Twenty-year-old Eva Jane wanted to travel and enjoy life on wheels after being inspired by a friend who traveled around the country in his RV. So her father helped her build the Loki the Skoolie. Together they took it up as a DIY project and their efforts resulted in an amazing school bus conversion. The exterior of the school bus home has been painted in bright green with a raised roof that is painted white giving a nice contrast to the main color.
The interior of Loki is interesting and has some features you might not have seen anywhere in a school bus home. The kitchen flaunts a countertop that has been made out of two pieces of wood, covered in concrete. Eva made it look different by painting it green and golden. She then put a resin coat on it, giving the countertop a smooth finish.
For the edges of the countertop, she chose to work with her hands and fork to give it a rocky texture. The farmhouse-style sink was integrated into the countertop with concrete around it. She stores some of her food items in jars above the countertop that also has a shelf to store books and a projector. Below, cabinets are used to keep a small fridge, a fruit basket, bowls, a trash can, a propane stove, and utensils. The sides of the cabinets and walls have different themes such as Marvel characters, animals, time travel, and some random designs.
Eva wanted to have a bathroom in the Loki the Skoolie but didn’t want it to take too much space so she built herself a hidden bathroom that runs along the counterspace of the kitchen. So the counter can be lifted up and the shower head can be connected to the sink. The portable toilet lies in this space which is taken out to access the shower and the privacy is ensured by curtains around the hidden bathroom. This space also holds pillows and a propane stove when they are not being used.
Loki the Skoolie has a guest bed that can be converted into a twin bed and it also has an inverter and battery housed below it that provides electricity to the school bus home. The bus uses 200-watt solar panels to generate power for consumption. The back of the skoolie has the main sleeping space that is created by pulling together couches installed opposite each other, forming a twin-size bed. The water tank has been placed underneath one of the couches. The other couch has space to store personal belongings. Eva got a hammock from her mother that she has hung up toward the back of the bus to chill and relax. To ensure privacy she has curtains on all the windows.
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The ceiling of Loki the Skoolie has 340 holes drilled to install fiber optic lights. This is a unique lighting arrangement that Eva came up with and it creates a great indoor ambiance mimicking a starry sky at night. Eva plans to put a rock climbing wall in the rear of Loki the Skoolie to climb on to the roof where she loves to sit and bask in the sun with her friends. For now, she has an arrangement at the front of the vehicle to climb up.
The bus was bought for $3,000 from a person in Virginia who used it as a family bus for his nine kids. The roof raise and paint job cost another $5,000. The other things such as solar panels, refrigerator, and water pump were bought at around $1500. The total cost of the bus build is about $12,000.
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