving project. We’ve had a month off from bus projects but it’s time to get back to work!

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The Day We Bought Our School Bus

Sometimes you just have to take life by the horns and sometimes the horns look like a computer keyboard while navigating an online auction… Okay, there are better metaphors for this, but the concept should be clear.  After multiple conversations and repeated handwringing, we took the plunge and entered our…

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