Getting Ready to Work!!!

We priced out primer and paint for the bus at Home Depot the other day!

Last night TheMan figured out how much wood and other building materials we need to do our floor plan. I have to go to the flea market and get tile for the floor of the bus. We are going to get a box of plain white tiles from Home Depot and the kids are going to decorate them with these paints that I found at the art store in Edmonton. You have to cook them in the oven at 150 for a while to set them. Then they are totally waterproof and wear proof after that. That is ALOT cheaper than $20 per tile at the ceramics place on Whyte Ave!!! I want to make a little "Carpet" with GNOMADIC GIPSY in the middle. A kind of mosaic carpet for when you first come in the door!

I'm currently collecting maps of all kinds of different places to mod podge on the walls! I want to wall paper the walls in the bus with maps. I think it will look great! We are making the interior walls out of plywood lapped together. So the walls will be painted white before I wall paper over them.

We aren't hooking up the sink but it will be installed into the counter right away. I'm hoping that we can find an old truck top camper at the dump that we can use for parts! I will also check on kijiji for a cheap one as well.

The Collecting Begins

I have begun collecting things for the bus now. I have a plastic tote that I am putting stuff into. Old towels, dish clothes, tea towels, cutlery, utensils and other things that we will need for the bus. I was going through things today to see what I could add. I am going to buy some plastic dishes from the dollar store before too long that we can put in the bus as well. I also want to stock up on disposable dishes and cutlery as well for places like Big Valley where we don't want to be doing dishes all the time!

I also have a collection of pillows and bedding for the beds ready to go as well.

It is so exciting knowing that this summer we will be spending our time in our new baby! It is going to be exactly how we want it to be!

Here She Is!

Here she is in all her glory! The people that we bought her from were absolutely fabulous! She came with black painted over everything that identifies her as a school bus. We just need to prime her with metal primer and paint her with metal paint. I am thinking of doing a light bright green with purple lettering. I want to put on the back of her that she is powered with all natural biodiesel. As well as put the Gnomadic Gipsy on the sides and front of her!

I can't wait to start getting work on her!

Getting Started

We are looking forward to spring! It looks as though it will never get here though :( It is depressing when we have so many ideas for the Gnomadic Gipsy!

She is currently sitting in the yard waiting for us to get out there to do some work on her! She is filled with stuff to take to the dump at the moment! Once we get the stuff out of her, we can start working on her!

I have ideas for the paint job on the inside. TheMan has the inside walls worked out. I am currently collecting maps of all kinds to mod podge onto the walls and then clear coat over top of. We have the floor plan worked out.

We have decided to attempt the loft next year. For this year we just want the main floor done. We have come to realize that this is going to be an ongoing project for us. If we can get the main floor mostly done this year that would be great! I want to get the paint job on the outside of the bus done as soon as possible!

I will be posting pictures each step of the way!