hello everyone and welcome back to the channel in today's video I am going to show you how to
organize your RV like a pro now this is going to be helpful whether you are an RVer or
just want to be able to do more with less space plus I am going to share with you
the one thing that has completely revolutionized my way to organize the RV in any small space
so stay tuned we are Charity Ben Dakota and Trinity we decided we didn't want to wait for
a life of adventure so in 2017 we bought our first RV and set off to live a life of travel in the USA
we've visited over 38 states in three years and have many more to go
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so if you've ever traveled with an RV you've probably experienced this and I always think
about that thing that flight attendants say when you go to open the overhead storage bin
and they say be careful when you open those because contents may have shifted during flight
I always feel like that with RV cabinets and cupboards especially after having a travel day
so I'm gonna show you some great ways to be able to organize these spaces and not have to duck in
fear when you go to open those cabinets after being on the road so one of my things that I
love to do when it comes to organization whether you're in an RV or in just any space in general is
bins now in my cabinets here I have all sorts of bins and so I keep things in bins in the cupboards
and this helps for things just like jostling around on travel days so that when you go to open
a cupboard you're not doing this like duck thing wondering what's going to be falling out at you
so these types of bins you can pick up at lots of local stores dollar tree target Walmart
home depot lowe's anywhere that has these types of bins which is a lot of
places I love using these all throughout the RV so another benefit to just having things in bins is
that if you're not full-time and you're part-time it makes it a lot easier to pack up your RV and
transport things back and forth from your home base into your rig and it also helps keep then
your kitchen cupboards organized at home too so I just use all of these types of bins then in our
home base and then i just bring stuff out and load it up in the rig when we're ready to go so another
type of bin that I use is these long type of bins that you can use for like utensils and things
this one I actually have like sandwich size Ziploc bags in here so I have those that i
keep in here for that another thing that is super useful for rv storage is these like spring loaded
little rods so these can be very helpful too to just put in here and these expand
out so if you have things like taller glasses or bottles that you want to just have a little
bit more security while you're traveling these work great for that as well so my second pro tip
for rv organization in best use of space is things that nest together or they're collapsible so one
of the things that I have that I got from Amazon and I will put a link in the description below is
these nesting and collapsible bowls so these all sit together just like this in the cupboard but
there's actually multiple bowls in here so these actually come apart this uncollapses like this
and you can put a lid on it and then there's this one here and another one here
and so I have three different bowls that I can use for things like fruit for things like leftovers to
put in the fridge all sorts of things this much space to this I also have my collapsible colander
so this is another collapsible product that i have that collapses down so it takes up way less space
in these particular cupboards and then these are more collapsible types of products so i got these
on Amazon I'll put a link at the description below but these are just collapsible measuring cups
so you've got a half cup third cup and a quarter cup and a 1 cup but they all collapse down
and then just expand out when you need to use them so I'm able to keep these tucked away in
the RV drawers great but they collapse down and save on space so another hack for RV
organization or just organizing spaces in general is something that makes use of the whole space so
this particular cupboard is huge and so I've used these racks to create extra tiers of storage so
I've got my plates in here I've got my bowls I've got some of these larger travel style coffee cups
that I've got on this rack back in here and then this gives me extra space at the front
of the cupboard to be able to put our mugs and our wine glasses I think this diffuser tucked
up away on travel days bring it down when we're not traveling but I can fit so much more in here
by using these rack type systems versus just when it's a big open cupboard so something that gives
you more depth in your cupboards definitely helps you use that space more efficiently
and keeps things organized another tip or hack for RV organization is things like storage trays now
none of our drawers in the whole kind of kitchen area or really anywhere in this RV are very
wide they're all very narrow and they're all very short and so putting like a cutlery drawer just
doesn't work so what I have done is I actually have all of my coloring and utensils in one
of these silverware trays but it's actually in the cupboard and then what I have done is I've
actually put another one of these wire racks that help to just divide that cabinet space up here
to where I can put more things up on top of here so I've got all of our cutlery here I've got
like larger utensils that we need like spatulas or scrapers or things like that that can just sit
off here over to the side I've got my cutting boards off to the side and plenty of space to
be able to put everything that I need kitchen wise and then this still just gives me plenty of space
to be able to put anything that we might need as far as measuring spoons or wire whisks or any of
those kitchen tools that you need to just function in the kitchen can all actually fit right here so
another tip for organizing your RV is command hooks we use these everywhere so I've got one up
here at the moment there is this one here this is a actual command thing that adheres with command
strips that you just put your broom I've got this here because it's near the front door to be able
to sweep everything out the front door we've got another command hook on the base of this cabinet
right here we use them all over in the bathroom to hang the towels on I've got more back over here
that I hang backpacks on we've got command hooks everywhere so command hooks are your friend
people ask all the time if we have problems with them falling down we have not um two things
one we make sure that we're adhering them to a very smooth surface and nothing that's textured
and number two when we go to adhere them we do follow the instructions where you're supposed
to really push on it to give it a good seal before that you start hanging things on it
so we make sure we follow those instructions and fingers crossed we've not had one fall off on us
yet another product I love for RV organization is these types of clear food storage containers now
these are great because you can see exactly what is in them these ones also will nest on top of
each other so that's always great and then of course because I don't want things to be flying
around on travel days these are great because I can fit them right inside of my bins and then
put these right inside of my RV cupboard so I am a huge fan of these clear types of storage
containers also because they're different sizes and sometimes what you find with RV cabinets
is you have to kind of play Tetris and shove things into any open space that you have
and so because these come in different sizes it's great to be able to just
be able to use all of the space that you have and be able to kind of touch with them in so that
you can fit everything that you need in there and you're not worried about food spilling or
rodents getting in your food if you're camping out in a remote area or anything like that
so we're going to move outside and talk about some ways to store things in the compartments
underneath of your RV so while we're doing that go ahead and leave me a comment below and let me
know what are some of the hacks or things that you have found work well for organization and storage
in RV kitchen and cabinet areas while we're moving outside
so one of the things that we have found works great for underneath of your RV storage now we
know that this can vary a little bit from model to model as far as how much storage that you have
underneath but most RVs have some sort of storage compartment underneath of it whether it's a travel
trailer or a full-blown class a but that is more of these clear types of bins now clear is best
because you can see right through it and you can see what's in it so in this particular compartment
we've got things just like extra fluids some cleaning supplies for outside of the rig
we have an extra fuse kit which we highly recommend keeping extra fuses on hand
some miscellaneous kind of tools and things so lots of clear storage tubs for organizing
the underneath side of your RV or if you have things that you put in a pickup truck or a van so
we're gonna move inside to talk about bedroom but while we're doing that you'll have to let me know
in the comments below if you have any tips for organizing the underneath compartments in an RV
we're back in this bedroom area and I've got some great things to show you in here
for organization so one of the first things that are an absolute must for like your closet
spaces are things like these fabric hanging bins now I have switched to these microfiber towels
from a company called venture forth and they have actually given us a discount for our viewers of 25
so that information will be in the description below but these fit a ton of these microfiber
towels we can put shoes in here blankets all sorts of things here in the closet area
in addition to clothes so this really helps you with organizing spaces where you have things
that are actually hanging so another thing that I have done back here that has totally helped with
storage but also with just the pack down process on travel days is using these bamboo boxes now
these are from aroma outfitters and I'll put their website down below but I've mounted these to the
wall with nanotape now remember at the beginning of this video I told you I would share with you
the one product that has just revolutionized my RV organization that is a nano tape this stuff
is amazing so I've mounted these here with nano tape which we can put just different
things I've got my contact solution toothbrush toothpaste up here I've also mounted this box
to the wall above the bed here with nanotape too so at night I put like my phone and my watch in
here to charge nanotape is the one hack for RV organization because you can mount so many things
up and out of the way it's double-sided it's strong it's reusable it doesn't damage walls I'm
like thinking where has this been all of my life so I'll put a link at the description below you
can get it on amazon that's where I ordered mine and it's revolutionized my organizing experience
for sure so let's keep on going and let me show you a few more products so another
organization hack is this type of larger bin slash basket whatever you want to call it
so we have this by the door for shoes really I'm not a fan of shoes in the RV especially if we're
doing beach camping or something like that so as we come in all of the shoes get put into this bin
it sits right by the front door and then that way as people go out shoes can go on and it's just a
great way to kind of keep all of the shoes in here while that we are camping and not have them kind
of strewn everywhere outside of the RV so another place that I have bins is actually underneath of
our bunks so if you've been following along you know that we built these custom bunks we'll put
a link above for our renovation series where we built these and installed them but I have
all of these rollout bins that are underneath here so I actually installed this bungie to
hold them in place on travel days so that they're not gonna roll out when we go around a corner but
they do come out and plenty of space for the kids to put all of their clothes all of their books any
extra shoes swim goggles pretty much the rule is is what the kids own if it's going to come with us
when we're RVing it needs to be able to fit within these three bins so they have these three bins to
be able to put all of their items it works great it helps us to stay more minimalistic as we're
traveling and it's down and out of the way but still easily accessible so thank you so much
for watching this video on RV organization and organizational hacks definitely let me know in
the comments below any of your tips or suggestions for organizing and organizing small spaces
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