so we have been listening to your requests that you have been telling us in the comments and in
this video we're gonna deliver and I'm super excited because we've got organization DIY
hacks storage you name it it's going to be in this video so you're going to want to stay tuned
welcome back if you are new here to our Channel grateful glamper well welcome my
name is charity and my husband Ben myself and our two kids have been traveling the US for
five years in our RV and we've learned quite a few things along the way and so we are dedicated
to share with you all of the things that we have learned some of them great and some of
them not so great so you're going to want to be able to learn from our mistakes not
have to repeat the same one so in this video I'm going to share some of the most requested
things that we have had people ask us for in some of our top top packs that we use to
keep ourselves organized with RV life and let me tell you a little bit of organization it goes a
long way in keeping travel and rving stress free so let's dive in with hack number one
so one of the things that we learned early on with
traveling is that on a travel day contents May shift during flight
and while most of the RV cabinets in an RV have some sort of latch system to keep them
shut when we did this modification and pulled out our propane stove and added this storage
down here this was an add-on and let me tell you over the last six months of traveling whenever
we take a corner a little bit fast this would fly open and we would just have a problem and
so a hack that we recently learned about from our friends over at Living small dreaming big
are these child locks now these child locks are completely different than your typical
child cabinet lock because you can turn them on and off this is just genius blew my mind so
during travel days now we will turn them on so that this cannot fly open and then when
we're stationary and I don't want to have to try to push the button every time I want
to open this drawer I can turn them off and so the drawer opens easily without any sort
of hindrances at all we go to travel again turn turn them back on for that travel day
so hack number two is actually a DIY and that is a soft sided basket so this is actually a
rug from the Dollar Tree that I have turned into a soft sided basket so basically on this you just
pick up a small rug or a large placemat even works hot glue the sides together turn it right side out
and you have a soft sided basket now what I love about this and we've had some feedback from people
saying well why didn't you just buy a basket from the Dollar Tree I'm going to show you why all of
our water bottles that we bring with us will store nicely in here and because this is soft sided it's
flexible I have got the versatility to be able to store things like a bunch of water bottles in
here where I guarantee you a conventional basket wouldn't fit these water bottles in such a fashion
that then I can go store this in an area and have lots of other space that's around it another
way that I have been using these because I made several is I actually put these over the tops of
my pots and pans that then I store in My Pan rack because with a Class A RV travel days things move
around you don't get the noise of those clanging together on travel days when you've got them
covered with something like this dollar 25 DIY from the Dollar Tree is our number two RV hack
so hack number three has to do with towel storage now in our RV keeping towels right here and what
you probably don't see is this particular cabinet it's right above the toilet which is right here
and I cannot tell you how many times somebody would go to grab a hand towel out of here and the
whole stack would come out and fall on the toilet and let me tell you what you don't want to wipe
your hands on a towel that had just been sitting on a toilet that is just gross and disgusting oh
dude that is nasty here's another little DIY for you with products from the Dollar Tree so these
are actually just napkin rings and zip ties turned into a little towel holder so this fits right here
in this cabinet and we can take these towels in just neatly put them in here now the thing with
this is is this actually holds them in place so when you need to grab a towel now it's super nice
and easy you get just the one towel now here's a little bonus tip for you on towels we actually
switched over to these Turkish style towels because we found out that they just dry a lot
quicker in an RV and then for like just showers and stuff we switched over to these in microfiber
towels same thing very quick drying very compact in fact this is all the space you need for just
one towel we have been using these for over a year absolutely love them for RV life so I hope you're
enjoying these hacks so far you're gonna have to let me know in the comments below kind of what
you're thinking and make sure you watch to the end because I am super excited about this brand new
hack I'm trying to save the best for last so make sure you watch to the end something we love is
a great cup of coffee and something we love even more is when making a great cup of coffee is quick
easy and RV friendly we've used French presses and coffee pots and they can get a little messy not to
mention they do take up valuable storage this is why we were excited to give Wildland coffee a try
because Wildland coffee isn't instant coffee but it's three tablespoons of real ground ethically
sourced coffee from Brazil in a compostable tea bag it's super easy to make to steep eight ounces
in hot water and each pouch is Nitro flushed which removes all the oxygen the coffee stays fresh for
12 months so whether you're rving over Landing tent camping or glamping like we do Wildland
coffee is easy No Frills way to make a great cup of coffee it's really like french press quality
coffee with the ease of a tea bag and probably one of the things we like best about Wildland coffee
is it is a small American owned business operated by a fellow Outdoors Enthusiast for a limited time
you can save 10 on your order of Wildland coffee by using the code grateful10 at checkout at
wildlandcoffee.com or on Amazon we'll have links in the description below and we do want to say
we really appreciate Wildland for their support in sponsoring this video having sponsors like
Wildland and enable us to keep bringing content to you for free month in and month out it also
enables us to be able to do things like support organizations in our hometown like youth Athletics
so hack number four is actually a storage and organization thing rolled all into one and that
is using wood storage crates like these that you can mount directly to your wall now if you use a
three-quarter inch screw or shorter that is safe for most of your RV walls without having to worry
about any sort of damage like that to things on the other side of the wall you can also use
adhesive tape so things like nanotape which we'll put a link in the description below there's other
types of adhesive tapes that work really well in adhering this type of thing to the wall we
actually removed the cabinet that was here when we renovated this bathroom and opted for these
types of storage boxes instead I'm also using the same type of storage box setup mounted to
the wall above the bathroom in our bedroom area and above kind of like our nightstand area next
to the bed just creates a lot of options for storage and you're utilizing that wall space
and so you can pick these up at Hobby Lobby I've seen similar ones at the Dollar Tree any kind of
craft store these are super easy to pick up and they're great for RV life
so hack number five is using one of the command broom holders for a little bit
of an unconventional use so what we have got up here is we have actually mounted one of
these command broom holders this one's actually from the Dollar Tree and we're gonna use it to
store our screwdriver and a flashlight because these are about the same size as a broomstick it
works perfect to be able to keep things like this organized you know right where it is and you're
able to grab it quickly so hack number six are some of the things that I have picked up at Ikea
but also on Amazon for storage under the bed or in the closet now most RVs have some sort of underbud
storage for your main bedroom area and I love these parklas from Ikea now one of the things
I love about these is they are super inexpensive I picked these up I want to say for like two or
three bucks a piece they have a zipper on it I like to use this one for things like
extra blankets extra pillows things that we're not going to use all of the time but if we are
camping somewhere where it's cooler we're going to need those extra blankets or if we have guests
we're going to need extra blankets and pillows so I keep it in here the zipper keeps dust off
of it animal hair off of it all of those types of things now another great option are these packing
cubes now these packing cubes a lot of people use traditionally to pack things to be able to fit in
their suitcase but I like to use these for extra blankets one of my fav favorite uses for these two
is for things that you're not going to use all of the time and it might be seasonal so things
like hats or gloves or things of that nature you can put in these packing cubes it keeps it stored
away keeps the dust off of it and just helps you stay a little bit more organized with your RV life
so hack number seven are these insulator pillows from Camco now we use our RV year round and we
tend to stay in warmer climates throughout the winter months so needless to say we use our air
conditioners a lot and we need to be able to keep heat out of the RV especially during the summer
months so these fit right up in the vents of the RV and we have noticed a huge difference in fact
got my little temperature gun right here right now if I point this up in here it is telling
me it's about 90 degrees just shooting right up in there right now and if I put this in
fits nice up in there we're back down to 80 degrees so it's a 10 degree swing and that
is because we're not in direct sunlight at this particular campsite we have a lot of shade but we
have seen it be a 20 30 degree difference which makes a huge difference when you're just trying
to keep the interior of your RV cool I'll put a link in the description we got these on Amazon but
these also work great during those winter months too when you're trying to keep heat in as well
so hack number eight is decanting board games now if you're not quite sure what that means I'm going
to show you and this has been a lifesaver for us so something to remember when you are living RV
life is you're going to have some rainy days case in point a day just like today it's a little bit
rainy outside you need something to be able to do and we are not a fan of a lot of screens in
our family so we like to keep board games with us in the RV for those types of activities now
they take up a lot of space however if you don't do something about that so right now I have the
entire game of Monopoly in this zipper pouch so I removed this from the actual box and this is
actually more organized because we've got our little houses in here we got all of our little
money in here our cards in here we've got it labeled with what it is Monopoly and then it
fits right in this basket here so I literally have puzzles board games I've got about six different
board games puzzles in this basket right here which takes up way less space than if these were
still in the original boxes that they came in not to mention potentially missing pieces and things
like that so I'll put a link in the description below for these zipper pouches I have found them
to be a lifesaver for multiple things in RV living but this being one of my favorite uses
so hack number nine is an adjustable pan rack now I love this one that I'm using in this
drawer right here I got this one on Amazon and it's adjustable you can move the dividers around
to fit the space that you have the storage needs that you have so many uses for this in an RV or in
smaller living just to be able to make it fit at the space that you have super important when you
start to think about RV living or small living and organization are things that are adjustable
so great find on Amazon it has actually made it to where I can keep more items in this particular
storage area because they're not stacked up on top of each other just makes a better use of the space
so hack number 10 is probably the best that I have saved for last and I am really excited
because this is a brand new piece of technology from softstar RV now if you're familiar with
softstar RV you may know that softstar RV makes capacitors that you can put in your rooftop ACS
you have to wire them in and install them that enables you to be able to run both ACS off of a
30 or a 20 amp connection basically you don't need as much power to kick on your AC's now I'm excited
because they now have a Plug and Play version with built-in surge protection so instead of having to
actually wire in units to your rooftop ACS and climb on the roof and do that just a Plug and
Play version right here pretty excited about the possibilities that this opens up now one
of the possibilities that this system opened up for us last summer was the ability to moot
stock at a family member's house so basically we were parked on their property just plugged
into their household outlet outside with a heavy gauge electrical extension cord and we're able to
run our one AC off of just that household Outlet without blowing any Breakers because of basically
the electricity management that this provides so new Plug and Play option you don't have to climb
up on the roof now to install them in your ACS we'll have a link in the description below but
we're pretty excited about this new technology *BLOOPS* just some sort of little intro thing
with the flippy logo thing the flippy logo so hold on did you see all of this stuff come out of it
nice hold on Loops again well it's not supposed to be easy make sure you fold
them nicely in there I know right who's from it ready here we go okay okay hold on the commenters
so hack number sure phone number honey yeah oh it is I'm glad you said that so
hack number four is absolutely flash it that way the whole hold it come on
sucked in hair so you'll have to let me know what you have thought of these particular
hacks also let me know in the comments below what are some of the hacks that you guys have
come up with one of the things that we love about the RV Community is you guys are so
good with sharing information with others so drop a comment below let others in the
RV Community know what are some of the hacks that you've used for storage organization or
just RV living in general I want to know but I know others out there want to know too if we
don't see you around the campground or out on the road we'll see you in the next video