SKOOLIE CONVERSION TOUR | School Bus Converted into Open Floor Plan Tiny House

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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[@corinnelsmith]

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 KZbin. 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!

[@bonafideoutside]

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!!

[@wessebaggers]

I love your bus ! Very great use of space! Love what you did with bed

[@briannafebus6520]

I completely agree and I barely started the video.

[@jadeedens7755]

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 🥰

[@juror.13]

Great review.

[@myas3656]

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.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you a Mya! That means a lot.

[@jadeedens7755]

Exactly! They blew it out of the water in every aspect. No fluff, simply a spectacular job all the way around

[@backyardbraaapn1017]

*Skoolie

[@lindabond8277]

One of the nicest builds I've ever seen. Stay safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[@bonafideoutside]

Happy new year Linda!! Thank you :)

[@lilmsdrummer]

"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.

[@bonafideoutside]

Lol I think we got “multipurpose drawer” from Marie kondo 😂

[@FatgirlMickey]

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.

[@bonafideoutside]

Hi Linda! We’ve learned so much from KZbin, 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 😊

[@KennethMichur]

I really like the floorplan of your skoolie. I do like the bed and how you save space with it. very well thought out.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thanks Kenneth! Appreciate it, cheers :)

[@SacredElementsTarot]

Beautiful bus. I really love the colors you’ve chosen. Everything is so clean and earthy. Well done.

[@bonafideoutside]

Yes! Earthy and clean was what we were going for :) thanks much

[@kathleenalarid1150]

So far, the best build I’ve seen.

[@teresaferrer4748]

I love it! So many have the white sterile new vans .They don't decorate and there's no life inside. You bus is alive and minimalist with style. Love the colors. I love galvanized steel,so vintage so efficient.

[@nixhixx]

I love the co-pilot seat.... So nice to share the ride together!

[@bonafideoutside]

It was a must for us for safety and yes, experiencing the road next to each other :)

[@nixhixx]

@@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!

[@matthewlowe7506]

Where did you buy the co-pilot seat?

[@richardludvigh700]

@@bonafideoutside Can you share where you got the passenger seat?

[@ron9415]

Love that you was able to hide the bed, and make a lot of living space

[@catheb2225]

This is now my fave conversation

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you! We appreciate it, cheers!!

[@ankittanwar9350]

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 😍

[@bonafideoutside]

WOW! Thank you so much that is so kind! We appreciate it :)

[@thencis56]

I keep going back to this one too !

[@cherylmellblom9736]

This is an incredible home. I like the openness of it and having your Murphy bed greatly contributes to the openness. Enjoy your adventures!

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you Miss Mellblom! Yes the openness was a must-have for us

[@mamarana524]

I love the cleverly designed Murphy bed.

[@Mano-Wan]

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👌🏽

[@bonafideoutside]

Wow, no words! Thank you, means so so much 😊

[@onenationunderduress8994]

This is my favorite build so far. Very well done. 👍

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you very much :)

[@NienelNienor]

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!

[@bonafideoutside]

Awesome! Yes we got inspiration and ideas from seeing other people’s builds too

[@harryballzack]

I like the bed arrangement. Multiple use space. So many make a set position bed and that seems like a waste of space.

[@bluestarhealingangels9162]

The open area is nice the bed is a cool design over all it’s awesome 👏 😊 enjoy

[@sherryyarger3753]

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!

[@ariannacollazo700]

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.

[@bonafideoutside]

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 :)

[@Costello64]

Best bed concept I've seen so far

[@donnawarmouth9329]

Best bed idea I’ve seen

[@bonafideoutside]

Thanks much Donna! :)

[@cloudysky3452]

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...❤

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you Kaaratenga, that is too kind :)

[@truenorthstrongfree8566]

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.

[@bonafideoutside]

That’s so kind! Thank you

[@adamflynn6628]

Sarah and Eric you did a beautiful job of explaining the interior and exterior.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you Adam!

[@kylewalker1703]

Totally loved your bed idea that's the best one I have seen so far

[@bonafideoutside]

Thanks Kyle! Cheers!

[@dinavillagran563]

It’s beautiful

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you Dina!!

[@tracykehoe8292]

Nice build. Like how you have it layed out....especially the murphey bed.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thanks Tracy. The layout was tricky to nail down but we’re so happy with the way we decided to go with it.

[@junaidmansourmahdi1392]

A cute cable 🙋 A Great tour with you a nice Home on wheels 👌

[@donlhin]

I've watched a lot of bus builds. You have the most unique build I've seen! My favorite part is how you built your bed! Very multi-faceted! I really like the open living area with the big window for gazing at your environment! My next fav thing is the bathroom with the extendable shower rod AND how you created a unique way to have an outside shower! AWESOME BUILD! Enjoy! ✌🥸

[@bonafideoutside]

Wow, thank you! We've watched a lot of builds too haha. Seeing other people's builds definitely helped us figure out what we liked.

[@jaimepuckett7450]

This is so inspiring!

[@bonafideoutside]

💪 if we can do it, anyone can do it!

[@BoondockTV]

Absolutely gorgeous rig, yall! Hope to see you on the road in 2021!

[@bonafideoutside]

Thanks! That would be awesome, and we’re boondocking right now 😂

[@elfruity2d81]

I love the drop-down bed it’s cool

[@lilianaprina5991]

Some nice ideas for your design. I love the semi murphy bed...

[@bonafideoutside]

Appreciate it, Iliana :) the Murphy bed comes in handy for sure. More often we just keep it down but it’s so nice to put up when we feel like it or want to entertain a bit

[@deborahwhitt4363]

Love this build, it’s amazing! It has everything you could possibly need.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you Deborah, we appreciate it :)

[@violetbaldonistudent6647]

One of my fav builds!!!

[@bonafideoutside]

Thanks Violet 💜

[@brazilianredneck]

I bought a Collins body 6 window bus last month. I spent like 6 months trying to find one with the handicap door and close enough for me to buy. So far I had seen only one skoolie with a Murphy bed, but it was a twin size. I loved your build and I'm sure my wife will love it too.

[@bonafideoutside]

Congrats!! That's awesome!

[@twadugsinavan]

One of our very favourite bus tours x

[@bonafideoutside]

Well shucks, thank you!!

[@mobilehomelife4028]

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.

[@bonafideoutside]

Glad you enjoyed! We are big fans of the cubic mini. And yes we’re even thinking of thickening those curtains

[@mobilehomelife4028]

@@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.

[@bonafideoutside]

How does the blackout fabric work for you?

[@katew9927]

I love your bus! The design and look are perfect.

[@bonafideoutside]

Too kind Kate! Thank you :)

[@sherylknudsen8569]

I love your bus layout. It is the best I've seen so far. Enjoy it!

[@changingmyfuture564]

The MOST AMAZING SKOOLIE BUILD...♥️♥️♥️

[@dawnsnyder216]

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

[@bonafideoutside]

Thanks Dawn! Open concept was what we were shooting for :)

[@lianessyes7238]

you guys, such a great bus build! Beauty and function.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you so much! It means a lot :)

[@cierrajones4887]

By far one of my favorite designs!!

[@lauriemsdiva]

Fantastic skoolie! Very well thought out. Love your style! Great job!😀👏🏾👏🏾

[@bonafideoutside]

Cheers!

[@hopeulikenudes]

The nicest builds I've ever seen. Well done.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you that is so kind

[@khadijahannisa6029]

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 💖

[@bonafideoutside]

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?

[@curtismartin3025]

Absolutely 😃. Wondering also about the weight factor and did the suspension need modification?

[@3gmom408]

I love her sense of fashion.

[@bonafideoutside]

Aw thank you! This comment made me smile 😊

[@marinamuratori5874]

Love it!!

[@jstochmal5440]

It'sa beautifulbuild with so many cleaver designs! What was your budget for the build?

[@bonafideoutside]

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

[@shannonland1137]

Can I use this design everything is perfect

[@bonafideoutside]

Sure! Sharing is caring

[@hollyslaughter5505]

Across the country twice and living in the bus two months, that’s a lot of driving! Nice conversion❗️

[@bonafideoutside]

Up to 10,000 miles since buying the bus! We love the road and Eric is fond of long hauls behind the wheel. Thanks Holly!

[@btownes5632]

OMG what an amazing floor plan!! I absolutely love the Murphy bed and the functionality of that entire space!!! Great job. I May have to borrow that design for my own bus!!

[@sophanarachay4917]

Can I say I love your murphy bed? First time I've saw one in a small skoolie.

[@bonafideoutside]

You sure can! It works great for us

[@denal0u]

Love it. ❤

[@kevinchristel485]

I admire you for your ability to create and build your “bus” and for your lifestyle. Enjoy!!!

[@bonafideoutside]

Thanks Kev!

[@margecarretero5509]

Beautiful build. It’s well thought out simple but yet beautiful & very functional

[@Yaya1030]

Best design ever! Love everything about it.

[@sherettasharif1358]

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 🙏🏿✌🏿💯🤗

[@lynnescaddan8919]

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

[@gilh3344]

Extremely well thought out. Thanks for sharing. I have great appreciation for functional and adaptive designs.

[@bonafideoutside]

You’re too kind Gil! Thank you kindly, it means a ton :)

[@maryhight6030]

Love Love Love your build 💞

[@sarinaatje1]

This is such a great conversion! The bench and bed idea is very clever! Well done

[@Roy-gj1ph]

One of the most brilliant design.It has everything one needs.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you so much! It works great for us

[@GlobetrotterGranny]

What a lovely, comfortable and highly functional space.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you, Rebecca!! Means so much

[@lindacrnll]

LOVE IT

[@nancychang-vanweissenbruch3809]

beautiful and the most efficient thought out design

[@bettyteh7294]

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...

[@sharonsmith9478]

I love how you have your bus i love it now i would love to have one like your bus

[@susanhighsmith3806]

Brilliant bed system. Love it! Beautiful bus.

[@stoneguard]

Super clever and very livable, thanks for sharing!

[@bonafideoutside]

Thanks for watching!

[@californiagirl5702]

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.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you very much!

[@mikalabaker6110]

Beautiful couple, beautiful & functional build!!

[@innerwoven_]

Very nice, very beautiful!

[@porterhaus3851]

Excellent job. I'm inspired.

[@florencialirosi9822]

Wow the best skoolie conversion till now!!!!!

[@bonafideoutside]

woop woop!

[@olivecan4805]

I love the bed, shower options and little details!

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you, Olivia :)

[@josenahector8369]

Lovely bus !

[@mik7564]

So cute! Thank you for sharing

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you!

[@BabyGirl-pg3vq]

Love love love!

[@bonafideoutside]

♥️♥️♥️

[@luishernandez5732]

When you forget that the tour is of a home on wheels and you think that you're inside a luxurious vacation studio apartment; where to begin?...amazing roof deck, nice, clean, functional inside/outside shower, multi purpose bedroom/living room area, perfect kitchen layout, and a damn big 55 GALLONS WATER TANK! Best I've seen yet, congrats! Had to subscribe!

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you!!! 😭🥹♥️

[@davidpatrick1813]

Good job and the fine tour. Keep it simple and clean ...

[@creative2716]

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.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you! Yes the heater is so aesthetically pleasing and cute

[@dinorahdarby4499]

Brilliant design with lovely people.

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you Dinorah :)

[@flaminglaughter]

You guys are SO good looking!!

[@MamaGato3]

Love the Murphy bed concept I've often thought of that myself it's a great way to add space

[@bonafideoutside]

Yes! it's the key to the open concept for sure. We definitely put it up enough to make it worth the storage sacrifice.

[@deesplace8084]

I absolutely love your skoolie… 😊

[@bonafideoutside]

Thanks Dee!! 🧡

[@Execprod5]

Wonderful, simply wonderful! Great ideas, bed, and floor plan! Definitely food for thought!

[@bonafideoutside]

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!

[@thebyrdsnest1465]

So gorgeous thanks for sharing! I love seeing builds that make space for an actual table

[@bonafideoutside]

You’re so welcome thank you for watching :) we love having a table

[@udanithilakarathne6357]

This is the best among all the skoolie videos I've wached. 😍

[@bonafideoutside]

💚💚

[@dalaniekolakowski181]

Beautiful bus!!! Well done!!!! Y'all are adorable!!!!!! Great bus & great couple 😘

[@christineorlando2020]

Well done! Love the design of the bed!

[@nehaanand7886]

Most realistic bus conversion ever !

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you!!

[@laceknot1584]

Love, Love ❤️

[@bonafideoutside]

❤️❤️❤️

[@wazmink2459]

Your bus home is very space saving. Very simple and nice

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you! We tried to keep it as open as possible to make it feel more spacious :)

[@mstexasg6243]

Great build. Lots of excellent information.

[@MsReginaLynne]

Now this is clever and designed beautifully

[@bonafideoutside]

Thank you!! Means a lot to us :)