Having spent countless hours watching YouTube videos, pouring over build blogs, participating in forum discussions, studying books, discussing with family and friends and ruminating over a childhood goal of designing and building my own home I have reached a milestone.

This began years ago as an obsession with tiny homes and the “tiny house movement” in general, took a turn towards teardrop trailers and has landed me most recently at cargo-to-camper van conversions and vandwelling. Fueled by a fascination with examining how people choose to live their lives and a desire to make a conscious, conscientious impact with how I live mine.

Enter the van:

make: Ford E-250 Econoline

year: 2003

miles: 142,488

The van began its life as a Sears service van, a fleet vehicle that was hopefully fleet maintained. It’s now my blank slate. I have many evolving ideas and a rough road map of what I would like to accomplish, this will unfold as I make progress.