Could You Live in a School Bus?

The tiny house concept continues to amaze and inspire people to think outside the box. The movement encourages people to downsize the space they live in for a more sustainable lifestyle. Selima Taibi, Felix Starck, and their adorable dog, Rudi Starck-Taibi, live in a bus, but not just any kind of bus. Felix, a filmmaker, and his partner Selima, a singer who also goes by the name Mogli, bought a bus on www.wesellschoolbuses.com while still living Germany.

“We’re the first customers ever to buy a bus without having seen it in person. Everyone thinks we’re crazy and they’re kinda right you should definitely check out your future home on wheels to reduce risks and unpredicted costs at a later time,” a statement on the couple’s website, Expedition Happiness, begins. “We chose a Thomas International Bus from 1996 with around 120.000 mileage. It used to drive up to 78 kids to school in Pennsylvania for the past twenty years.”

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Here’s a before image of the bus:

Now, let’s dig into the incredible transformation from the school bus to tiny home!The Living Room and Cockpit

“The coolest thing in our bus is probably the old door mechanism that we kept of course. When you open the door, three steps that are covered indoor mats lead to the entrance area. We covered the engine and the dashboard in wood and painted it with chalkboard paint so that visitors can leave us a message.”

The couple designed the couch themselves, opting for two big drawers for their camera gear. The couch even folds out to a double bed, and the table folds down so that their pup, Rudi, can stretch out while they drive.“Our Eames chairs somehow don’t move around at all even when the roads are bumpy or in sharp turns.”The Kitchen

“We designed and built the entire kitchen and customised it to our needs. It has all you could wish for and I’m pretty sure it’s bigger than the loft kitchen we had back in Berlin.”

In the bedroom’s big closet, various items like towels and toilet paper are stored, while cubbies behind the bed function as an alternative to a typical nightstand. “We even built in outlets so we can charge our phones at night. A pretty laundry basket, a 32 inch TV with Apple TV and our personal star peephole top it off.”

A Home on Wheels: Their Mission

So what does a couple of Expedition Happiness plan to do besides live on their bus? Go mobile, of course! They are currently trekking from Alaska to Argentina after coming to a realisation while living in Berlin that they could write songs and develop screenplays from anywhere and in any space. They had been reading a lot about tiny homes, and in one article, they came across the Outside Found bus — a school bus that was converted into a tiny house on wheels, and so their idea was born.

“The guys from Outside Found only use their bus for weekend trips – so we thought ‘why not use it for a big trip.’”

Check out their website, which is filled with, among other things, vlogs documenting everything from their original idea and the transformation from bus to home to their current travels.

Reprinted with permission from Collective Evolution.

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Could You Live in a School Bus?

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