I’m 64 & live in a tiny van – it’s only 6m long but has a kitchen, toilet, shower, office and bed
A 64-YEAR-OLD woman who lives off grid has showed off the van she’s transformed into a stunning tiny home.
Clare, who is 64, spent a year converting a campervan which she now travels in full time.
But despite only being 6m long, the van has everything she could ever need in her titchy home – including a kitchen, toilet, shower, office, and bed.
“I had a house and I had a mortgage but as you might know, being an artist, your income isn’t much,” she explains, in a video shared by Jordan Osmond on YouTube.
“So then I thought if I have something small and beautiful that I own without a mortgage, that’s going to make me feel a whole lot better than having four empty bedrooms and a mortgage and then maintenance, too.
“So I sold the house, paid off the mortgage, bought an empty van and found people who would do what I wanted to do.
“I needed it to be beautiful, I needed it to be artful and I needed every time for me to walk into it, to like it…and I do!”
Clare proceeds to give a tour of her very impressive tiny home, which she’s affectionately nicknamed the ‘mouse house.’
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“This part of the van is probably the bit that makes this van different to other vans,” she explains.
She then slides open the van doors to reveal a wooden front door, complete with windows that open.
Next, she shows off a wooden chest of drawers.
“I actually kept this because I had it in my house and I loved it,” she explains.
“It’s just a cabinet but it has a pull-out shelf which is excellent for a keyboard.
“You could call this my office.”
Next is the kitchen which comes complete with a three-burner stove and oven grill, while the fridge doubles up as a seat in Clare’s living room.
She then goes on to discuss the wooden kitchen bench which incredibly doubles up as Clare’s bathroom.
Lifting up the top, she explains: “Inside I have a composting toilet – it has no chemicals whatsoever.”
“And I also have a shower that I can hang up with a trigger on it so I’m not using too much water.”
Finally, Clare shows off her bedroom which includes a big skylight and plenty of storage.
The video has since been inundated with comments, with many praising Clare on her DIY skills.
“I don’t know what I’m more impressed with – the van or Clare. On second thought – it’s Clare. After all, the van is her creation. That is one cool lady,” wrote one.
A second penned: “I love, love, love the bathroom!
“The whole time I was thinking that perhaps she has an outiside commode and shower.
“But when she lifted her cook bench, I was floored! This mouse house is amazing! Way to go Clare.”
A third commented: “That shower/bathroom idea is ingenious!”