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New Upholstery for a Vintage Airstream (Pt. 2 – Out with the Old)

January 9, 2016November 15, 2016Leave a comment

Back home in New York, I started working on the next steps to fabricate my new, eco-friendly trailer cushions. First, because I have two Airstreams – a ’69 Trade Wind and a Safari for parts – I’d ended up with two sets of 47-year-old cushions and only needed one, to give to the upholsterer for use as templates. Since the second set of cushions were by now moldy,...

New Upholstery for a Vintage Airstream (Pt. 1 – Getting Started)

January 2, 2016November 15, 20164 Comments

Making my way to North Carolina from New York to visit family over the holidays, I had plenty of time to go over my renovation plans in my head and work on my To Do List. Of course, it’s important to factor in the increasingly cold weather – there’s only so much you can do when it’s freezing. But in order to feel comfortable using the trailer and...

Hank Bought a Bus

January 26, 2014January 10, 2016Leave a comment

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...

Less Is More (Part 2 of 3)

November 2, 2012November 17, 2016Leave a comment

November, 2011. Prior to the Less is More class at Yestermorrow, we were asked to read some books from a recommended list, and to share some inspiring visual images related to living in a small or tiny home. This was one that my mom had sent me that caught my eye: These are the design takeaways from the video that I feel might apply to this project:...