Space Saving

Howdy y'all! I'm currently "Spring Cleaning" in the middle of summer. Haha. I wanted to take a quick moment to share a couple of my tips with y'all! First off-I'm putting all of our winter clothes away. Let me tell you, I am an avid lover of sweaters and Jake is a duck hunter, not to mention all of the winter work clothes he has. So it really isn't an option, in order for us to stay sane, to keep them out with the rest of our clothes. It makes so much more sense to store them away. "Where are you gonna put them?" Well, we don't have a ton of storage, but we do have some. Basically my options were under the back bunk bed, for which all the clothes would need to be completely flat. Then there's under our bed, but we store his rigging bag (he cowboys in his spare time) and our suitcases there. Finally, there's the compartment UNDER our camper at the front, which houses all of our things to set up the camper with and my paint/craft supplies. Not to mention, they'd be more exposed to the weather under there. My solution? SPACE BAGS. I know, you're thinking, "we'll duh". But I'm not necessarily using them for the "space". Space bags are airtight and protect from odor, moisture, etc. So not only will it compact all of our clothes, but also keep them safe! Problem solved :) like I said we have A LOT of winter clothes so for several, and I'm mean about 8, duck hunting jackets, all of my clothes, my jackets, my sweats, and his work clothes and jackets it took me about 7 of them. 

Therefore, if you're living the camper life, or simply have limited storage, these babies are great. 

I bought the off brand of "space bags" called Magic Bags from Walmart for $3.47 a piece for the large bags which are 21.65"X33.5". Take it, I found it pretty impossible to get them THAT flat, but they're still flat enough to help with storage. 

Another space saving tip I have for y'all is to MAKE USE OF HANGING SPACE! So many people forget how much more you can store when it's hung up. We have 2 SMALL closets on either side of our bed which don't fit much-but it's better than nothing! Now that our winter clothes are out of there, I'll be putting clothes that we don't wear that often in them. Next, we have a good sized closet by the bathroom. Since Jake gets up at 4 every morning, that's his work closet. Easy access, and easy to keep organized. It has a shelf up top for his shorts and work hats, and hanging space for shirts and pants. Finally, I created a "closet" in the back bedroom. 

It has 2 racks, one for tops and one for jeans, plus a shelf on top for Jakes cowboy hats. It serves it's purpose, but I'm not done with it yet! Notice the HANGING shoe rack- for his sperrys, my flip flops, our Tennis shoes and house shoes. It saves a ton of floor space. Our clothes that we wear on the regular hang there. 

Thanks for reading y'all! 

Keep your eyes peeled for further storage solutions posts! 

Peace, Love, and the Pipeline Life