Chevy Express DIY Camper Van for Full Time Living 

When boondocking, do you leave the driver's seat empty for a fast get away if needed? I've seen other van dwellers that always leave that seat empty in case of an emergency. Btw in Tennessee we have junk drawers too!

Nice recap video ! My depression suppressed again thank you.

I was a "junk draw" once, but felt suffocated. Thank you. I really liked this video.

From AZ live in NM we have a “junk drawer” or 2

You’re a natural vanlife flight attendant showing the rest of us how it’s done....big ups girlfriend ✌️🥂

I love watching van tours it amazes me how talented people are, I wouldn't know where to begin with a van build you did a great job Samantha 👏

Loving the journey and your honest personality - big up from the UK!

Love it! Also we say junk drawer in Texas!

Wisconsin in the house. Lol. Absolutely yes to the junk drawer!

Junk drawers are universal!

Yes! People in California have junk drawers. I am a California native of over half a century and we have always had a junk drawer. It's always in the kitchen.

Samantha, you always have a great format and content. Thanks for sharing your story with us that watch your channel. Outstanding job young lady.

I'm originally from Connecticut and it was called a junk drawer. I'm now living in Arkansas and it's also called a junk draw lol so yea nationwide 😉

I have seen all your videos.. but this was nice to see a updated van tour.. thumbs up for Grandpa 👍 and the new camera girl 👍.... I have lived in Vegas, California, Michigan and Texas and everyplace we have had junk drawers .😬 .. thanks for sharing your travels... have a great day ✌😎👍

Hi, I was born in Iowa and have relatives that live in Minnesota so yes I've heard of junk drawer...lol I'm pretty tidy so I don't have any junk drawers...lol 😊

Have you thought about using space saving bags for your clothes, blankets, coats,etc? This would give you so much more room in your drawers. Just a thought. Love your channel

Great video! Glad you have your bestie to help you. ❤ your van is so cozy.

We had them in Texas were I grew up and in Tasmania we have junk drawers too!

Well done. Yes to a junk drawer or two. Love from Colorado 🌹🌹

Princess Sam...great to hear Antonia is around to help you with the filming! You did a great job on the van; there is so much of your personality in how it turned out. Christmas lights? Lol anyways, a good way for those whom are new to catch up on your journey...oh forgot, I saw a RU-vid clip of you back when you were doing pageants; it was on the reasons for your success...what you answered still holds true today...hugs to both you and Lady A...stay safe...143

From NJ. We always called it a junk drawer (draw 😉).

I’ve always had a junk drawer! I’m originally from Iowa, and now have brought the concept to CA...it should be everywhere!

You’re the best. You seem so honest and forthcoming about everything you do 👍😊.

U are so real and NORMAL lol u don't try too hard u just show us REAL LIFE and it's refreshing 💖

you know Samantha. from what i see going on in the world today . its so nice too see a young person too just keep looking forward in life,just keep moving forward . your on track .I know times are hard \there will always be something dragging you down.TAKE one step back lookat the whole picture,dont harp on things,and enjoy life .you are a pretty young lady,just stay focused.50 comes fast.

Hi Samantha 🤗 Honey I'm in the state of Victoria Australia ... near THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD 😀 YES YES YES .... JUNK DRAWERS .... only everyone I know has at least one in every room 😉✌

Just a heads up. At 20:08 it sure looks like a piece of Reflectix sitting very close to the battery terminal. Not sure if that's a positive terminal, but if it is and the foil touches it while also contacting something grounded, you may end up with your second big fire! And yes, it's a junk drawer in SoCal too. I have so many, I've lost count!

in England we have a junk drawer and a junk cupboard and my loft the list is endless lol....

Great Tour! Great Ideas!

I flipping loved this video, thought I wouldn’t in the beginning but then all the cloths convinced me. Thanks for sharing all your tips, hiding spots & personality with us, as a female who will be solo it’s so important to watch channels that embrace transparency💐🌸💐

Great job with your van tour…been around for a long while so I’ve known about your van! Antonio did a great job filming for you also, great Job Ladies!!

I'm commenting about that space above your cabinet door. Lol just couldn't resist especially since this video is old. Now you have to watch it so you remember. Just having some fun very nice job. I hope I can make mine look half as good.

Yes to "junk drawer"... St Louis and Indiana lol

Looking fantastic Girl, Jaylena working so hard on her Van/school Bus 🚌 you Guys are so Smart ♥️♥️

I live in Ontario Canada and we also use the Junk Drawer thing :)

You have such a sweet personality 💓 very entertaining and honest van tour. Thank you 😊

Nice van tour Samantha it so pretty inside.

Great tour

Great video looks great thanks for sharing

Hello from Missouri 👋 and Junk drawers are here in Missouri as well! 🙂

In my opinion only, one of your best videos, so well done. Lovely hair and awesome dress. Thank you for sharing,.

Love the tiera Have a great day

I was raised by my grandmother I’m from Az and yes I thought 💭 lol 😂 everyone in the world 🌎 had a junk drawer me and my family sure did! ♥️💯

Love your van ❤️

Love Love the van Awesome.

Yes, I have a junk drawer and I think that everyone I know has one too! ON, Canada 🇨🇦. I really like the way you covered your garage! Looks nice and tidy!

For a midnight pee bottle, we use a large picante sauce plastic bottle.

Sam, You have a crack above your made storage space😂😂😂😂 great job!!! Just picking on ya😂😂😎PLEASE BE SAFE, HOPE AND PRAY YOU HAVE PROTECTION!!❤️💙❤️

luv the van just the right amount of grunge and patina paint job to blend in esp NYC....

Love it I have an 02 I’m slowly converting but just using as is since I got it for now n do a little here n there as I go lovin it 💯💥🔥💭💨✌🏽❣️

Props to your camera woman. I am glad you chose to do a lived in tour and not an Instagram tour. I think a lot people will find that useful. I also love that you did this on the cheap side. It's part of what convinced me that I could do it as well. (Jaylena too) Everyone doesn't have $10-30K to throw in a van, but many of us still desire to live on the road. Thanks!

Junk drawers are definitely a thing in NY too

Very nice conersion, good job :)

In Missouri we have junk drawers also. Like the dress you have on pretty color and looks good on you.looks comfortable. For you doing your van you did pretty darn good job.i also like the way you did your shelves with the baskets worked out good.right size and all,they must of been waiting for you they fit perfect.👍.

Im a flight attendant too, looking to get into van life too! ❤️ safe travels

Yes, I have a junk drawer lol. I live in Northeast Ohio

your van is a home with everything where you can find it :}

I love your van

very nice Samantha.you make me laugh.

Wow you are so pretty and fun. It was nice to see your great lovable build. 🔧😎👍🏼✨

Junk drawer is ESSENTIAL #Florida 😉

Canada has junk drawers too! New subbie here. You are a delight!

nice-thought out design an build/you did a nice-good job/an everything/thanks much

Great job. Nice van. Plus you a beauty lil lady. Stay safe.

Oh and living in north in Western MA we call Them junk drawers and the same in south on gulf coast where we currently live now

Your bulky clothes that you still have with you could either go into a zippered decorative pillow or a small bean bag type chair, to use as either a pillow or a seat cushion.

From the east coast (Md) we have junk drawers.😄. Also grew up with them.

Hi Princess Samantha, thanks for a “lived-in” van tour with Antonia’s help with the camera. Great job in your van build. Are you using a different camera to do this vlog? Image looks sharper or I may be imagining it. Do you get to select your ads? They showed ad of “The Chosen” - great show. Luv the dress and you look great. It’s good that Lady Rose gets to move around NY. Enjoy your day.👸🏼🥰💐

We have junk drawers in the Rocky Mountain west too! I'm building a camper van that is nearly a twin to yours, right down to the peeling paint. 🙂 It will have a junk drawer too, no doubt!

I have a junk drawer in the house, but in the van I have a junk tote that I use for everything small. lol

I;am Your Newest Subscriber Great Videos

I am originally from CA and we have always had a junk drawer.

It's beautiful.......

You can move the door knobs and fill in the hole and paint 👍

Hi Samantha from the UK I have more than one junk draw just got to be done and there that full I lose things down the back never to be seen again lol

Hi Samantha! I appreciate what you do and the place you come from: kinda girly but self-reliant with lovely aesthetics and an adventurous spirit. I’m 60+, 30 years in New York, nearly 30 years in Chicagoland and now Florida, and honey, the “junk drawer” is a thing. I think it’s pretty universal and not Midwest-regional. By the way, your enunciation is adorable. Draw-er. Anyway, I applaud your authenticity and follow your adventures, dreaming someday of my own van life, perhaps. (Or just living vicariously thru you and others such as Hannah Lee Duggan & Isabel (I’m forgetting her last name at the moment...lives in the mountains in Colorado living about the healthiest lifestyle ever) Rock on. Thanks for sharing your existence with us

I love it

Cool video. TY for sharing with us, Hey you should paint your van fuchsia pink. :) On the east coast in the south, we too have junk drawers. lol

Put a little bit of vinegar into your gray water tank and it will help keep odors down.

🌸 Enjoyed Princess Van Life Tour 🌸 🙋🏻‍♀️ Here’s to junk drawers around the world ❣️

Like the van Build. U did a great job. I was thinking of getting the same style van. So the van has done you pretty good?

wipe some liquid soap on the drawer sides to make it slide easier...neat idea for drawer

I have a Scamp that has one drawer....the junk drawer! I’m a Minnesotan too.

add an extendable support to the garage cover and it makes a good medium duty table...............

Isn't the front the "flight deck", and all the upper cabinets and shelving "over head storage", under the front of the bed the "under seat storage" and finally the rear being the "checked and stowed away luggage" ? ... ok ok, you can groan Sam ! LOL.

Hey Sam you're so beautiful lol you have a good heart Am a Caribbean lady and a junk draw is like a must have Ive watched van tour But yours was transparent Love how you layed on the floor to give us the full details lol Nice video. No question right now everything well said for me

Omg...I am reading JK Rowling’s CASUAL VACANCY, as well. Enjoyed the tour. Travel safely.🌸

Fun!

You really are a princess. I love your videos and it's content. It shows me "career professionals" can integrate their lifestyles with vanlife. Since my children are grown married&moved out, my wife passed in2020 pandemic, I rent out my house&can do me in vanlife2021.

I say junk drawer too I’m from Cali and put a Lucas in the engine it will slow a leak. Lucas is good to put every 5k-6k miles I have a 2011 Honda crv 130k miles strong as can be

Great job with the van I enjoyed the video very much. Why stack the bags in the driver's seat as opposed to the passenger seat? Would figure that way you can just get up and drive instead of having to move the bags back and forth when you want to drive. In the video you said you don't often have people in the passenger seat so that seat seems perfect for stacking the bags

We have junk draws in the UK 😊👍

I'm from the Northwest. I have several "junk drawers".

Beautiful dress for a sweet Princess !

Sam hello good night ❤️

I am from NC and we have junk drawers. LOL

Is your heater 2kw or 5kw? Can you link the diesel heater you got and some install pics. Pics of under van where intake and exhaust were run would be great. Thinking under the passenger seat may be a good spot for my Savana.

I’m in Oregon and we have a junk drawer.

could you tell me what you found out about why your van wasnt starting?

Your absolutely so gorgeous love ❤️ your beautiful hair looks gorgeous 💐🌷🌹💝😍😍😍love watching your videos