It has at all times been our dream to journey all over the world in a van. So, we had the loopy concept to pack up our home and reside life on the highway for a number of months. We purchased a sprinter van and transformed him into our dream tiny house whereas we travelled to among the most beautiful locations in Australia.
Now, allow us to introduce you to Cooper – our trusty journey companion and home-away-from-home!
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Who’s Cooper the Van?
Cooper is a retrofitted Mercedes Sprinter 316. We initially purchased him as an empty cargo van and customised him over the course of six months.
The Cockpit
On the entrance of the van is the cockpit. Moreover the motive force and passenger seats, we even have an intuitive dashboard system that tells us all the main points about Cooper. It additionally has CarPlay, so we are able to play our favorite highway journey tunes.
Hunter’s “Room”
Proper behind the cockpit is Hunter’s little space. We put in a baby’s seat and made certain there was ample house on the ground for her to play. We preserve her books and toys in packing containers that we are able to simply retailer once they’re not in use.
The Dwelling Room/Eating Room/Workplace
We knew we had restricted house to work with when constructing our van. That is why we added a swivel desk. It may be used as a eating room desk, or it will possibly swivel round in the direction of our bench for use as a desk. On prime of that, we are able to transfer it in the direction of the kitchen if we want additional prep or counter house whereas cooking.
The Kitchen
The kitchen is one in all our favourite areas within the van. We’ve got an extra-large sink, a 2-burner induction cooktop, and a mini fridge. The additional storage beneath the cooktop holds all our cookware. We additionally put in a slide-out pantry the place we are able to preserve spices and different little snacks!
The Bed room
evening’s sleep is essential, so we opted for a set mattress as a substitute of a convertible one. We additionally added a small child-size mattress for Hunter, which she will use when she’s sufficiently old to sleep and not using a crib. At evening, we cling magnetized window shields to dam out mild and provides us privateness.
Storage
Most of our clothes is saved above the kitchen and dwelling space. We additionally constructed a number of different storage cubbies above the mattress and cockpit to maintain different knick-knacks. Beneath the mattress (accessed within the again), now we have our “storage”. That is the place we retailer larger objects, electrical tools, and extra clothes.
The Rest room
We made the aware choice to construct Cooper and not using a bathroom. Nevertheless, we at all times journey to locations with public bogs, so it has by no means been an issue! And if we have to bathe, now we have an out of doors bathe with each cold and hot water.
We hope you loved this little tour of our household van. Should you like what you see, you may get the complete dimensions and structure of our conversion by way of go to this hyperlink.
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