{"id":16147,"date":"2014-01-21T14:09:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T20:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16147"},"modified":"2014-01-21T14:09:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T20:09:13","slug":"tiny-mobile-home-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/tiny-mobile-home-van\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upcycle a Van into a Tiny Mobile Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I enjoy my current life, I freely admit that I sometimes fantasize about living a more itinerant lifestyle: the idea of roaming the country in the spirit of Travels with Charley<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or Blue Highways<\/em><\/a> really appeals to me. \u00a0That includes traveling in a vehicle in which I could also live.<\/p>\n

Now, the traditional mobile home strikes me as a really expensive gas hog… not exactly the kind of vehicle I’d want to base this new lifestyle upon. An older cargo van could work – it would certainly be cheaper and more fuel efficient – but who wants to live in a metal box? As Jo Borras at sister site Insteading shows us, though, there is something in between: the DIY makeover<\/a> of a cargo\/panel van into a small mobile home.<\/p>\n

Jo focused on one video of this “upcycling” project (at the very bottom of the post below), but creator RickVanMan on Youtube<\/a> has quite a few more that show the details of steps within the process. What you end with isn’t fancy, but it sure looks \u00a0liveable… at least to my wandering alter ego.<\/p>\n

Have you upcycled a van into a mobile living space? What were the biggest challenges? Share your other other thoughts with us…<\/p>\n

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