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We Have Walls
We got our walls and ceiling done in May 2024. We had gone back and forth on the method and materials we wanted to use. There were two main avenues we were pursuing. We wanted to either attach treated plywood to the existing metal framing using rivet nuts and bolts or create a wood frame…
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Bed Building Shenanigans
With both Thomas and me being such large people, we knew we needed our bed to be as big as possible and sturdy enough to hold us. We were aiming for a king sized bed which is pretty difficult with the limited space we were working with. We had to finish the walls before we…
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Dreaded Flooring
It has certainly been a while since I’ve posted an update on Eremos’s progress. The main factor in my procrastination is just how much I disliked the last job we finished before our big trip–the flooring. We used Bennett Valley Oak Waterproof Laminate Flooring. It uses a seemingly simple locking system and came with underlayment.…
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Breaking “Ground”
Our first project with the van is complete! It seems like yesterday we were contemplating vanlife for the first time. Thomas actually laughed at me because the thought of us doing all this work ourselves seemed pretty laughable at first. After watching tons of videos and talking through the process a few…hundred times, I was…
The Traveling Mountains 