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Caravan storage ideas

Whether yours is a compact tourer or even if it offers the relatively palatial roominess of a static caravan, the fact is that clever and imaginative storage ideas will always come in handy.

So, let’s get creative and review some of the clever storage ideas that can help transform the tidiness and order inside your caravan:

Out with the old – and unused

  • space is likely to be at a premium in any caravan – static holiday home, touring caravan, or campervan;
  • the first golden rule, therefore, is to free up space by ditching anything you do not use – if you didn’t use it at least once during the last holiday season, it’s almost certainly worth ditching it for this year;

Stackable bins

  • some of the most versatile and adaptable storage solutions are made simply by investing in some stackable bins;
  • typically made out of long-lasting plastic, they can be slipped under furniture or stacked one on top of the other – and have the added advantage of portability so that you can carry stored items into and out of your caravan;

Re-think your wardrobe

  • being creative with storage space might involve re-thinking the existing layout to mould it more closely to your particular needs, suggests DIY Campervan;
  • a standard wardrobe with a rail from which to hang your clothes might be all very well at home or to suit someone else’s dress sense but do you really need that full-width rail;
  • by halving the length of the hanging rail, you could make room for more shelves in the remaining part of the wardrobe if these give you more useful storage options;

Shoe racks and organisers

  • when you’re enjoying the outdoor life, you’re likely to go through several changes of shoes during any one day – and shoes are notoriously difficult to keep up together and all in one place in a caravan;
  • different shoe racks and organisers give you several options for storing them;
  • some of these feature handy “pockets” in which to slip the shoes and can be foldable and stowable;

Save space in the kitchen

  • one of the areas where you might start getting rid of kit you don’t actually use is in the kitchen or galley – it’s unlikely to be spacious in the first place, so make the most of any opportunity to give yourself more room;
  • ditch pots, pans, and kitchen gadgets you do not use and create extra space by hanging baskets in which to store fruit and vegetables;
  • avoid buying bumper packs of food that you’re unlikely to finish from one trip to the next – starting somewhere as simple as your spice rack, where you can put the necessary amounts of spices in small tic-tac boxes rather than individual bottles for rarely used herbs and spices;

Eyes up

  • it’s not only in the kitchen where a hanging pantry can make use of valuable space just below the ceiling;

Lights out

  • at the end of the day, you’ll want to curl up and make yourself comfortable in a bed that also keeps the book you’re reading, the glasses you’re wearing, or the smartphone you always keep handy well within reach;
  • at home that’s likely to be your nightstand or bedside table – furniture that’s going to occupy altogether too much space in your caravan;
  • a clever – and just as effective – alternative is to hang a fabric or canvas caddy over the side of your bed and use its various inbuilt pockets to store those essential bits and bobs you need to keep with you when you go to sleep;
  • if you’re feeling at all ambitious, you might even take this idea a step further and make your own storage “headboard” – which has similar pockets dotted across it – as described by the American website Do It Yourself RV.

Summary

In any living area, creative storage solutions can be a big help in bringing order and tidiness to your home. When that holiday home is a caravan, every inch of space is likely to be worth its weight in gold – and, so, storage solutions take an even higher priority.

As we have shown, there are already on the market any number of ingenious approaches to bringing order to potential chaos within the confines of your caravan. Bring your own imagination and creativity to bear and you might come up with even more bright ideas.

Further reading: Clever static caravan storage ideas and Must have accessories for your ‘van.