Hey guys, welcome back to our channel today
We are on with Huachuca City
Arizona and we're going to show you how we organize our trailer. Living in a small space, organization is very important to us
so today we're going to take you through our closets and our drawers to show you how we arrange things so we can live an
organized life on the road
Alright guys, so we're gonna start with the kitchen and show you how we organize a space. Obviously, this is a really small kitchen
It's not like your typical kitchen that you would find in an apartment or in a house
So we do have limited space but surprisingly there is a lot of storage in here. So in here in this top
cabinet
We have this basket here that is sort of like a pantry basket
and what we do is we put bread and chips and other types of snacks in here and the other great thing about this is
when we travel we don't have to secure anything everything's already settled in there
So we don't have to worry about it being kind of thrown around in the trailer when we're traveling. In here...
We have a bunch of oils. So this also is contained so we're not able... where we don't have to worry about putting that
Away, when we travel. And then what we normally do is we stuff a pillow in here a couple pillows maybe to cushion the space
When we do travel in case anything kind of does move around
Here have just extra pantry stuff. And these are just boxes that are a little bit more difficult to fit into other spaces
so we definitely use all the space we have.
We don't store anything in the microwave
I know a lot of people do do that because of space but we don't but we do sort stuff in the stove.
Or in the oven, In here, we store some of the smaller pots and pans that we have and
We just leave it in here when we travel. We actually, we haven't had a problem. Everything works fine
Let's see. What else? Ok we have in here a built in spice rack
We have all our spices on here except for our salt
But primarily they all fit on here. The trailer came with this built in for our knives, which is awesome
Again, we don't have to worry about moving anything out when we travel. So let's move down to this cabinet below the sink
Here we keep extra bags grocery bags. We use these as trash bags and then we have some of our bigger pots in here
We put this in here because this prevents it from moving around and hitting the pipe
When we are traveling. We certainly don't want to damage the plumbing in here
Below here. We have things like storage containers, storage bags, foil, our
Hand-mixer, and then we also have a couple of containers that hold another... hold other things that are essential for us to have on hand
at all times
So you can see there's a lot in there, but it's not too much
We're able to get in and out. And then here we have the three drawers
Now we have our spoons and things like that in here
In here, we have extra things like mittens
Instructions for my steamer, which I love. I love having steamer in here.
And then on the bottom
You can see there's not a ton in here again. We use a lot of these clips for
Chips and
So we use a lot. This trailer doesn't have a big pantry
So we had to be creative with storage for our food
So if you come over here, you can see we have a closet off of the refrigerator
This is a really important space for us because it really is big compared to a lot of other
Closets... the other two closets in the RV up here
Up here, you can actually store coats. And at one time we did but we decided not to because it was making this space just too crowded
And it was really hard to find things in here
So instead we transformed this space up here into Gracie's. So we have our dog food here, her snacks
We put them in these containers and then we have a
Little cube over here that has extra things. We actually used to use this in our own little studio apartment
Yeah, you can see in there we have storage containers
And then this is a storage system that we really enjoy by a company called Joseph Joseph
And they have all the measuring cups in here and they have a colander, a bowl, and some other things in here
So we love this we use this all the time
And then on the side here
We have a couple of cutting boards as well. Underneath here is more of our pantry
So you can see we actually bought this little drawer system when we were at Home Goods one time
So we're able to store a bunch of things in there
And what's great again is when we travel we don't have to worry about securing anything down. And then on the side here
We just have some extra for our pantry
Our pantry continues over here. We have our snack drawer or a junk drawer, whatever you want to call it
Everyone has one and we're no exception
So this is where we keep extra snacks on hand that we could get into easily. We have crackers
Popcorn and a bunch of other things in here. And so this is a really great use of the space for us
I know some people use this to put shoes and other things you can really do whatever you want
But for us we like to have a lot of food on hand
So we're not tempted to eat out as much and this is a really good use of the space
We also have storage or entryway cabinet, which you can see here on my left
In here, we store a few things first off. You see this basket here. We store all our cleaning products
so this is the cleaning products we use for the interior of the trailer along with some of our
Solutions we use for outside the trailer when we first get here
So we have a solution for ants and other bugs to help keep them away
And we also have a solution of ammonia to help keep animals away
Behind this basket. We have our laundry supplies. So you can see we have our detergent. There are dryer sheets
we have like stain removers type stuff plus extra ammonia and
Then on the second shelf down
We have our toaster. We don't use it all the time
So we keep it down here for when it's not in use
we also have a box of our keys and other things we need for our locks outside and we have our extra batteries and
Our mixer and a few other tubs of extra cleaning supplies down here like vinegar and lemon juice
Off our entryway we have our entertainment center
So top is just our TV, and then right underneath that we store our remotes
We store in this case because then it's easy for when we travel we can just store this case in the lower section down here
Along with some pillow so that we're not having to collect all the remotes and find where they are
We also keep Gracie's pawl wipes up here because we're in a lot of different areas
We don't want her picking up a lot of contaminants and getting allergies and things like that
So we keep them right by the door
And then we also keep our humidity gauge
we found it's really important to keep track of what the humidity is like in our trailer because we can get
really... for lack of a better word
Our trailer can sweat a lot when it's really humid outside where our windows and all our metal framing and stuff will sweat really bad
And get really damp in here
Next level down we have this shelf. We used to use this for storage of things like our DVDs and some of our books
But, we noticed it was getting way too cluttered. So we decided to instead turn it into sort of a just a display area
where we have the sign that Melisa uses for sometimes for our Instagram and then we just have a few plants and
Melisa keeps her tea up here. And then she also keeps her recipe box right here as well so that she can um,
You know, I just have sort of a nice presentation space right here where we don't keep too much stuff
Below that we have sort of my entertainment center right here. So this is my my Playstation. I have a storage case
I put this in for when we travel. It's almost like a little... looks like a little suitcase
So everything is pretty much hardwired in on the cords
We just unplug everything and disconnect it and leave the the connection points right here so we can just put it right back in
We also keep our Apple TV down here and pretty much try to again... keep this pretty clear so we're not cluttering up with too much
Underneath we store our entertainment products. So
We store our DVDs and my video games and also our CDs into these two
Basically disc storage spaces instead of having to keep all the covers and everything which take up a lot of space
We strip them from their covers and stored them all in here
we also have our
documents. The few that we did keep while we're on the road and anything new that we need to add we keep in these
two folders right here
And as you go along you'll see a few of Melisa's notebooks and journals that she uses to keep... to write notes in
and then here we have a bit of a catch-all for some of our
electronics and other odds and ends that we need easy access to
Along with our radio and the underneath that we have our walkie-talkies be used when we're doing ... when we're parking a new spot
Especially when we're backing in
Now this space over here is really used as sort of like a family room area
We have our futon in here and then our cabinets up here are really important spaces for us to store more things
So over here, we have more of our kitchen supplies
We have our plates bowls mugs and you can see we don't have very many plates
We have four total two small and two large ones and then we only have two bowls
So we're very limited on what we have
Because we found that we don't need a ton of things if we really need another bowl we can just wash it or another plate
We can just wash it and if we're having friends over or anything
We'll just buy paper plates. And then over here, we have our office supplies. So we purchased these at Walmart
They were like two dollars each and these are really great because it really helps organize things
In one of these we have markers and pens. And then over here, we have similar things. We
use little Ziploc bags to organize so we have post-its in here
And then over here in the corner. We have a bunch of tape and some other office supplies
So really I think a good use of the space the great thing about putting this futon in here taking out the old one
Is the storage underneath the futon.
So when we chose the futon we made sure that we had one that had some clearance below so we could use it to store
things. (Joseph) Melisa. (Melisa) Yeah. (Joseph) We should also tell them about why we got rid of the desk
So for people who may have seen an old video of us, we used to have a desk here
But what do we find out that the desk did for us organization wise? (Melisa) It was a disaster.
So the desk was really sort of like a magnet for a mess
Just because of that extra desk space and then we had a lot of space underneath it
So we would just kind of throw things down there
And also with the sort of lip over here of the slide-out
We found that we really couldn't properly use it as a desk because of the chair
It would hit this part right here, and it wouldn't it wouldn't sit flat. So it just wasn't a good use of the space
so we made the change. We adjusted. We got rid of that desk, and we put in this futon. And
underneath here, we are able to store quite a bit actually. So we went to I think it was Home Goods again
We always go to Home Goods, and we bought these
Storage containers and
Basically, we use them for a variety of reasons. This one we use specifically for extra shoes
So you can see we have our shoes here that we use day-to-day
This is on the entryway and buying this was actually really important so we could trap the dirt that comes in
and then over here, we just have extra things that we don't use on a day-to-day basis, but we still like to have
so
This one here... we pushed in the back completely... is an extra cleaning
storage... supply storage
so we put things that we don't need day-to-day in here like this little vacuum and
Extra sponges and things of that nature. And then here is extra...
My extra clothes. So basically in our closet, which we will show you, we each kind of store things differently
This is sort of an extension of my closet and most of my clothes actually
In my closet, you'll find my sweaters and jackets and dresses. And so this is basically it
I'm really proud of this. I had to say I've come a long way. Right Joe?
He's always getting on me. But I think I'm doing really really good.
Now, let's get to the closet and let me just preface this by saying that out of all the spaces here in the trailer
This is probably where I've struggled the most. I've come a long way
But yeah, I think it's good now, but it's always a work in progress
So in here, I keep my jackets. I have a few dresses and then I have my pajamas folded here. In the back,
I just have my purses and then I have a hook right here that has a couple of extra hats. I love wearing hats
Up here,
I have... we have bins. So each bin has its own purpose, its own category. I have socks
I have beanies, mittens,
Bathing suits, and a couple other categories. So everything is contained again when we travel we don't have to worry about
You know moving anything or securing anything down
Now if you go on underneath here underneath the cabinet, this is sort of like my own personal little nook
Joseph has its own and so you will see we got a couple of bins here
We have books and other sort of accessories that we like to reach for on a day to day basis
No, that's not your imagination. Yes, that is a CPAP machine.
I do have sleep apnea and I actually just found this out recently and I'll just tell you guys
Yeah, I'll tell them about your hair. So Joseph's been telling me for a long time that he thinks I have sleep apnea
I was in denial about it. (Joseph) Correction - Joseph has been telling you for a long time that he knows you have sleep apnea
So I... when we were in Louisiana recently, I went and did a sleep study and I found out yes
I do have sleep apnea. Yes. I have to use a CPAP machine. So that's what this is
It stays on the side of the bed with me and this is actually my carry bag
That I had to take with me whenever we travel. (Joseph) Melisa, how did I get you to do a sleep study?
What was the deal we struck?
So if anybody's been watching our channel for while you might have noticed, especially in this video,
that I have something that I usually don't have a lot of which is what Melisa? (Melisa) He has hair on his head
(Joseph) It's grown out. I buzzed my hair for solid probably at this point... (Melisa) Years
I mean ever since we've been together which is almost six years (Joseph) and I've done it since I was in high school,
Done it since I was in middle school, so it's been... (Melisa) it's been a long time
So normally Joseph on a week to week basis
He shaves his own hair and so he promised me if I did the sleep study
He would grow his hair out for a year. And that is what it's happening
So you will see his hair get longer get wavier. I don't know. We'll see
I'm not sure what the texture is really like, but he's always said he has really nice hair
And now that I'm seeing it I will agree. He has very nice hair
Anyway, that's why Joseph's growing his hair out
And that's why there's a machine here on the side of the bed and then obviously just we have a plug here
so I'm able to charge my phone or whatever else and
Now, let's go to Joe's side.
So just like Melisa, my closet can become a collection point for a lot of stuff
So one thing Melisa and I've gotten into a habit of doing is on a routine basis
What do you think like every month or so every two months?
We try to go through, and we touch all the clothes we have ... down to the socks
Down to the underwear and say do we use this a lot?
Is it still in good shape?
And if it's not we get rid of it either
by donating it if it's something that still in good shape and can be donated or by throwing it out if it's something maybe with
Holes in it or something that can't be donated. So on to my closet. I have a similar setup to Melisa
I mean, there's not many ways you can set up a closet. I keep all my coats on the left hand side
I keep my long sleeve shirts on the right in the middle
I have all my short sleeve shirts because that's what I have the most of. Down here
I have two little bins. On my right is my socks on the left is my undies
And then over here are my hats. So I got two hooks for hats. I got my newspaper boy hat and a ball cap and
Then we come up here. I have my drawer space which Melisa fought me a little bit about me getting half of this
So we open that up and this where I store basically all my undershirts, t-shirts,
My shorts. So I keep over here on the left hand side I keep my shorts and pants
very front
I keep my black undershirts because pretty much that's the only undershirts I have
And then I have my different colored t-shirts that I can wear on their own right here and in the back and the far
Back, I have some things that are more like winter weather gear that I don't wear that often and it's at the back
So it's not needed to be at the forefront. So I try to kind of arrange it by what I use most every day
I keep at the front and the stuff I use less often in the back
Down here. We have my cubby. So just like Melisa I use it as a place to store
My books, my chargers, reading lights, any other electronics
I need. I need to go through this actually again and clear out some stuff because I noticed in the stuff that's been sitting back
There that I haven't touched in a while. So that's an organization
Job for me
But it's a good area to keep everything and as you can see I have two baskets as well
And the nice thing about these is that we don't have to move them at all when we
Travel. They stay like they are and they don't go anywhere. Only thing I have to do when we travel if we travel tomorrow
would be take these two things and put them in the basket so that they're not flopping around. You can see I also have a
Power strip here. This allows us extra power to go over to the dinette area
Actually. We have this strip here and that's all we plug in here because we don't want to be overloading this one outlet.
(Melisa) All right, so I think we should mention the storage underneath the bed because it's actually a lot of storage
Not the neatest but we are able to put a lot in there and we know where everything is. So Joe. I know
Um, it's kind of heavy, but can you lift it up?
For everybody at home. We have a heavier mattress than came with it
So it's a little hard to lift it but we do have a lot of space down here, which is nice
So I'm gonna lift this for not too long. Correct? (Melisa) Not too long just long enough where we could show what it looks like underneath
Yes, so you can see down here you guys we have extra dog food
we have our suitcases a
vacuum cleaner
we have our electric cooler that we use when we're on the road in the truck and
My guitar and a bunch of other stuff
So this is a really great use of space and we definitely utilize all of it
Moving on to the bunks. Here in the lower bunk, we obviously have Gracie's room. Hi, Gracie
She's camera shy. And so we keep her bowls here and her little um
therapeutic bed. She's spoiled. And in here we have a box that is
filled with
water.
We have containers
We purchased these on Amazon
Glass containers and we go we fill them up
locally. They range anywhere from 35 to 50 cents to fill up a gallon and we have four of these.
We just keep them in here so they don't get damaged. And then back behind Gracie
We actually have her toys and we have a bunch of her other stuff in containers. Right Gracie?
And she's so cute when she wants to play. She'll actually go back there and grab the toy of her choice
(Joseph) So on the left here
We have toys and things she's allowed to have access to and on the closed container over here has things like her bags, her medicine,
Things we don't want her to have access to or to get in to accidentally. So that's all in this little closed container here
And she's not happy about us jumping over her to film
And then up here
We usually keep this curtain closed just because we don't want to see all this stuff that's back here
But we actually have a pretty good organization system in place. We went to Walmart and purchase these bins
We have three total. In this bin, you have a lot of exercise equipment, my yoga stuff,
extra blankets.
In here, we just have a little box that has my steamer and a couple other things and we put them in containers and boxes
So again when we travel we don't have to worry about putting anything away.
In here we have some camera equipment up here. We have a camera bag and back there
We keep extra paper towels and other housewares. So we use this space quite a bit
One of our biggest storage spaces in the RV is actually underneath the dinette
So you saw that this part was taken up by the drawer for our kitchen stuff. Back here
We have the top comes off and there's storage here along with in this section in the middle and these two sections back here
Since this isn't always the easiest thing in the world to get into we use this to store stuff though
We're not gonna use that often
So we store our extra toilet paper back here because we buy it in big bulk sizes from Amazon
We also store our crock pot down here
We store my tools down here that are used for working on the RV and on the truck. Down here
We store our... some of Melisa's winter gear and her like tennis gear and stuff that she doesn't wear that often and
Back here, we store... we have some camera equipment right there. What else do we have back there? (Melisa) Just like holiday decorations
Yeah, so things don't use that often, but still nice to keep there. Keep it small
and again
we keep it in containers just like we do everything else so that when we're
Traveling we don't have to repackage any of that stuff and we have to worry about knocking around down there
And now we have the bathroom
The good thing about this bathroom is there's a lot of built-in storage as you can see with all the shelves and cubbies
So out here on the left. This is my cubby. So I keep my extra towels, my toiletry bag
Melisa's is over here on the right. She has her extra towels her toiletry bag
She also has these two shelves as well. She tries to tell me that one of these is half mine, but I don't know if I believe her
(Melisa) That's not true
Just like everything else
We try to store everything in
in
containers so that we can just take off without having to repackage all this stuff and unpack it every time we get to a new park.
If you go down here, we have some more cubbies as well
If you come into this drawer
We have some of Melisa's extra accessories and things like like her bracelets.
And then down here our bottom drawer
We have... keep it pretty empty because we keep in there our extra toilet paper
so we want to have space in there for our extra toilet paper and
Then we store down on the side our toilet brush and you can't see it here. But we also store our broom back here
So this is one thing we do have to move when we travel but it's not too bad because it's just a light broom
This is our medicine cabinet. We have this separated by person as well. So Melisa's is the bottom shelf
I'm in the middle and then we have a shared one on top. This is one thing
We do have to actually
Separate out when we travel because we got to put this into a bin
We have a little collapsible mesh bin that we can put everything in and store it in the bathtub for when we travel
You can see we have storage down here for all of our extra bathroom stuff
So we have things like our our steamer that we use to iron clothes. We have things like Melisa's extra make up
We have some healthcare stuff. We have some medicine, first-aid, a little bit everything again
It is all stored in bags and in boxes and containers
So that it's not jostling around there for a couple reasons because we don't want to break
We also don't want to mess up our plumbing down there.
Last but not least is our bathtub
We don't store a ton in the bathtub
But we do have Melisa's shower kit. This is her shower caddy
She takes when she goes to the shower, so all of her stuff is in there, and it's a little hard to see...
I'll pull back the curtain but we also have this thing that hangs on the curtain rod itself for extra storage
So we have shampoos. We have some soaps some of my contact lens stuff all stored right here
It's a nice way to keep it out of the way when we're traveling and also when we're just in the RV park
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Say goodbye
She just says get that camera out of my face. Is that all you're saying?
