'It’s just freedom': These people spent lockdown converting vans into creative mobile homes

Long lockdown days gave some DIY enthusiasts the opportunity to unwind by transforming their vans into tiny mobile homes. With summer on the horizon and travel restrictions easing, they are ready to hit the open road

Padraig and Amy with their camper at Spanish Point, Co Clare. The couple is planning to travel the Wild Atlantic way in it this summer. Picture: Eamon Ward

It seems almost everywhere you look these days, people are channelling their inner Fern, from the Academy-award-winning film  Nomadland, and seeking to live life on the open road. For many, lockdown provided the perfect time to work on such projects, with groups like Self Build Campervans Ireland growing in numbers since the pandemic hit.

Renovators say that the process of building one’s own space has been terrific for their mental health over the past year.