Before I embarked on this wonderful adventure, I spent many-an-hour looking into “vanlife”. With close to a year of my life to be spent living out of a 2.5 x 4 metre box-on-wheels, I knew I needed to make it as comfortable, practical and functional as possible… for both our sakes. So I joined Facebook groups, I watched YouTube videos and with starry-eyes I knew exactly what we should do. But then, you know, reality kicked in and the reality was our van was absolutely not built to be converted into “vanlife” and our conversion skills were more-or-less nonexistent. So with a power drill in hand, we started our attack.