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Any View is Good From the Van
We try to take short trips in LOKI, our 2000 Ford E250 XL van conversion in progress, just as we would long journeys. Although we’re still halfway to being ready for overnight trips in Loki, we’ve made good use of him for grocery runs and date nights. Groceries Loki is an extended van, which means…
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Finishing Wave Decals on the Van
One of the things we needed to change about Loki was its exterior appearance. The van was purchased locally, and every so often, someone would mistake it for being driven by its previous owner—a homeschooling mother of twelve. To truly make Loki ours, we had to alter its look and feel both inside and out.…
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Adding More Wave Decals to the Van
To give the van a new look without spending a lot of money on a new paint job or vinyl wrap, we decided to apply vinyl decals to the blue stripe that runs almost entirely around the van. You can also see the first post Adding Waves to the Side of the Van which is…
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Building a Bed Frame in the Van
The walls were covered and installed, and now it was time to build the bed frame. The hardest part of installing the bed was deciding on the orientation of the mattress. We had an extra queen-sized memory foam mattress from our glass sunroom patio that we designated for use in the van. The Mattress If…
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