Dream Vacation: Airstream

Small space, open road. Now that's a dream vacation for us. Not only do you get an ever changing landscape but you get to bring your house with you. Check below for some inspiring small space floor plans from the ever classic Airstream:

Now if only gas prices (and airstreams) weren't so expensive. We're always jealous when we see retirees in their RV in a national park parking lot. You know they're just taking it all in, meeting people, getting inspired and living simply.

Look at these floorplans for airstreams to get some inspiration for your small space:

All Images from the Book Airstream by Bryan Burkhart and David Hunt

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I have this book! My parents gave it to me when I was in high school because I've been obsessed with Airstreams since I was a kid!

posted by alisong on August 1st 2008 at 10:07am
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For an 'Airstream' vacation without the driving, check out the Shay Dell in Bisbee, AZ: http://www.theshadydell.com/Trailers/Airstream.html

They also have a selection of other classic mid-century trailers to stay in as well as a classics 1950's diner called Dot's all in a classic RV park setting.

posted by phaedrus on August 1st 2008 at 11:04am
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I love Airstreams, but was put off by the fact that Matthew McConaghey used to own one.

posted by madampince on August 1st 2008 at 5:23pm
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I lived in one of these with my mom for a couple of years while she rebuilt an old house. It was cramped and we had to run a little generator to have electric lights on. And it had gold shag carpeting.

Even though I was really little, I was happy when we moved into our house, even though all it had was walls, windows and a roof, basically--no plumbing or wiring, bare adobe walls, no interior doors. It took years to finish. I can't imagine living anywhere else.

posted by criss on August 1st 2008 at 5:42pm
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