She Turned a Run-Down ’70s Camper into a Pink Hollywood Dream on Wheels

Parked in a backyard near the Great Ocean Road in Australia, Siena pays A$400, and has access to the main house. “I originally wanted to renovate a caravan because I loved living in share houses, but I also loved having my own styled room,” Siena wrote on her website.

“I was tired of moving heavy vintage furniture from place to place, and I never felt like I could fully make a room my own; painting walls, styling properly, or creating the kind of space I actually wanted.”

Despite a self-professed lack of “having or knowing how to use tools,” Siena “slowly and steadily” created every bold element herself, making it into a maximalist, glamorous, “shagadelic” bedroom she’s lived in with her chihuahua, Gina.

Among the things Siena accomplished in the caravan transformation: waterproofing the roof (she says it was a nightmare), tiling the kitchenette, painting “the whole damn thing pink,” cutting, carving, and painting the table, and making and upholstering the couch cushion. She also stapled a thousand Australian dollars worth of pink fur throughout the trailer.

“It’s incredibly rewarding and I’m so proud of myself,” she writes of the caravan bedroom that she also rents out as a creative photoshoot space.

“I have a love for spaces and objects that tell a story and make you feel like you’ve stepped into another world,” she writes. “I really recognised this when I bought the caravan and in the process I became obsessed with the details … the textures, shapes, lighting, colours, and even the smells that match the space and its atmosphere.”

Thanks Siena!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.
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