Happy 2017, everyone!!! 2016 was an incredibly transformative year all around, and this little project was no exception. With the indispensable work of several vendors & contractors and a bit of luck on my side, I was able to get so much done to renovate & restore this 1969 Airstream Trade Wind over the past 12 months! I repaired an (unbeknownst to me) dangerously rusted chassis, fabricated new...
Continue readingLittle Green Airstream’s Top Posts of 2015
As New Year’s Eve fast approaches, I thought it’d be fun to share the posts that got the most traffic in 2015: 5) Spring Cleaning Any newbie who’s taken home their first “new-to-you” vintage Airstream knows the mixed feelings of excitement and overwhelm when faced with cleaning out a decades’ old trailer and making their renovation to-do list. This is how I got started. 4) Less is More...
Continue readingHank Bought a Bus
My mom just sent me a link to an article about this fantastic thesis project by architecture student Hank Butitta, who renovated a school bus into a mobile studio / living space in just 15 weeks! In the video above, Hank makes the curious comment that, “I didn’t have time to focus on anything but the physical construction of the bus. I was so busy with figuring out...
Continue readingGet off your Keister
A couple of weeks ago, I received an anonymous package in the mail. Inside was a copy of the book Mobile Mansions by Douglas Keister, with a warm sentiment and a gentle push taped to the cover: I wanted to see from the tracking information if I could figure out who might have sent it… and all I found was that it was delivered from a post office...
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