Creating some seating

At the back we wanted to have somewhere to sit for dinner and to relax with a bit more headroom than the bed has. The idea is to have a 45cm wide bench that wraps around the wall in a U shape and has a table in the centre. Because we have an overhanging rear […]

Attempting to dismount the Hus from the Bil

We decided quite early on that things would be simpler if the home sitting on the tray of the vehicle rather than built onto the chassis. This was partly because this mean’t it wasn’t subject to motor home inspections, but also because it mean’t we could unload it when we wanted to use the car […]

Building the bathroom

Opposite the fridge we now have a bathroom. This was part of a week spent in the Bauhaus carpark – a really ideal place to build a Husbil. As you can see, the bathroom isn’t parallel to the kitchen or outside walls, but it does open up more floor space towards the entrance and we […]

Building the kitchen

We had been debating full size fridge vs mini bar for a while and once again Tori.fi (2nd hand website) made the decision for us. We found this Rosenlew fridge which is basically a miniature version of a full size fridge going for 150 euros and ended up getting it for 110 euros from a […]

Building the bed frame

While staying with our friends in Stockholm, we found some perfectly good bed slats in a community cleanup recycling bin and after a very small amount of thought decided to cut them 80cm long each, leaving us with a rather large 160cm bed which is located above the vehicles cabin in a loft type setup. […]

Building The Hus

Building the Hus was a tough mission. From the moment we collected and started loading the panels onto the back of the tray, it really was a physical endurance test – good for the mental toughness…. otherwise known as horrible. It wasn’t long after we got the vehicle back to Stockholm and settled into our […]

Finding the right car

I guess this is the point where things started to get interesting as the reality of the project became well…. more of a reality. This also mean’t facing some facts and realising that the Mercedes Unimog I’d been dreaming of was probably going to be out of the budget. Being currently based in Finland we […]

The Concept

Quite simply, Iceland is an enchanting and addictive place to visit. The endless landscapes of fjords, valley, waterfalls, rainbows, snow capped mountains, glacias, northern lights and active volcanos. Not to mention the interesting and very talented people their tough independent history and amusing and confusing culture. It just left us wanting to return for more, so […]

About the project & blog

This is a blog about building an off-road camper home for working and traveling in Iceland. The project begins in Swedish speaking Finland where we made the decision to build ‘The Husbil’ (swedish for motor home). We had recently just spent 6 months in Iceland and we both felt that a large part of this amazing country was […]