Organizing is Tricky Business

Since we downsized from a 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 2000 sq ft home, we have worked hard to find a spot for everything on our 32 ft boat. For the most part we have done so, there are only 4 file box sized containers and some misc camping/tool stuff stored in the trunk of our car.

The hardest things to organize right now on our boat, after 4 months of living on this boat, are the galley (food and pots/pans), our wet locker (jackets, boots, rain gear), and our linens (towels and bedding). 

1. Our unorganized wet locker

2. Our linen,piled on top of hanging locker/drawer area

3. Our not-user-friendly galley, sporting the water hose in sink while water tank is out of commission 

Here are some areas we have made progress with organizing! Yahoo!

1. Clothes

We made shelves in our forward locker. It is very deep and was used with a rod for hanging clothes, but there was so much wasted space in the back of it we decided to put in the shelves. Plus, we really don't have a need to hang clothes any more, most of our clothes are casual and can be rolled up to fit in tight spaces. Right now, we each have some drawers and a shelf for our clothes, and it works pretty good. I managed this week to get all our winter and summer clothes to fit together in our allotted spaces for clothes.

2. Fruit and veges and a pantry

We have a hanging basket for our fruit now and a net for other foods. Both work very good. But our can goods and dry goods are stored in a couple places right now with no organization. Pretty much every time we reach for a can we knock over 3-4 other ones in the process and then we cannot find the can we want, ugh!

Our net, I call it the pantry

Our new/old fruit basket (got it free and fixed it with rope)

There are many other items around the boat we have stowed or put up, which works for now, but we aren't sure if its gonna keep working. Things we stowed just to get out of the way: electronics, office supplies, games, books, sewing stuff, material for projects, tools, projects in and out of boat with all the stuff to fix them, extra blankets, important papers, toys, DVDs, CDs, and this list just keeps going! 

Here is our future plan: empty our car, keep organizing, get rid of some more stuff, keep only what we need, and stow stuff without it getting moldy or wet (which means we gotta fix the leaks!).