Through two van conversions and living on the road for over half a decade, this page shares every detail and tip on vanlife.
Is our camper van flooring vinyl? Or is it linoleum? We aren’t 100% sure. However, with our research, we think our campervan flooring is vinyl. With our minivan camper conversion, we took a completely different approach to the van floor than traditional campervan builds. Since we were dealing with a super limited height inside the…
Insulating a campervan is a super important step in any van build. It not only helps you stay warm in the cooler months, but it also helps keep you and all your belongings cool in the hotter temperatures. You have to remember though… your insulation is only as strong as the weakest area. Meaning, you…
After having to make the bed in our first campervan every single day, we promised ourselves we’d have a full van in our next van build. But here we are, with another campervan slide out bed in our second van. We’re giving ourselves grace with that though, as we converted a minivan into a campervan,…
After our first van had a plain plywood roof, we wanted something a bit more cozy for our minivan campervan ceiling material. When our grandparents offered us old wood flooring, we knew exactly what to do with it. Sand it down, stain it, and install it as our new minivan campervan ceiling. It’s not as…
Mounting flexible solar panels to van roof is a doozy. It’s a lot of steps.. hello, 31 of them.. but it’s a rewarding process! After all, you’re adding solar panels for van electricity.. you’ll be off the grid and in total peace in no time. We’ve broken down this guide to mounting flexible solar panels…
Where’s a complete flexible solar panel kit you ask?! Right here… you found it! When building out our campervan, solar power was easily the most daunting task. Nowhere did we find a complete DIY solar panel kit, so after mounting our flexible panels, we decided to make a true, complete flexible solar panel kit for…
The way you light a campsite up really sets the mood for the entire camping experience. There’s a time and a place for super bright campsite lights. And, also a time for just mellow mood lights too. This post is full of both kinds of campsite lighting ideas. We’ve broken it up into how the…
When it comes to campervan lighting ideas, honestly there are loads of them. And shoot, there are so many different ways campervan lights can be powered, making even more options for van lighting. Like most things in a van build, it’s not a one size fits all approach. The best campervan lights for our van…
A complete list of tools needed for a van conversion.. every single tool we used when we built out our second campervan, a 1992 Toyota Previa. These tools help tremendously in a van build. However, when we did our first build, it was when we were living in Scotland, and we didn’t have all our…
We went back and forth with the idea of including a camper van vent into our current van build. With the van being so small, we weren’t sure we really needed one. However, thinking back to our first van and remembering the mold issue we began to have, we decided we definitely wanted to install a roof…
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