A couple with 5 kids spent $35,000 turning a school bus into a tiny home with a rainfall shower and skylight

Monica HumphriesMay 20, 2021, 17:24 IST

The family has no regrets with their tiny home on wheels.@regainingadventure/Instagram

Husband and wife Jeff and Anna Batterton have five kids, two dogs, and a cat.
The entire family lives and travels on a 270-square-foot school bus they bought and renovated for $35,000.
The couple designed and built the bus, and it has a skylight, rainfall shower, and a king-sized bed.

Meet the Battertons, a family of seven with two dogs and one cat all living in a 270-square-foot school bus.

The family of seven also has three pets. @regainingadventure/Instagram

The Batterton family always loved adventuring, and about four years ago they decided to do it full time.

The family spends evenings and weekends hiking wherever they've parked their school bus. @regainingadventure/Instagram

With a desire to have more family adventures, the Battertons planned to ditch their 4,100-square-foot home in Texas and explore tiny living.

An aerial view of their school-bus home. @regainingadventure/Instagram

So they bought an old school bus, which they purchased and renovated for $35,000.

The family designed their bus using 3D modeling. @regainingadventure/Instagram

After spending about six months renovating, they moved onto the bus.

Jeff and Anna Batterton with their daughter Athena. @regainingadventure/Instagram

Take a look at how the family lives inside their tiny home as they travel from state to state.

The family lives and travels full time in their skoolie. @regainingadventure/Instagram

When you first step onto the bus, you'll enter the living room.

A shot of the interior of their bus. @regainingadventure/Instagram

The living room has two seating areas, enough to host large parties.

The family is still able to host parties and gatherings inside their home. @regainingadventure/Instagram

The living room flows right into the family's kitchen.

An image of the kitchen area of their 270-square-foot home. @regainingadventure/Instagram

The kitchen has plenty of storage for the family of seven's vegan diet.

The family is vegan and grocery shops about every two weeks. @regainingadventure/Instagram

Behind the kitchen is one of the bus's emergency exits. During the pandemic, Jeff turned this into his office space.

Jeff turned the emergency exit area of their home into an office space. @regainingadventure/Instagram

Next up are Athena, Jiada, and Alira's bunk beds. Anna and Jeff custom-designed this space for their daughters.

Three of the girls sleep in bunk beds they decorated themselves. @regainingadventure/Instagram

Each daughter got to decorate their bed areas, which have a cubby for storage and a little nightstand.

One arrow points to a cubby where clothes are stored and another points to a little nightstand. @regainingadventure/Instagram

Across from the bunk beds is the bathroom.

The bathroom features a toilet, sink, and 9-foot tall shower. @regainingadventure/Instagram

Jeff is 6-foot-3, so building a shower in a school bus initially created some height challenges.

The couple added a skylight to their bathroom. @regainingadventure/Instagram

Finally, in the very back of the bus is a king-sized bed where Jeff, Anna, Athena, and Jazz currently sleep.

The family managed to have a king-sized mattress in the back of their bus. @regainingadventure/Instagram

The family said they love their skoolie life.

The family has no regrets with their tiny home on wheels. @regainingadventure/Instagram

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