Paint It White
Once he had finished his interior makeover, Michael turned his attention to the outside of the bus. He realized that he should probably choose a different color than the regular school buses, in case someone mistook him for a school bus. So, he decided to paint the converted school bus white, because “White is best for the heat here in Texas, and leaves me open to add colors down the road. I also couldn’t think of what colors would go with my wood interiors. I park it in South Austin, in someone’s shady side yard and pay less than $100 a month in rent and utilities.”
Paint It White
A Touch Of Nostalgia
It later emerged that there was actually a pretty heartwarming and nostalgic reason behind why Talley chose this specific bus for his transformation. Interestingly, when Michael was a child, his bus was dubbed the ‘Armadillo’ bus. He later said ,”I have two friends who actually rode this bus when they were kids,” Nevertheless, once he made the decision to put the finishing touches on his dream mobile, he had to make some sacrifices and “sadly had to scrape the armadillo off so I could paint the bus white.”
A Touch Of Nostalgia