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Extra Drawer storage

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:47 pm
by Greynomad
I reckon we all need more drawers in our m/hs than they are fitted with.
Here's how we tripled the storage in one drawer.
Everyone has a 'third drawer down'...
Top drawer: Cutlery
Second drawer: Cooking utensils
Third drawer: Odds & sods used occasionally.
And it's usually a shambles.
We measured our drawers and found a plastic cutlery insert of the right size. I trimmed the long sides so it would drop in and clear the drawer frame, while remaining on top of the drawer sides. This created a sliding carrier for the more frequently used and smaller items. As a bonus, the plastic insert came with a sliding insert of its own... so we have an insert in an insert in the drawer, which has a larger cutlery insert to organise the larger items!
( :? Are you still with me?)
Here's what it looks like:
Cutlery drawer.jpg
(Dottie,
Note the spelling... ;) )

Re: Extra Drawer storage

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 4:49 pm
by BruceS
Wonderful! I notice there is even a "Bills here" section?
Did you copy that off Norman's Iveco? (I already inherited one of 'em!)

Re: Extra Drawer storage

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 12:32 am
by Greynomad
BruceS wrote: Sat Sep 15, 2018 4:49 pm Wonderful! I notice there is even a "Bills here" section?
Did you copy that off Norman's Iveco? (I already inherited one of 'em!)
Nup!
An original thort...😝

Re: Extra Drawer storage

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:54 pm
by mottleemob
We have the same in our van
cheers Phil
:mrgreen:

Re: Extra Drawer storage

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:28 pm
by Greynomad
Proves the old adage: “Great minds think alike.”
😜

Re: Extra Drawer storage

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:55 pm
by BruceS
................. or plagiarism? ..................

Re: Extra Drawer storage

Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:42 am
by Dot
BruceS wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:55 pm ................. or plagiarism? ..................
I don't think the master of that is on here :lol: :geek:

Re: Extra Drawer storage

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:32 pm
by Greynomad
Never saw any other traveller — m/h or caravanner — do anything like this.
Just happened to notice that cutlery inserts were roughly as long as our drawers are wide.
So measured accurately and started taking a tape measure to shops. Found a fit and modified it to slide.
Simple solutions are often developed by many people independently.
Got another one — when I take the pics — which WAS shamelessly copied from something I spotted near an unoccupied van a while ago. Made my own mods (improvements?) to the original idea, though. Couldn’t get close to the original, so came up with my own solutions.
Didn’t have the opportunity to quiz the owner, but if I knew who it was I’d credit him/her.
Will also re-post here another ORIGINAL wrinkle on a common camping accessory which I posted on the C#%A forum coupla years ago... later. 🤗