What A Wonderful Housebus...

Can you imagine it.
What a wonderful housebus this beautiful
old girl could be transformed into.
Imagine the rich all wooden interior, the bed there, a bath perhaps, certainly a little wood stove to keep warm by and to cook on.
I can see it now...

When You're Serious About Solar For Your Off Grid Home On Wheels...

The Colorado based owner of this once upon a time 1990 Chevrolet school bus was determined to create a vehicle to live in for extended periods of time off grid. It looks like he succeeded.
The fourteen German Sun brand 130 watt panels that are tilted manually, feed eighteen 105amphour Trojan batteries. All that combines with an Outback brand control system.
There's more about this bus here.
With solar, there's no such thing as overkill...

Antoine Bruy's Images Document Back To Basics Living In Europe...

Antoine Bruy often works as a 'Woofer'.
A Woofer is usually an itinerant worker who toils on an organic farm a few hours a day
for board and food.
In that capacity, his role as a photographer is a secondary one but one that enables him to get to know the people, taste their lifestyle and connect with them before capturing their way of life through his lens.
These images are from his series  Scrublands...

Take A Look At This Beautiful 1951 Federal Housetruck...

Have a look at this beautiful 1951 Federal Housetruck. It's old enough to qualify for special horseless carriage licence plates. I found it over at Tiny House Listings and you will too.
It's just sitting around waiting for a new owner and for the moment enjoying the lookers and the dreamers going oooh and aaah...

The Beautiful Housetrucks Of Robert Scott...

I'm delighted to share with you the first in a series of these wonderful 'studiotrucks'.
A follower of Thoreau, Robert, his wife Colita and children Madelaine, Arthur and Hailey live the 'simple life' on their beautiful organic, one hundred and fifty year old Hollyburton Park in Victoria, Australia.
You can visit them there.
Rob started building these trucks because he loved the idea of them, there they were, just sitting around on their round rubber foundations, their chassis and truck trays ideal bases and he went to work enthused.
Of course he wasn't restrained by anything except his own imagination.
He didn't have to worry about building codes, council bylaws, regulations or restrictions.
While they are or could be road legal, they're used mainly as guest and 'woofer' accommodation. Or, even 'granny flats'.
And now he keeps building them because it seems the right thing to do.
Wood that some would see fit to put on the fire is like gold to this artisan and he uses contrasting timbers to great effect.
And then there's the gorgeous recycled windows and doors!
Another feature is the extensive use of corrugated iron cladding, very much associated with building in Australia and New Zealand.
Rob uses it as it reflects and emphasises the ruralness of his 'houses on wheels' and too because of it's bracing strength and maintenance free surface.
These beautiful studiotrucks are works of art to rest or work in, play in, live and love in...