Our Closet Situation

Back when we were choosing our 5th Wheel, one thing on our "must have" list (along with a pantry and a full-size fridge) was a decent-sized closet in the bedroom. Most trailers have minimal closet space, which is certainly not conducive to full-time living. The model we ended up buying has the biggest closet we saw. It takes up the space directly above the 5th wheel connection -- that odd shaped area that overhangs into the truck bed.

This space now holds the hanging clothes for both me and Chris, along with most of our shoes and a few bins, as well. A few things to note...we both definitely downsized our clothing when we moved out of our house; there is minimal space for a lot of new pieces; we also have a dresser, with three drawers each; and off-season clothes and shoes are stored in the storage area under our bed.

This is a view of all our hanging clothes. Chris' are on the left, mine are on the right.
We split it evenly. In our last house, we each had our own closet -- mine, alone, was
about the size our of current bedroom! We've certainly had to get creative here.

Above the hanging bar is a shelf area; we have a few bins here and store some odd
shaped things, like hats. This top space has a slanted wall, which makes it tricky.

In the canvas bins, Chris stores his collection of ties and I store my workout clothes and my pajamas. In front of the bins, I also store my favorite canvas bag so it is easy to grab and use.

Underneath our hanging clothes, we have a wide floor space where we store most of
our shoes. I have yet to really figure out a great solution here; currently, so the shoes
are just lined up here. The rest of our shoes are stored under the bed. If you have any
great solutions for flat shoe storage, drop me a comment!

These hangers that I found on Amazon were definitely a life-saver!! Each hanger
holds five individual hangers, and then one end drops down to hang vertically
so it takes up much less space. There is no way we could have made everything
fit without these.

Here is the end result, once one end is dropped...five hangers taking up the space of about one and  a half.

The only issue I have with this storage -- getting clothes out of the closet is pretty easy, but hanging things back up is not an easy feat. On laundry day, it takes a chunk of time for me to get everything back into the closet. Really, though...that's not a large problem, ya know?

So, there you have it :) Our storage solutions in the bedroom! Let me know what else is of interest to you :)