Tiny Van Serena DIY project

Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on.

In the 2017, I and Fiore, after the last journey in Portugal, when we was at home, we decided to buy a new car, to be more comfortable, at that age we was five, two dogs,plus one budge, plus us.

Idea💡

Transform a familiar car (nissan Serena)  in a tiny van.

First: remove the seats!

Second: cover the floor with linoleum.

Then using all recycled materials, that we had at home… I used my paintings created on wood too.😄, and after a series of drawings to decide how and the disposition of the three wooden cabinets.

Space was very limited, but I succeeded to create a habitable space, all removable, ideal to travel, going from a point to another or also ideal for a weekend… Truly, during 2020, we were travelling, when the borders were closed due covid, and Serena was our home on the road for 6 months🙃.

Difficulties:

In a scale from 1 to 10, this work is 5 medium, because It was the first time I transformed a car and I’m not a carpenter but I have had a good assistant, Fiore.

The work was challenging but rich of satisfactions.

There is everything we need, “toilet= porta potty” too in the better place that we could think.

The bed? Foldable with zips.

The kitchen, external, folding, with a can to put grey waters.

We obtained a little home, that was used more than we could think. From September 2017 to the past year, when we decided to sell it and buying our actual motorhome, started a new experience.😃