Framing Skoolie Upper Cabinets || 2020 Bus Conversion - Ep 27 | TaleOfTwoSmittys

Framing Skoolie Upper Cabinets - Episode 27
TaleOfTwoSmittys - 2020 Bus Conversion
This week, we build our skoolie upper cabinets. Framing the upper cabinets in a bus conversion gave me a bit of anxiety. We've never built cabinets, let alone in a bus. We don't have all of the tools you would typically use, and I didn't feel too sure of myself. In the end, we framed the cabinets with 2x2s and installed a 1x12 board for the bottom. We added some trim to the front of the upper cabinets, and now they're ready for doors. We're still making some decisions on hinges and gas struts, but our skoolie upper cabinets are framed up and ready to go. Having upper cabinets in a bus conversion also helps with storage during the skoolie build. As you know, our bus conversion is taking place in a parking lot, so we can't easily make use of a garage. These upper cabinets will help tidy up the bus!
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We're Cody & Laura, a skoolie conversion couple living in Texas, and this is our bus conversion of TOTS the Bus. Watch along as we turn a school bus into home - a tiny home on wheels. We're a future skoolie life couple--our version of van life. Let the bus life adventure begin!
TOTS the Bus is a 2009 BlueBird Vision with a Cummins 7.2L engine and an Allison transmission.
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