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Golden HOUR
Home Beautiful
|May 2023
IN THEIR NEW BOOK, THIS OLD VAN, CARLENE AND MICHAEL DUFFY INTRODUCE US TO THEIR LATEST VINTAGE BELLE, GOLDIE
Our most recent vintage belle is named in honour of our hometown of the Gold Coast, and her colour scheme pays tribute to golden hour, our favourite time of day. We purchased Goldie [a 1970s Viscount caravan] back in 2017, and until recently she'd been sitting under our house.
There was nothing to retain in this van, so we had little choice but to take her back to her shell and start from scratch. We used the opportunity to come up with a layout that worked for us and our two tween kids. We prioritised comfortable sleeping conditions (beds and window dressings) and sufficient, accessible storage space. Apart from the vintage wardrobe, Michael built every piece of joinery from scratch in this van.
This story is from the May 2023 edition of Home Beautiful.
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