I finished the bedroom in my school bus // skoolie conversion series

[@EmmaBuildsBirbie]

So excited to move into the bus and use my RV Mattress! Visit rvmattress.com/birbie to get 20% off your mattress with code birbie

[@jackiepaper101]

Nice job using taco as a verb!

[@tlhod3409]

"I highly recommend not painting the wood in your homes" has got to be one of the best things I have heard a KZbinr say in the hundreds of hours of Skoolie/Bus videos I have watched. Thank you for standing up for yourself.

[@kannieschrijfnie2042]

I’m amazed how long you stayed calm while your scribing the carton failed, failed again and failed again. And finally was succesfull. I really enjoy watching your videos Emma.

[@TheBlake27]

Bedroom walls sponsored by #fuckit 🤣 I was frustrated for you with those cuts, scribing is a pain in the ass for sure, but again, its coming along, finished product is what you are going for, and you're doing great!

[@0HARE]

Despite all of your efforts, this project is coming together well. Also, remember that caulk is the fabricator’s best friend. You Got This

[@markdemedeiros3239]

One more little hint.....if you don't want your plywood to splinter when you cut it....lay down painters tape where your cut will be measure and Mark your line on the tape cut and pull the tape and whala......no splinters with a very clean cut. Best wishes and it really is coming together.

[@francoisg1393]

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows! "If you like scribing, you are wrong. And stupid. And I hate you." I'm so sorry I laughed at that. Afterwards I just wanted to hug you! We all have different strengths. It's just awesome that you're challenging yourself in this way. You have no idea how much I look forward to Fridays.

[@dcjustdoit4109]

Just Love Your Videos and your Singing !!!

[@willywonka4139]

One room complete and your eyes light up. What joy!

[@W4ABN]

Since you're still building out the rest, I'd suggest to cover the mattress with whatever old/cheap bed sheets you can find. Whatever you do to keep it clean, it'll still get dirty from other work you'll be doing. Once you're done with the build, then you can get the nice stuff. Nice seeing your work, even the stuff that doesn't work out right. Working on irregular angles/curves isn't easy. Keep up the good work. If it's stressing you out, it's ok to walk away and come back clear minded.

[@MD-xr5zw]

Great advice Emma, "If you don't like painted wood, I recommend you don't paint the wood in your house." That cracked me up. Too many people trying to push their "likes" on others, instead of sitting back, enjoying the video and letting you do what works for you. You are doing a great job.

[@TimTamSlammm]

Just found your channel. This has to be the most fun I’ve had watching a skoolie build video. I’m excited to see more!

[@ellenados804]

Thank you so much. i have been struggling with a curved section of my build and now I know what to do. I’m sure we all have those days. You are very entertaining.

[@davebauer7429]

You have taken on a project that is not easy and I give you respect for doing it . It is a learning process, you learn as you go many mistakes will be made but when it is all done it will be worth the work.

[@charlesbrunner258]

Keep up the great work, your attitude while trying to figure out the next step is one of the reason I enjoy watching your videos

[@professionaltinkerer]

Just wanted to offer a couple pieces of advice for templating. First the end that rides against the surface you are scribing to needs to be a point. You can make a cheap easy scribe with a paint stirring stick. Cut it in half, make one end pointy and drill a hole in the other end for your pen or pencil. Second… hot glue gun… glue your template pieces together…

[@deschampine]

A solution I've seen for those seams is to tuck rope into the corner so it looks like an intentional seam

[@thegringobaker]

Once you add some curtains that bedroom is going to be pretty cute and cozy.

[@mscarlarn]

You go girl with your bad self!!!! Your bed room looks great!

[@tommytsadventures]

Just a thought but to hide the imperfections between the ceiling and the wall where you just painted, put a twine rope. It might give it a more finished look.

[@An.Elle.On.Her.Forehead]

Quickzip sheets are the best thing I’ve purchased for my bus! It’s a zipper fitted sheet so you don’t have to wrestle it onto the mattress every time you wash them.

[@melissahoffman4687]

Use liquid silicone over the sides of the wood. It's really good at hiding cracks, and splits of the wood.

[@Aliceinjonesville]

omg!! watching your frustration escalate while scribing… I love you so much!!! 🙌🏼🥰. Great outcome grrl!

[@diablofubar3623]

Still Love your Attitude....Looking great the white paint in your room will make it brighter with the led lights...

[@gerryhartung736]

Cool wall covering, (insulating as well) blanket batting stapled to plywood. Staple most liked pattern fabric around all edges no more than 1/4 ince in from edges, finish with decorative welting. All available at any fabric store. Results: padded frabric walls, warm, colorful, decorative. Buy a 12 in sample of bat and fabric, staple to a sample board.VOILA! Better than paneling, and scribe or tearout on plywood not a problem.

[@joianne7511]

You did a good job this is your first time ever building your home is coming together keep up the good work

[@LoMac_]

I applaud your persistence. Its shaping up!

[@johnyaceyko9775]

For sheets, my suggestion IKEA or my pillow. I heard that bamboo blankets are good too.

[@dennisporter753]

I actually like the paint in the bedroom... you are correct in painting that color too .. brighten it up!

[@jar407]

making progress emma. just remember if your lights are 12v theres red hot black ground . the other wire goes to light ac 120v you usealy have black hot, white nutral. green or bare copper ground . and around your curves of roof theres flexable molding sometimes plastic . or wood can have cuts on back side to bend it will hid spaces

[@GHBTPUSY]

YOU'RE A BAD ASS ! all that you've done ! be very proud..

[@cheryl8280]

Good enough for the guys I go out with!! LOLOL (is my complete version of that statement). I love how you always manage to work things out on your own. I admire that. I'm 73 and hope I've enjoyed some of that in my life. I dunno, Emma. I think I'm probably more excited than you. Every time I watch one of your videos, it brings back so many fun memories of a bus I once owned. 33ft Blue Bird completely kitted out (except it could have used some new tires). Have fun with all you're doing. You have plenty enough encouragement out here in commentland. I'll be cheering for you on your future trips. Take care and don't let the scribing get to you. Hugs from Canada!! P.S. Yup. Some thick jute rope would be a very good coverup to your "mistakes". You don't have to have a nautical these to use jute rope.

[@deborahsnider1125]

You can do this, we all have to learn and mistakes are part of the process.

[@BBox99]

Next time cut a disc out of the cardboard a hole in the center for your pen and then just role the disc along the curve while the pen scribes your mark on the template 👍🏽😎

[@kathleenthorene5846]

The bus is coming along. Looking good.

[@warmbreeze43]

My pillow. Sheets are amazing

[@diedredunham7383]

I agree on your painting your bedroom area. I think it looks very nice. I'd have done a darker color, because I like darker colors.

[@bus8117]

Light switch stuff - what are the features of the switch itself? I want to say black -ve is your input and white -ve is your output which would mean the positive is for backlighting of the switch itself, labelled like that to over explain what it does. So when you wire your LED's, the -ve side comes from the switch and you wire the +ve side to battery. Labelling like that is purely to frustrate Emma's. Remember DC works in a loop, there has to be a +ve and -ve there, so those little electrons can pass through the battery, which is a long winded way of saying there is no RV wiring just different configurations.

[@gerryhartung736]

If you use a small electric heater, be sure to use heavy duty extension cord, 10 or 12 gauge, so cord doesnt melt and start fire! Contractor size.

[@brendadavis378]

That's why they make trim.. your doing a great job 👏

[@gregprior8271]

For new sheets if you decide to get them in future. Look into Redland cotton. They are made in USA with cotton grown here.

[@stevengregory8686]

I love it when you're being a straight shooter, telling it like it is........Great job Emma!!!!

[@sonjadlong7554]

It's really really pleasant Emma!!!! I think I would have have skipped the scribe and just squared the wall leaving the curve open for a hanging plant LoL 😂 or maybe a stain glass piece...... You did good!

[@jimberryman185]

I don't know if I've ever commented, but I love your channel Emma😁 and you've got a lot done, the bus is coming together nicely! You seem like you over think things while you're working on It, I imagine that it's because your planning future steps out before finishing the task in front of You, I call them "squirrel moments" Lol, I do the same thing. Makes the job go a little longer, but it does make for some interesting stories, and in your case, i think it gives the video a little spice ☺ keep up the good work, and just remember you've never done anything like this before. You've gotten this much done on your own, so don't beat yourself up when you have a little set back. My dad worked with wood for a lot of years. He used to say that if you use too much, you can always cut it away, too little you can trim it off or out☺. You're nailing this project Emma, give yourself the credit you deserve❤

[@EmmaBuildsBirbie]

thank you!

[@jimberryman185]

@@EmmaBuildsBirbie you are very welcome ☺, I can't wait to see the finished product😁

[@jameswatson521]

Emma your doing great work at the end of the day as we gather our thoughts on what we think of our projects and our life and in the end we blow off their opinions and remember that we life in what we build keep up the great work Emma an remember the bounty is remarkable

[@braun3659]

Completely agree. I am building out my Skoolie. I got cedar on sale and my whole bus is cedar, floor to ceiling. I’m going to do a wash on it to help eliminate some of that cabin feeling.

[@RuthAnn-f4j]

WOW!! You have great patience

[@cjalaska]

Maybe someone else has mentioned this way. Since you have ten boards. What if you took two scraps to create a 90 degree template. Take the upright board and place it against the wall and use a level for the horizontal board. Then on every board take measurements on each side of the board. Since they are flat you should end up with twenty tic marks. Then a straight edge to line them all up. I have done this in the past. Keep up the great work.

[@D_R_Martin]

Nothing wrong with painting the wood. I agree that too much wood gets too cabiny, even claustrophobic (for me). Anyway, as always, it's fun watching the progress.

[@russellsuter8809]

Looking good

[@D4NS80]

Hey Emma. Very entertaining episode with your plywood woes. I'd be the same trying to get a curve. Re your light switch. It looks like a common positive. So black battery negative, red battery positive and lamp positive, white lamp negative which would be the wire that gets switched.

[@kenwatson7815]

Scribing is a difficult task, get your cardboard cut as close as possible to the curve, hold firmly in position, then get a cotton reel push a pencil through center hole with a little of the pencil showing, then hold cotton reel horizontal against the curve and scribe with the pencil onto cardboard, hope this will help.

[@jereschweitzer9195]

Looking really awesome I like the white paint good contrast color and wood

[@ianedwards9136]

awesome, coming along nicely. the finish line is in sight babe

[@skytechbits]

Use eye protection Emma please. I love how you are moving right along with the build. Your way of doing and learning is not unusual at all. We all do that when we work on projects. When working with wiring always make sure the item is not receiving any power while you are wiring it up. Then after you are done inspect it before turning the power on it. Have fun.

[@keithburkett9448]

Congratulations on your bedroom project 👍 Great video Emma 👍

[@northernlite3368]

The scribing tool MUST be kept perpendicular to the surface you want to copy, and that apllies to each board along the tracing. You will inevitably have little mismatches, that is where moldings (called quarter round) come in play. In the case of a curve, you may have to steam bend the molding to avoid breaking it if the curve is too sharp in the transition curve from wall to ceiling as it is in a bus.

[@53221carvel]

Paint looks good. Now you need curtains and window trim as well as some sort of head board. I would put privacy film on the windows.

[@53221carvel]

Keep up the good work. You got this girl.

[@justinlucero6652]

Looks good can use rope to put on edges on the walls for trim or trim panels

[@marshallhoux7987]

On the switch find the power supply hook it up to the plus LED and minus accordingly it's similar to house lights

[@JustAskingAndCurios]

Laughing WITH you. Templates can't be stapled as you learned. TAPE! We ALL learn from our mistakes (been there, done it). Give you a lot of "points" for persistence! Doing a GREAT job! This is a commitment. Can't wait till you cook your 1st meal in Birbie.

[@timothycluck678]

You are doing a great job keep it up young lady

[@Anonymous.1957]

You have a nice singing voice ❤

[@carls4552]

I love your videos Emma. The trouble you go thru sometimes is so funny, ie cardboard cutouts for the ceiling cuts. I'm glad you got a sponsor, and they have such a cut spokeswoman 😁. It's looking great. And the painted wood, it's your house, you do what you want. Wood can be painted, or stained. As for the door bell thing, not sure. DC electric just needs a positive and a negative, no third wire. So seems very strange to me. Are you sure it was for a mobile home? I'm so excited for you, moving into the bus in just a few short weeks. Woohoo!

[@chrishiggins1811]

You are doing a fantastic job emma keep up the great work

[@LenSilvester]

Looking good!! When your trying to draw a cut line on curved location, use a roll of tape. Place outer edge of tape roll on side your tracing, place pencil against the inside of centre hole and press it to hole roll against edge your traction. The round roll will follow the contour and the pencil will mark your shape perfect!!

[@tommotomlinson3370]

Looking great Emma 👌...you can always trim where the walls touch the roof with a nice piece of rope to hide the wiggly bits 😉....you need to practice your spider squashing shoe throwing technique 🕷️👟💨

[@rudyfisher7660]

Being a buzz and since you're so small and if you paint it white like you're doing then it makes it look bigger and with the light bouncing off the white it'll give you more light inside

[@ronaldseitz3677]

The paint looks 💯 percent better than plane wood I don't know anything about electronics but maybe Google information about it maybe that might help you Doing a great job 👍

[@tyrese777r]

Nice build keep up the good work beautiful

[@charles.l.barrows.jr.9676]

Great job.. You are doing great for someone that never done any with building, working with tools, wiring, and plumbing... You are amazing to do this on your own.. Well done

[@diegomartin3272]

I started watching your channel a few weeks ago and of course going back to watch from the start. I've enjoyed your videos so much watching your wins and struggles with the build. 🤗 Your journey has been really inspiring, love your determination and confidence!! Congrats, it's looking amazing 🤩

[@EmmaBuildsBirbie]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@trainman4763]

@@EmmaBuildsBirbie I would just literally eyeball it, when you stick the card board template just use scissors and trim just a little where needed, a little more where needed until you get it tight.

[@khaleesi30]

@@EmmaBuildsBirbie, I’ve been watching your videos for the last 2 weeks and have already finished them all. Can’t wait to see your next video. You make me want to do a bus conversion too.🙂

[@MichelleCouplandHairStudio]

I like the paint it bright it up

[@mo-tive2480]

I buy most of my bedding at Ross! Great deals!

[@pixiebusadventures936]

Love it! I'm a lazy painter too. I hate taping!

[@briandavis9975]

Emma the switch your using is a momentary switch for a door bell it only stays on as you hold it it a light switch works differently you run the negative sides from the light fixture and power supply negative on one screw side and negative from the batteries to the other side of the switch and positives go together so no current or power doesn't run through the switch.

[@EmmaBuildsBirbie]

it's a light switch. it's just the plate from the doorbell

[@briandavis9975]

@@EmmaBuildsBirbie did you run the negative wires from the light and the battery to the switch not the positive wires no current going through the switch right?

[@EmmaBuildsBirbie]

haha I don't remember what I did. I tried pretty much every combination until i blew a fuse

[@dcjustdoit4109]

Young Lady U R So Adorable !!! Keep Being Awesome 👌

[@freedomrider5791]

For making a template string a line from one side of the bus to the other above windows using the same spot on each side. Then measure every inch from ceiling to string. Takes those measurements and record them on the template. Once you have recorded every inch mark. Connect the dots. Boom you have a template.

[@friendofeli.1144]

I use hemp rope as trim glued in along the curve

[@taco-lover]

I buy all my sheets, pillows, comforters, bath towels, and throw rugs at Bed Bath & Beyond!

[@theresagarner54]

I kept my back wall panel to use as a template

[@jimfrank3591]

Get yourself a drafting compass for that curve on Ebay.

[@michellemorgan9606]

I don't know what you have planned (if anything) for the rim between wall and ceiling joints. I think it would look cute (and be super easy) to finish it off with some rope, about 3/4"-1" diameter, in a natural jute. Just an idea...you're doing great!

[@jeffreythomas9106]

Hey Emma You are doing a great job with your bus. Your bedroom is really nice. Glad you are enjoying y bus. Keep up the good work 👏 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

[@jdooweb]

Your channel just 'popped' up on my feed and I am glad it did. First: You are doing great! Second: 15:08 had me absolutely howling with laughter! You would fit in perfect with my tribe. LMAO Last: Been working with power tools all my adult life. I'm now a crusty old fart at 50. Please PLEASE PLEASE wear safety glasses!! Still howling at 15:08...

[@mrmotofy]

The wiring of the switch is most likely the NEG tied together. The + is the feed or battery/fused side of the switch, the LED + is the load side of the switch and will turn on/off with the switch. I gave you a link to a vid I did on how to use a Multimeter and testing continuity. The meter can test the Continuity or the path of the power. So you can test a switch for operation or connect + to - to see if you have anything connected wrong or shorted out. You can test the battery end of cable all the way to the lights(with a wire extension for the meter) to see if it's wired correctly BEFORE you connect to the battery. If you have questions or confirmation...ask

[@norm5785]

Looking wonderful. You are making awesome progress on the build. Thank you for sharing your awesome project with us today from Henrico County Virginia

[@Michaelb6151]

For sheets, California Design Den Store. 1000 thread count is amazing

[@dowd9131955]

Looks fine to me!

[@donaldd.293]

Emma you have come such a long way since your first video. I would have never thought that this build would have turn out as nice as it has. So excited for ya.

[@MrDonnymyers]

I like your bedroom

[@keithkilps6545]

Sometimes it is hard to see the end results amidst the chaos... but this came together so nicely. Hopefully it instills so much confidence as you nailed the end result!

[@yveserichot2304]

Emma check west elm bedding. Sometimes, you’ll find good deals. I appreciate your videos & easy going on your bus. Keep your humor & happiness. 😊

[@Tuuli..]

I felt you on the walls. I put up my front walls in my bus and the top is completely off. But like you said serious trim will solve the problem. We are not professional builders it’s not going to be perfect!

[@gerryhartung736]

The white walls would look super with padded pattern.

[@jeremymia4949]

Nice Emma build's birbie..

[@bjb51]

Congratulations 🎉🎊. Great job…..come visit South Louisiana…….

[@jerrybrashear5562]

Good job on getting your bedroom done! I love how you stick with it until it suits you. Don't worry about people's opinions on what your doing. This is your project not theirs so you fix it how you want! Thanks for another great video!! Have a super great terrific day!🙂

[@madalineg7560]

Another great video Emma! It's looking so good!!

[@norwegianoutcastakapaulhn2645]

Following your journey building Birbie is such a joy, dear Emma, and may I say that it is just like yourself - amazing and beautiful 😉💘 You are an inspiration in all the manners you approach all the challenges the build have presented itself, and dang how fantastic you have faced them ❤ PS! I have absolutely sucked at commenting on your videos, but have liked them all of course 😉😄 PPS! Have just binge watched all of the vids from your beginning up to this point ☺ Taking my liberty to add the words PROUD OF YOU, gorgeous ✌ Looking forward to follow the rest of your build and journey, and sending all good energy, vibes, thoughts, love, and all good things your way 🙏❣ Greetings from a simple dude in Norway 🙌

[@tbc-9516]

You're doing great. I'm truly impressed with your determination and that you stay with it. Keep up the good work 👏👍👍👍