Kitchen and Bathroom



Kitchen
Passenger's Side Bar

Bathroom Sink
Bathroom Sink

Kitchen


The kitchen (see the floorplan) is set on top of the rear wheels, forward of the bathroom and aft of the main area. It's about 80 ft2, or a third of my total floor area. The counter above the battery compartment doubles as a workbench.

Overhead Kitchen Cabinets
Overhead Cabinets

Kitchen Sink
Counters and Sink

I've done the kitchen and bathroom with tumbled slate floors and granite (tile) countertops.

The standard practice for installing stone in fixed homes is to give it the most rigid base possible, and install using concrete-based adhesive and grout. In a vehicle, which will be unavoidably twisting and flexing at least some of the time, that really isn't an option. I figured I needed to glue and grout with something rigid enough to avoid cracking during everyday use, but flexible enough to take some of the strain when going down the road.

I ended up choosing polyurethane glue to attach the tile, StarQuartz grout for the slate floor, and epoxy for grouting the countertops. Not an epoxy grout, just a normal two-part epoxy with black dye.

The cabinets are all entirely custom (thanks Dad!); the door are rice paper framed in wood. The overhead cabinets have friction hinges to hold them open while in use.

Files Linking Here

Floorplan
10 Jan 2010
Floorplan
Updated: 10 Jan 2010
Categories: the bus

This is the basic floorplan of the bus.

Spice Rack
15 Jun 2009
Spice Rack
Updated: 15 Jun 2009
Categories: pictures from Mark, the bus

It's actually two spice racks from Ikea, mounted side-by-side. They're located inside / under the passenger's side snack bar which separated the kitchen from the main area, next to the stove.

See the dark version.

Interior Rear II
10 Jan 2010
Interior Rear II
Updated: 10 Jan 2010
Categories: pictures from Ali, the bus

View of the kitchen and bathroom from the main area.

Stove Exhaust
18 Jun 2009
Stove Exhaust
Updated: 18 Jun 2009
Categories: pictures from Dad, the bus

This is the exhaust vent above my kitchen stove. The mesh is a grease filter (which also does a good job as a diffuser); behind it are a pair of exhaust fans blowing directly to the outside. The toggle which controls them is on the right-hand side (not shown).

Interior Front
9 Jan 2010
Interior Front
Updated: 9 Jan 2010
Categories: pictures from Ryan, the bus

Looking forward into the main area from the kitchen; visible is the spice rack and desk.

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Interior Front
Main Area
14 Jan 2010
Main Area
Updated: 14 Jan 2010
Categories: the bus

Interior Front

The main area is located forward of the kitchen and aft of the cab (see the floorplan). It's the primary living space in the bus.

The Icy Sanctuary
The Bus
13 Jan 2010
The Bus
Updated: 13 Jan 2010
Categories: the bus

The Icy Sanctuary

I bought a bus on eBay for $660. I tore it down, I rebuilt it into a home and now I live in it.