SKOOLIE CONVERSION TOUR | School Bus Converted into Open Floor Plan Tiny House
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Welcome to our school bus conversion tour! We put a ton of effort into our SKOOLIE and we hope it shows as we take you through our tiny home on wheels!
We focused on keeping things as simple as possible and creating an open floor plan while ensuring we could stay off-grid. We love living in our skoolie and enjoying the lifestyle that comes with it.
If you have any questions please feel free to comment below. We hope you enjoy and appreciate your support! Looking forward to seeing you again next Wednesday. Thanks in advance for any likes/subscriptions :)
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Next Video - WED, JAN 6th!
Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Exterior
03:25 - Interior
19:55 - Interview
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This is the most incredibly well thought out and beautifully designed bus I’ve ever seen, and I’m right there with you as far as watching every bus tour, van tour, and tiny home on CZcams. It’s the only reason I watch it nowadays! I want to build a bus for when my kids go off the college soon to travel. Wow, your build is incredible! I’m just honestly blown away, you guys have every luxury, tons of room but a small enough bus still. Great job, and great video. Your quality of editing is great too!
Corinne, you just made our day! Thank you! Just like you we watched every tutorial and skoolie tour before starting our build and took pieces of what we liked from others. That’s something I love about the skoolie community is that everyone is happy to share and give advice. When you build yours, please reach out and we’re happy to help out in any way possible!!
I love your bus ! Very great use of space! Love what you did with bed
I completely agree and I barely started the video.
I too have watched every video I can find on mobile living and it has made me realise that if I optimize it, itll be a luxurious apartment on wheels
You
Guys
Are
Optimizers!!!
Watching this video made me so happy, relate so much, inspired by so many of the clever things you guys did
Subscribed and I wish you guys well in your adventuring 🥰
Great review.
You did a beautiful job with your schoolie build - well done! This is the best and most functionally designed 25’ schoolie Ive ever seen. The tour was well narrated, interesting and to the point.
Thank you a Mya! That means a lot.
Exactly! They blew it out of the water in every aspect. No fluff, simply a spectacular job all the way around
*Skoolie
"Multipurpose Drawer" - Lol, that's such a great name for the junk drawer! Although, my multipurpose drawer isn't anywhere near as neat and tidy as yours.
Lol I think we got “multipurpose drawer” from Marie kondo 😂
I love that u both r so young yet made such a smart decision so early in life. I think its great that your ambition wasn't to fit the cookie cutter dream of the gated home with 2.5 kids and a job that pays u just enough to afford the monthly mortgage car repayments utilities bills. I'm very proud of your determination to be fully self reliant and off the grid at such a young age. I just wish I had thought of this at your age. But I didn't even have a utube at your age where we can learn how to do all thid stuff.
Hi Linda! We’ve learned so much from CZcams, truly an incredible resource. And yes! Our priorities are to see and experience as much as we can NOW...this was the best way to allow us to do that. Thank you so much for your support 😊
One of the nicest builds I've ever seen. Stay safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Happy new year Linda!! Thank you :)
I really like the floorplan of your skoolie. I do like the bed and how you save space with it. very well thought out.
Thanks Kenneth! Appreciate it, cheers :)
Beautiful bus. I really love the colors you’ve chosen. Everything is so clean and earthy. Well done.
Yes! Earthy and clean was what we were going for :) thanks much
I like the bed arrangement. Multiple use space. So many make a set position bed and that seems like a waste of space.
I love the co-pilot seat.... So nice to share the ride together!
It was a must for us for safety and yes, experiencing the road next to each other :)
@@bonafideoutside It's great! I've only seen a couple other buses add one, and I think it's just the best thing! Well done!
Where did you buy the co-pilot seat?
@@bonafideoutside Can you share where you got the passenger seat?
This is one of the best bus I have ever seen, I have almost seen more than 100 Van/bus conversion videos.. This is something else, spacious, nicely builds. Hats off. Best wishes 😍
WOW! Thank you so much that is so kind! We appreciate it :)
I keep going back to this one too !
I love your flior plan. It's so roomy in the back, and having two tables you can use and lots of kitchen counter space. Very nicely done!
I love your build! Such a clean and functional way to live. The bed is amazing too! Have fun and safe travels!
This is an incredible home. I like the openness of it and having your Murphy bed greatly contributes to the openness. Enjoy your adventures!
Thank you Miss Mellblom! Yes the openness was a must-have for us
Absolutely gorgeous rig, yall! Hope to see you on the road in 2021!
Thanks! That would be awesome, and we’re boondocking right now 😂
Best design ever! Love everything about it.
Extremely well thought out. Thanks for sharing. I have great appreciation for functional and adaptive designs.
You’re too kind Gil! Thank you kindly, it means a ton :)
I love your bus! The design and look are perfect.
Too kind Kate! Thank you :)
Love this build, it’s amazing! It has everything you could possibly need.
Thank you Deborah, we appreciate it :)
By far one of my favorite designs!!
Brilliant bed system. Love it! Beautiful bus.
Nice build. Like how you have it layed out....especially the murphey bed.
Thanks Tracy. The layout was tricky to nail down but we’re so happy with the way we decided to go with it.
The best I have seen...love the bathroom...Well done to you both...everything well laid out...love the floorplan...Exellent...Travel well and safe...❤
Thank you Kaaratenga, that is too kind :)
Wonderful, simply wonderful! Great ideas, bed, and floor plan! Definitely food for thought!
Well thank you!!! Appreciate the kindness and comment ♥️♥️ it’s super fun seeing how everyone does it a little different and with different approaches. Cheers!
beautiful and the most efficient thought out design
One of my fav builds!!!
Thanks Violet 💜
This is my favorite build so far. Very well done. 👍
Thank you very much :)
Beautiful couple, beautiful & functional build!!
Beautiful home & a great video! Amazing that you’ve crossed the country twice in two months.Thank you for sharing! Cheers to more adventures!
Cheers! Thanks much Melanie, it means a lot! Now that we’ve made it back we are planning to go to Joshua tree soon :)
Wow!! I've been obsessed with these conversions lately and I've watched a ton of videos, but I have to say, yours is my favorite!! So well done with the rugged exterior look and the gorgeous interior. PERFECTION👌🏽
Wow, no words! Thank you, means so so much 😊
you guys, such a great bus build!
Beauty and function.
Thank you so much! It means a lot :)
This is awesome!!! Thank you for sharing your home with us!!!
Cheers Ginger! Appreciate you checking it out ☺️
Good job and the fine tour. Keep it simple and clean ...
Best build I’ve seen. And Ive seen a lot. Love your bed. I had that design in my head already. I’m gathering ideas and yours is one of the best!
Awesome! Yes we got inspiration and ideas from seeing other people’s builds too
The nicest builds I've ever seen. Well done.
Thank you that is so kind
Well done you two! Perfect! Love the simple design and practical layout. Very inspiring. Happy trails.
Thanks Rachel! Our motto we had to keep coming back to was “stupid simple”
I love the bed, shower options and little details!
Thank you, Olivia :)
It’s beautiful
Thank you Dina!!
Love this schoolie design. Love the open concept and that you have a bathroom with shower. Fantastic job. Would also want it to be able to be off grid mostly
Thanks Dawn! Open concept was what we were shooting for :)
Epic bus! Loving that bed design!
Thank you!! That one was quite the puzzle but we’re loving it so far too.
I love the cleverly designed Murphy bed.
This is so inspiring!
💪 if we can do it, anyone can do it!
I have seen tons of builds and this is truly efficient and functional. It beats trying to park a full size bus, which must be a serious challenge to find parking. Great job guys. I would definitely want to replicate this design.
That’s so kind! Thank you
Well done! Love the design of the bed!
You have done a tremendous job
Love your layout . Enjoy 🎉and stay safe🎉
Love the tour, my favorite part was seeing how the cubic mini takes up so little space. I have not yet installed any heat yet. I like the fact that no power is needed to run the cubic mini. The curtain support rods in the cab and above the bus door are great ideas I can add to mine. During my June 2020 vacation I discovered just how much massive heat was being generated by the cab.
Glad you enjoyed! We are big fans of the cubic mini. And yes we’re even thinking of thickening those curtains
@@bonafideoutside as far as my curtains I opted to make and use a nice pattern and put black out curtains on the backside of them that I can’t see and use fanfold insulation on the windows on the two hot or too cold days. But I did consider using just curtains like your set up.
How does the blackout fabric work for you?
One day I'm going to get the courage to live this lifestyle. Being in south Florida doesn't help as buying a bus to convert is like speaking Chinese -no one knows out here. Your bus is beautiful and functional. It's one of the best I've seen.
If we can do it, anyone can...and that’s the truth! Our hometown in Michigan is not familiar to the idea but we were very supported (and drew lots of curious eyes lol). Thank you for the compliments, means a lot :)
Excellent build! I absolutely love it, the open floor plan is awesome. Thank you for the tour
Thanks Vanessa!
Very good tour.
Very well spoken.
I am impressed.
A beautiful spacey home.
You are a wise young couple.
Thank you for sharing your make.
Three months, magnificent!
Hello, your amazing 🤗 I truly love the simple structure and great thought process in your tiny bus.
Can you please share with us what was your budget including the bus purchase and the final cost to complete the whole set up for your home bus.
Best of luck always 💖
Thank you! Sure, we have roughly 23,000 into our build including insurance and a lot of hard labor. We have gotten this question a lot so we are thinking we will do a future budget breakdown video and share how others could do theirs cheaper. We could have done things much cheaper if we didn't put ourselves under such a time constraint. Would that be something you'd be interested in seeing?
Absolutely 😃. Wondering also about the weight factor and did the suspension need modification?
It'sa beautifulbuild with so many cleaver designs! What was your budget for the build?
Thank you! I think we may have to do a budget video because that is a popular question! The most expensive items were the toilet, solar, mini wood stove and MI insurance. We paid roughly 23,000 total but we were under time constraint. There are definitely ways to go cheaper if you have a lot of time
Great build. It's so functional yet minimalistic. Perfect!!!
Glad you liked it Valorie! That is exactly what we were going for. ☺
I admire you for your ability to create and build your “bus” and for your lifestyle. Enjoy!!!
Thanks Kev!
Can I say I love your murphy bed? First time I've saw one in a small skoolie.
You sure can! It works great for us
Can I use this design everything is perfect
Sure! Sharing is caring
I love the drop-down bed it’s cool
The MOST AMAZING SKOOLIE BUILD...♥️♥️♥️
Very clever design and so functional. Love the stove to warm the bus. Never seen one mounted up off the floor before. Clever and very efficient used of space. Love your bus.
Thank you very much!
What a great bus and the bed that frees up the floor space in the day is so great. To me living in the bus or van should have a shower and toilet and you guys have them both and is so great. You do have a nice coach too and the bus is not cluttered. Good job and enjoy living and travelling in it. God bless you as explore...
This is one of my favourite skoolie conversions, brilliant job, love it
Thank you so much!
Beautiful build. It’s well thought out simple but yet beautiful & very functional
I love your bus layout. It is the best I've seen so far. Enjoy it!
The open area is nice the bed is a cool design over all it’s awesome 👏 😊 enjoy
This is such a great conversion! The bench and bed idea is very clever! Well done
Wow the best skoolie conversion till now!!!!!
woop woop!
What a lovely, comfortable and highly functional space.
Thank you, Rebecca!! Means so much
One of the very best! Well thought out, well executed and total points for providing safe seating for both of you while traveling!
Thank you! We really appreciate the kind words. Yeah the passenger seat is 👍 nice to have a seatbelt while driving twisty roads and big highways
Thanq for the video, you have a beautiful home, I love the curtains & your kitchen, you have lots of storage.i love slide out drawers. Your home must be toasty with that fire
A very nice setup. I love the mobile shower! So convenient and let's you keep the sand, dirt and grit outside when weather permits. Nice size bed too! Well planned out,
Thanks so much! Yes exactly why we made sure to install the outdoor shower :)
Great build. Lots of excellent information.
One of the most brilliant design.It has everything one needs.
Thank you so much! It works great for us
Your home is very functional and cozy . Thank you for sharing with us
Thank you for touring it with me! And commenting 😊
You guys have everything you need to be comfy and the best part is that you can live wherever you want to with hardly any monetary worries... great build and thanks for sharing... happy travels 🙏🏿✌🏿💯🤗
this is the ideal build. perfect placing for everything. thanks for the tour, lovely home.
Thanks so much for watching!
Really nice job building this bus out you two. To get it done in a few months is something else too. I love the layout and the bed is great. Makes it so roomy during the day. You guys enjoy In many out there on your many adventures.
Thank you Sophie in Oregon! We definitely enjoy the "extra" space. We are definitely enjoying ourselves. Cheers!
This was a great conversion. I kept agreeing and loving the space the more I watched. Well throughout and affordable. LOVE THIS!!
Thank you!! So kind
Beautiful bus!!! Well done!!!! Y'all are adorable!!!!!! Great bus & great couple 😘
Love the firewood heater the most, esp with appropriate venting. The Murphy bed is a good idea. Also the indoor/outdoor shower is awesome. Great job.
Thank you! Yes the heater is so aesthetically pleasing and cute
Love the Murphy bed concept I've often thought of that myself it's a great way to add space
Yes! it's the key to the open concept for sure. We definitely put it up enough to make it worth the storage sacrifice.
You two have the nicest and roomiest build. Kudos to you.
Thank you so much!
Love that you was able to hide the bed, and make a lot of living space
Great simple design ideas! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching and commenting :)))
Just found your page!!! Love your build. My BF & I are starting our own skoolie journey this month. See you on the road!
So gorgeous thanks for sharing! I love seeing builds that make space for an actual table
You’re so welcome thank you for watching :) we love having a table
Excellent job. I'm inspired.
A cute cable 🙋
A Great tour with you a nice Home on wheels 👌
Nice build. Looks very open, airy, and comfortable.
Thank you Julianna, that’s what we were going for! 🧡🧡
This is the best design and arrangement I’ve seen. The bed is genius! It’s the only one I’ve seen. Love the big view the doors gives also. You did a great job! You 2 have many wonderful adventures in your beautiful bus! 😊
Very nice, very beautiful!
Wow....!!! I really love the design of this Skoolie... The attention to detail stands head and shoulders above all the other bus tours I've seen on CZcams... It's stylish, has everything you could ever wish for and the space is incredible...
This is a bus to be proud off... 💗💗
We’re pretty happy with what we were able to make :) Thank you Sammie!! It means a ton to us!
GREAT build, I'm big into motorcycles and planning on making a skoolie in the next year or so. The bed design where you can still access is perfect for loading a bike into and hitting the road!
Awesome job guys
Thank you Randall! We appreciate it :)
Beautiful home. I wish I could have done something like this when I was young. God protect you both in your travels.
Thank you Jayne :)
Brilliant design with lovely people.
Thank you Dinorah :)
Lovely design. Enjoy.
Thank you :)
Love Love Love your build 💞
I love her sense of fashion.
Aw thank you! This comment made me smile 😊
Super clever and very livable, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
One of the best build I have seen
You guys did a beautiful job Love the entire setup safe travels.
Best bed concept I've seen so far