The caravan we plan on building is in the bow top style, which is what most people think of when you mention the phrase "gypsy caravan." There are actually six different types of vardo, most of which resemble a box on wheels. The Reading style is the prettiest, but makes me think more of a traveling circus wagon from the early days, than a gypsy caravan.
The best description of a bow top I've found is at Journey Folki, taken from the pages of a book I really want to read: The English Gypsy Caravan by C.H. Ward-Jackson & Denis E. Harvey. It's out of print, so no luck yet finding it at a reasonable price. Fortunately, that's what inter-library loan is for! We do have a copy of Timothy Limke's The New Gyspy Caravan, which will be very useful for the exterior build.
The sketches from the Ward-Jackson book of a standard bow top layout are going to come in handy, when it's time to furnish the interior. (Lemke's book doesn't really include anything other than the bed in terms of furnishings.) Inspiration will also come from Ditchwater Sal's yellow wagon from the movie Stardust, and the GypsyWaggons.co.uk's gallery of bow top interiors. I don't think our decor will be quite on the same level as some of those images, though. Geeky, naturally. Elaborate, probably not.
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