- Since we're all stuck at home with nowhere to go,
now is the perfect time for some DIY organization.
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I'm gonna show you some of our best DIY organizational ideas
starting with the one that's been on my list forever.
I purchased these woods slats in Lowe's
back when we were in Florida,
and that was a few months ago.
With the grand idea of creating dividers for my drawers,
because organization in there is terrible.
I'm finally pulling them out,
and I'm finally gonna do something with them today.
So, of course, the goal is better organization.
And these drawers are the worst.
They're just kind of haphazard.
I just have the weirdest things in here
to try and divide it up, to make it useful.
Hopefully today when I'm all finished,
it's gonna be much better organized,
and I'll be able to actually fit everything
in here like I want to.
The only things I'm gonna be using today are the wood slats,
some wood glue, sandpaper, and then my miter saw.
Luckily we're here in San Antonio,
and we have a miter saw in our storage unit,
which I pulled out just for this job,
so let's get started.
I have all the pieces cut.
It did take me a few minutes to figure out exactly
the sizes for each compartment, but I have that figured out.
So each one is pre-staged.
And then for the bottom, because the drawer's so deep,
I actually, I'm gonna stack two high
for each of the little wood pieces for the divider.
So that way things don't just start falling over
the dividers making them useless anyway.
So that part's done.
So next, I'm gonna glue them all in place,
and give Giz some love.
Come here Giz, come on.
I totally freaked him out with the saw in here.
He's been hysterical.
He wants to go in the back room,
and then he wants to come be with us,
so, he's a little chicken right now.
The drawers are finally finished,
and I love how they turned out.
I can't believe they turned out so good.
And I have so much less wasted space.
So these are the containers that I had in the drawers
that I was using before to try and stay organized.
But they wasted so much space
because they didn't fit in the drawers perfectly.
So, removed those, added these.
And I picked these up from Lowe's.
And these are a quarter inch thick,
and they're one and a half inches wide.
So, I purchased the 36 inch one, and I just cut it to size.
Now, check out these drawers.
These drawers are so much better organized,
I cannot even believe it.
It's so neat, I love it.
Now, I didn't show you earlier,
but I did take these pieces of wood outside,
and I sanded them down because there were some rough spots.
So I did sand them.
And then all I did was took a bead of wood glue
and glued them down to hold them in place.
Now, as I told you earlier,
the bottom drawer is, it's too thick.
So, I stacked them like this.
They're double because they are so deep.
When I put everything back in the drawers,
I have things in the second drawer
that were stuffed into the bottom,
just because it didn't even fit in the second drawer.
And now, I have space and room for so much more.
So, this is a definite win.
It's one of our easiest organizational mods that we've done,
and it was very inexpensive.
So, if you're looking to customize your own drawers,
this will be a great thing to do.
When you don't have a lot of room in the bedroom,
organization is key.
Now we have some very large drawers here
that Tiffan so generously provided.
But the drawers are so huge,
all they do is create a mess in the drawer.
So to combat this, I created these dividers in the drawer.
And all I did was take this luan, cut it down to size,
and actually glue it to the drawer.
After I glued it to the front and back,
then I just glued the sides on, so it would stay in place.
And it was one of the easiest projects I've done,
and it has been one of the best.
So this isn't exactly organization,
but it's definitely a bonus tip for you.
Behind these couch cushions,
is about six inches of wasted space.
It's actually the back of the couch that kind of drops down
behind these cushions.
And it's space that can totally be used.
So to use this space, look what I created.
I created a sofa table, and it's really easy to do.
So, as you can see,
as I lift it up here,
all it is is a 1 x 4 with a little bit of foam
to protect the couch.
Now I did put a side on either side of the wood,
and that's just to keep it from sliding side to side
when we're going down the road.
You could put foam on this as well
for that extra protection.
Now this has worked perfect for us.
We also use it for drinks and for other things
as we're sitting on the couch.
If you want to see step-by-step how I made this,
of course, we have a video for you.
It is an earlier video,
so, nyah, it might be a little rough around the edges,
but it does walk you through step-by-step how I made this.
So this might be the perfect way
for you to use wasted space in your RV.
And for those of you who have asked about our window boxes,
as you can see here, yes, these are custom.
This is another thing that I did early on
when we purchased the RV.
Actually it was one of my first changes,
'cause I hated what was here before.
I do have a video for it
that kind of walks you through step by step.
If you wanna change your window boxes
and make them more up to date and colorful,
it is an easy transformation.
So look for that link below.
This has gotta be one of my very best ideas.
I put a pegboard here, and on the other side,
and one of the other bays.
Now the reason I decided to do this
is because the cabinet itself
is only about four to six inches deep.
So there wasn't a lot we could do with that space
until we decided to use all the space up to the ceiling.
So I do have a video on exactly how I put this together,
because there are no holes anywhere in the RV.
So check out that video if you have a space
that you're not quite sure what to do with.
I know what you're thinking.
You're thinking, "Is that it?
Is that all you have?"
Oh, no.
We are gonna be sitting here for quite some time.
So I have more changes in store for this rig.
And one of the changes might include some paint.
- Yeah, I opened my big fat mouth
trying to just be a nice guy,
I didn't think she'd take me up on it.
And she did.
- So standby for those changes.
So Ruby's getting a little more upgrades.
I actually have a couple of different projects in mind.
Now, for those of you who don't know,
Phil has been OOC for awhile.
Thanks to a surgery on his elbow,
so, I have a lot of chores I have to do
to make up for him being broken.
- Yeah, yeah.
She's got to carry my slack.
(laughing)
Because I was supposed to be doing all the maintenance,
and getting caught up on that.
And unfortunately, I'm right-handed,
and this is the one that's that's locked up right now.
So, I've got to walk her through how to do that,
or Stacy calls it, micro-manage the situation.
- Yes. (both laughing)
So watch for that, there will be some videos coming up
of me doing some maintenance on Ruby,
as well as some just some day to day stuff
on how we're doing on lockdown.
- Yeah, and one of the things she needs to tackle
is this Chia Pet head of mine right now.
It's getting out of control.
And this is probably about as long as I've ever had it,
and it's driving me crazy, but I can't get to it.
- Oh, no.
I think we should 'Bic' it.
- No. - So let us know
if you think we should just 'Bic' it
and be done with it.
Drop it down in the comments.
Let us know what you think.
- Yeah, and by 'Bic' it, she means shave it bald,
done to smooth skin.
I'm not a fan of that, no.
- I think it's a great idea.
- So fellows help me out.
(laughing)
Even if you're bald, help me out.
- All right, guys.
Thanks for watching, I hope these ideas
give you something to do while you're on lockdown,
and maybe make things a little more organized in your rig.
We would love to know some of your ideas for organization.
When you're living in a small space,
you need all the ideas you can get.
- Yeah, and actually the pegboard,
like Stacy said, is probably MY favorite
of all the ones that we've done in here.
- Yeah, be sure and drop it down into the comments below
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- You're so weird.
- But I got the one hand, and I'm holding the camera.
- Thanks for watching.
We hope everyone out there is staying well.
Because hopefully one day we'll get to see you
- On the road.
Scratch my nose.
- Scratch your nose?
- On the side, scratch, side.
Okay. - Things you do for love.
- Yeah, oof, yeah.
- DIY organizational...um, with which is ummm, blagghhhh...
One day we would love to see you on the road.
What are you doing?
- Do that again, I thought you were gonna keep talking,
so I wasn't ready.
- That was (indistinct).
- I don't even know what, you just said.
(laughing)
- Okay.
That I attached a side on, um...bleh...
- [Phil] It's a whole lot of rough around.
(laughing)
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