Finished Look of Recessed Lights

Here is the way it all looks with the lights on. My wife thinks we live in a movie theater! She didn't use those words exactly, but you get the meaning. LOL

I should point out, this was not my idea. A fellow bus nut building a Prevost posted on the BCM board what he was able to do. Pat (Muddog), deserves the credit. Check out his blog listed below.

Thanks for the idea Pat!

Recessed Lighting

We removed the old acorn style lights and installed these. The can measures 4", I removed the J box in order to get it to fit. There just enough room in the ceiling to do this. It all went pretty well, you know how it is when you build a bus, you have to modify things to fit them. At least now I won't hit my head when I want to open a window. I bought these at Lowes for about 11 bucks each. We've ordered some LED's to replace the Halogen bulbs. Found them on eBay for $5.25 each. When they arrive I'll install them, as they are much cooler. The lights also pivot, not sure if we will use that feature or not.

Web Classes Start on Monday

Well, here we go again. My classes start on Monday January 11th. Due to the increased work load not much will be getting done on our coach. I do have a couple of uncompleted projects that will have to wait until I can take the time to finish them. This month off in between classes has been very nice. A short trip to Oregon and work done in our coach.

I did reuse the fridge oak panels for the doors, cut off the lip and turned them into cabinet doors for our enlarged medicine cabinet in the bathroom. This increased our storage space by quite a bit. I'll post more info later.

I also removed the interior 120v lights in the lounge and replaced them with some recessed lights. We knew that these were temporary, to be replaced when I found the right style and size. I'll replace the halogen bulbs with some LED's later. The halogen are just too hot, found some on eBay that will work nicely. I'll post more on this later also, maybe before the weekend is over.

Whirlpool Apartment Size Fridge Install

The new fridge is about 1 1/2" wider than the Norcold, which meant that I had to remove the pantry wall and shelf support frame. The height is roughly 60 3/8" to the top of the hinge. We liked the idea that the handles are hidden like the old fridge, and the color of silver and black went well with our interior design color. The Model # is ET0MSRXTD00.

I stuffed some insulation in the roof vent and used a sheet of the same on the exterior door to keep the cold/hot air out. I also lined the back wall with the bubble foil two sides 1/4" thick insulation. I set the fridge on the platform and checked for the opening of the doors. I didn't want the fridge to stick out into our kitchen too far and checked for clearance from the wall to the rear of the fridge. After I liked the location I anchored the rear lower portion of the frame with 5/16" grade 8 bolts. Which left a 5" clearance at the rear wall for circulation.

The interior also is 2 cu ft larger, which means more storage. All in all we really like it. I will incorporate a way to hold the doors shut when on the road.

It all went back together fairly easy and looks like it was meant to be.

Bus Conversion Magazine Centerfold Article

As promised, they published our article on Dreamscape as "Miss January 2010 Centerfold". We are very happy it turned out so good. They really did a good job with the layout. Now we just need to finish building it! LOL