It seems like every week I stumble across more converted buses that blow my mind. I’ve featured many of these types of buses-turned-homes from school buses before, but this time I found a selection of converted ‘skoolies’ that are made of a variety of different style buses. Of course, school buses are a popular choice for repurposing buses, but others have taken to converting city buses and British double-decker as well.
The best part of these converted buses is that each is entirely unique. While some choose to make cozy wooden lodges on wheels, others turn their buses into sleek and modern traveling homes. The need to conserve space and plan the new layout means every bus has the features that really matter to its owners, whether that means wide open windows allowing sunlight from every direction, a wood stove, or a biodiesel engine that helps cut down on environmental impact.
Every bus has the potential to be a home as special and exciting as any of the ones featured below. It could be your dream home, or the heart of the business you’ve always fantasized about starting. You just have to plan and make it happen.
This city bus seemed beyond saving when two Israeli women initially found it, but they saw the bones of their own highly customized DIY RV. The women tore out the interior and gave it a fresh, modern new look with pops of bright color.
Design firm wpi Creative took an old clunker of a school bus, gave it a homey wooden interior with lots of built-ins, and added a wood stove to make it incredibly cozy. It’s now home to a young couple in the Cascade Mountains.
After being priced out of the housing market, a couple acquired a double-decker bus and turned it into a ‘luxury’ two-bedroom home within four months. Now, it offers a double bedroom, twin bedroom, kitchen, living room, bar and bathroom. Their total cost was less than $20,000, about one-tenth the cost of a typical first-time home in Britain.
After college graduation, Dave Weaver and a friend retrofitted an old school bus and drove it from Washington state to Austin, Texas. The 1979 Bluebird International runs on recycled veggie oil, sleeps six, has a hot-water shower, a wood stove and floor-to-ceiling wood paneling.
