The roof phase 1

Arches and roof beams.

Walls

 Framed out the sides and got some osb up.  We wrap her up with house wrap and tarps between workdays.

Framing the walls

So, I have lost track of some of the photo's,  I did sell my house, move to a friend's spare room and put a few things in storage, tossed the rest.  We moved the trailer to my parent's house, where my Mom feeds us and makes tea and my Dad has all the good tools and carpentry expertise.

We built up and out from the trailer base.  The supports are 

comprised of three pieces of wood glued, screwed, painted and placed at 1 ft. intervals

Then came framing out the ends, middle hole for the bay window, door on the other end. 

Son, engineer, designer, builder of vardos.

Bay window and Dad

The Foundation

Wiring for lights.

Cutout for framing.

All boards primed, painted and sealed.

Legs added, may be amended.

Wood frame bolted to trailer.

Lights

Subfloor

The journey begins!

Hooray! The trailer for Soul Song is complete. This will be the base for the vardo. My son, Richard, arranged to have it custom built by BG Trailers in Mount Airy, NC. We took a day trip to Mount Airy to pick it up. We ordered a bare frame 6' by 12' utility trailer. 
 

Why the wistful wagon

It has been a dream of mine to live off the grid for many years now.  As a child I would see Romany travelers, camped on the English country lanes and marvel at their wagons.  My grandmothers were both gardeners and my parents encouraged my sister and I to have our own gardens.  I started growing my own food, learned food storage, started working with herbs and flowers in my twenties.  Over the years my interest in sustainable living has grown as has my practice of sustainable skills in daily life. There have been things that I have wanted to do along the way and I have been fortunate enough to have been able to do them.  My life is at a stage now that I am able to unplug from the mainstream (to a degree) and explore a more sustainable life off the grid.  My super supportive family is on board, and the Vardo that I will be living in was designed by my son and being built by my son with help from the rest of us.  Our inspiration was the Vardo that George built, you can see his work at  http://paleotool.com/the-vardo/ .   I needed something just a little larger.