A Beautifully Retrofitted 1969 Airstream Strikes a Chord With a Nashville Musician

The designers embraced the trailer’s heyday by outfitting it with vintage furniture and decor.

The designers embraced the trailer’s heyday by outfitting it with vintage furniture and decor.

In the kitchen, birch cabinets painted in a bright white are topped with solid ash countertops.

While searching for a new home and office, Nashville-based musician Ryan Hunter Sanchez decided that it was due time to embrace the call of the open road. He scored a 1969 Airstream Sovereign that was stripped down to its bare shell and proceeded to give it a complete overhaul. Georgia-based NüAbode handled the design and build of the 31-foot trailer, while the team behind Mavis The Airstream transformed the interior into a “bachelor pad” fit for living and working on the go.

NüAbode and Mavis The Airstream transformed the 31-foot-long trailer into a mobile bachelor pad for Nashville musician Ryan Hunter Sanchez.

NüAbode and Mavis The Airstream transformed the 31-foot-long trailer into a mobile bachelor pad for Nashville musician Ryan Hunter Sanchez.

Sheena Armstrong

The design team took down interior walls and replaced the floors with dark plank vinyl.

The design team took down interior walls and replaced the floors with dark plank vinyl.

Sheena Armstrong

“Ryan likes navy, so we decided to copy that theme throughout and bring in some warm tones to compliment the honey-colored wood countertops,” Armstrong says. “I always love to tie in all of the colors in a space with an area rug. I found the perfect old-world-feel traditional rug with some great navy and gold tones to tie it all together.”

Sheena Armstrong

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