Welcome back to the build series. This time around, I will be walking you through the design process, which was largely based on what my “must-haves” were, my budget constraints, and the platform of my truck. All of my plans and ideas and designs and anything you could possibly think of are written in my “truck bible,” and this post will outline a lot of the preliminary plans and initial purchases.

Since my freshman year of high school, living on the move has been on my mind. I watched thousands of #vanlife videos, build series, and how-to tutorials on creating a home on wheels. Eventually, I had saved up enough money and created a very detailed, comprehensive plan about how I was going to do it. So, this is the first of many posts explaining, in detail, the process of building out Dorothy, my 2018 Toyota Tacoma.