With the insulation in place, it was finally time to put up the walls. We'd been looking forward to this step for a while, knowing that it would give us a sense of "things really coming together." We went with a white composite bead board. After painstakingly cutting a few panels to length, we realized that Lowes could make much more accurate cuts in a fraction of the time. Smarter not harder, right? The panels went up with ease, and our plan is to finish it with some molding around the borders and a window sill running along the top. Once the walls were up, we added some arm rests to the sofa that will double as storage space.
As the project progresses our ideas about how might use the bus continue to change. We want it to be travel-worthy, and capable of "dry-docking" (living off the grid) for a few days at a time. However, we're also thinking more and more that we might actually want to live in it, at least for a short time. Perhaps use it as a temporary home while we build something small, but not quite "tiny." With that in mind, we decided to ditch our freezer/cooler idea and buy a proper refrigerator. We opted not to go with a propane/ d/c model because we figure we can just use a Yeti cooler if we go camping for a few days, and more often than not we'll be plugged in when we need a refrigerator. So Courtney did a whole bunch of research and opted for a Haier 10.1 cu ft. refrigerator, which we purchased from Lowes. It's big enough that it can store a gallon of milk and a week's worth of groceries, but small enough that it works in our space.
As the project progresses our ideas about how might use the bus continue to change. We want it to be travel-worthy, and capable of "dry-docking" (living off the grid) for a few days at a time. However, we're also thinking more and more that we might actually want to live in it, at least for a short time. Perhaps use it as a temporary home while we build something small, but not quite "tiny." With that in mind, we decided to ditch our freezer/cooler idea and buy a proper refrigerator. We opted not to go with a propane/ d/c model because we figure we can just use a Yeti cooler if we go camping for a few days, and more often than not we'll be plugged in when we need a refrigerator. So Courtney did a whole bunch of research and opted for a Haier 10.1 cu ft. refrigerator, which we purchased from Lowes. It's big enough that it can store a gallon of milk and a week's worth of groceries, but small enough that it works in our space.