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Tips to Help Maximize Storage in Your RV

RVing is all about enjoying the journey as you set out on fabulous adventures. However, it’s awfully difficult to remember that when you’re always tripping over clutter and rearranging items when it’s time to set up camp. An untold truth about RV life is that how well you utilize every nook and cranny of storage space inside your RV can make a big difference to how much you enjoy using it.

Pack Less, Live More

Ring is an opportunity to simplify life with a minimalistic lifestyle. In light of this, the idea is not to pack your RV with a whole bunch of organization tools and gadgets. Instead, keep everything simple by packing less stuff and making sure the stuff you do pack can serve more than a single purpose. Here are a few ideas for RV camping gear that can serve multiple (sometimes surprising) purposes.

Yeti 24 Roadie Cooler

Yeti roadie cooler is a multipurpose item — ***Photo courtesy Yeti.***

The Yeti Roadie 24 cooler is more than just a space-saving 33-can cooler. Thes Roadie is built tough enough to withstand being used in multiple ways as part of your camping kit. While its primary purpose is as a space-efficient cooler for food and beverages, it also stands up to being used as extra seating, as an ottoman, or as an impromptu step stool for reaching the top shelves of cabinets. Plus, when it’s not in use as a cooler, it makes a great place to stash small items for travel or just because you want to get them out of the way.

Greenmade Collapsible Storage Bins

RV storage in Clever crates stacked waiting to be loaded in RV — ***Photo courtesy Costco.***

Collapsible storage bins fold flat when not in use, getting them out of the way until you need one for packing food and supplies to the picnic table, storing kids toys, or toting laundry to and from the laundromat. You can find these handy crates at your local Costco.

Lifetime Adjustable Height Folding Table

The sturdy Lifetime adjustable height folding table can used indoors and outdoors. It adjusts low enough to be a coffee table or comfortable (dining/play table for little kids). However, this 48-by-24-inch table adjusts to three other heights as well, allowing it to be used for a multitude of other purposes. When it’s time to pack up, it folds flat for storage. You’ll find these handy tables at Costco.com.

In addition to packing items with multiple purposes there’s a lot more you can do to conquer clutter in your RV. Let’s have a look at some innovative RV storage solutions.

Innovative RV Storage Solutions

Expandable Cabinet Shelves

Double your cabinet space by taking advantage to the vertical space inside your cabinets with expandable shelves. These shelves can be used in any cabinet, but they’re especially in the kitchen, where they can store dishes or canned goods.

Ikea Jonaxel Basket Storage Unit

Ikea’s Jonaxel wire basket storage unit is small enough to fit into a wardrobe cabinet. Not only that but if you really want to take advantage of space, you could stack two units. Each Jonaxel combination unit comes with four wire baskets on a drawer system. One of the best things about it is that it’s easy to use for storing just about anything.

Ikea Parkla Storage Cases

Ikea Parkla storage cases can be used for storing anything you’re not using right away. These soft-sided zippered polypropylene cases are water resistant. That means Parkla bags can be put to work anywhere in the RV. Not only that, but at only $1.99 each, you get organized without spending a lot of money.

Camco Stack-A-Plate Organizer

The Camco Stack-A-Plate organizer keeps plates secured in a neat stack while you travel. That said, Stack-A-Plate holders have become a popular hack for RVers who travel with ceramic dishes. The Stack-A-Plate is available in two sizes: A dinner plate size and a side plate size.

Non-Slip Hangers

Non-slip hangers are one of the best inventions ever for keeping RV wardrobes organized. That’s because no-slip hangers are covered with a velvety surface to prevent clothing from sliding off during travel.

Yoebi RV Wine Glass Holders

Yoebi wine glass holder mounted on underside of RV cabinet with wine glasses — ***Photo courtesy Yoebi.***

Good wine is part of both relaxation and camping merriment for many RVers. However, many wine lovers feel that plastic wine glasses degrade the multi-sensory experience of a glass of good wine. Perhaps no one knows this better than wine glass holder manufacturer, Yoebi. WIth that said, Yoebi makes a cabinet-mounted stemware holder for RVs that secures wine glasses safely during travel.

Think Outside the Box for Bathroom Toiletry Organization

RV bathroom storage is often limited to a small medicine cabinet and/or a cabinet under the sink. The biggest problem with this is that toiletries and medicines stored in the medicine cabinet usually become a jumbled mess during travel. That being said, coralling them in boxes seems to be a reasonable solution. However, it can be hard to find organizer bins that are narrow enough to fit inside an RV medicine cabinet. This is where it pays to think outside the box. And you might need to search for a solution in some unexpected places. For example, many house plant sections sell a variety of narrow planters that happen to be a perfect fit for RV Medicine cabinets.

Another solution for bathroom storage is using hanging wall pockets such as shoe organizers to keep everything where you can find it.

Final Thoughts on Solving RV Storage Needs

Effective RV storage can take your RV from feeling cramped and cluttered to feeling downright spacious inside. Just doing a few things differently can make a huge difference. Packing less, including multipurpose items where possible, and finding ways to use vertical spaces, are the keys to keeping the small space of an RV organized.