I saw a picture of a caravan interior on a smartphone that looked ridiculously cozy and proclaimed "I could build that! - and for a thousand dollars and in a month!" or something to that effect.
And.. since I had a month (or two) off, and lots of better things to do, I decided to try.
This was the inspiration image:
from this website
http://www.gregsgypsybowtops.co.uk/
His caravans are awesome! but.. not in the '$1000 and a spare month' kind of category.
My initial plan was to build a bowtop caravan on a 4'x8' trailer, with the costs roughly spread evenly between the trailer itself, the wood, and 'other' materials, including paint, fabric, covering tarp etc.
My current gross estimate cost is around $1500 of actual material costs. Some of the overrun could have been avoided, as it was caused by experimentation gone wrong. Not bad for a DIY caravan!
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