Tim Dean Design

14/06/2024

The Nine is aging gracefully. The planting around the pool area has created the lush haven I hoped it would 🌿🙂https://www.instagram.com/p/C8JCI4JPdTg/

04/05/2024

Mt Crosby house. Much as I have been enjoying all the small footprint projects in recent years, it's a pleasure to take on a larger house project again.

19/07/2023

04/04/2023

Big love for Yoko at the Geelong Tiny House Expo!
It was so gratifying to see the "wow" reaction from each person as they popped up the steps. Although still an unfinished project, Yoko has a comfy, spacious feel that people did not expect from her exterior. Most popular were the ways the main space can transform for different uses, cockpit bed, bathroom skylight, sneaky pantry and sliding mirror cabinet.

09/03/2023

YOKO BUS CONVERSION PART 24
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Flooring down and the cabinets (pre Ikea version) have been delivered.
It’s a race to see how complete Yoko will be before going to the Tiny Home Expo in Geelong! Friday 31 Mar - Sunday 2 April 😅

01/03/2023

Yoko is going to the Tiny Home Expo in Geelong!
Friday 31 Mar - Sunday 2 April
She won't be quite finished, but lots to see!
Come meet the team if you are interested in tiny houses, bus conversions, granny flats, custom small space furniture, or just to have a chat.

13/02/2023

YOKO BUS CONVERSION PART 21
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These posts have become a little sporadic because progress has been.
Some fun stuff happening now though: First finished timber items, begun flooring, bathroom progress and made the base for the slide-out kitchen.

23/01/2023

23/01/2023

My idea of a pleasurable weekend: Perfect weather, lovely timber, a well-equipped workshop, evenings with family cooking great food, sleeping in the bus thinking about all the things to continue making the next day…..

Components in the last pic are for vanity, 2 x barn doors, slide-out kitchen and dining table. Start assembly next weekend.

20/10/2022

YOKO BUS CONVERSION PART 16
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Latest progress:
AC is in, quiet and cold. The 2 x 2.5 KW units were installed by the previous owner. I looked at moving the external units to the bins but couldn’t justify it. Would have taken up precious space and involved a fair bit of engineering. This is a 12m bus, so mounting the units on the (beautifully fabricated) rear frame is a good use of the 12.5m allowable length for a motorhome. No ventilation issues. The only advantage of moving the units inboard would be appearance. I think the installation looks neat and kind of works with Yoko’s “individual” style 😀
More work in bins: Finished running camera cables, generator on slide with drawer under, installed slide for washer / dryer, ran new airline for driver’s seat.
Cleaned up the under dash spaghetti works.
Body slowly getting prepped for paint.

Next week: Start building cabinets!

15/10/2022

YOKO BUS CONVERSION PART 15
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Lots done. Lots to do.

09/09/2022

YOKO BUS CONVERSION PART 13
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Here’s a longitudinal section of Yoko looking right. Plus a page from my notebook from first measure up, February 2021.

We’ve come a long way, and not far to go.

Since I am often asked, the drawing program is Sketchup