Shelving in a Large Empty Wardrobe

[marbles]

We want to make better use of the closet that is about 3 feet tall by 5 feet wide. Right now it gets boxes of stuff or things are just thrown in. Does someone have ideas for drawers or shelves we could install to organize personal gear or food or whatever?
We have the 2008 Jayco 24 RKS. Across from the bathroom is the large empty wardrobe with a closet rod at the top.

Thank you,
Jeff

[Jagiven]

We did something similar, see my signature under "General Mods". I only went half way across on our HTT wardrobe. I added a couple 3/4" square furring strips, then cut metal shelving to fit the space. Used the metal shelving bracket clips and screwed to the furring strips or to the wardrobe framing. We picked up baskets in advance to know the height separation of the shelves required. What you do not see, I added a scrap piece of metal shelving vertically between the two sections of the wardrobe so the baskets cannot slide forwards and into the coat hanging section. To secure the vertical section, I used a couple zip ties, as I was not sure if I wanted to keep it or not. Been there since the summer of 2012.

[Force]

Metal shelves from Lowes might work for you, which I added to the wardrobe closet of my last camper, similar to Jagiven:

[Mustang65]

Originally Posted by Force

Metal shelves from Lowes might work for you, which I added to the wardrobe closet of my last camper, similar to Jagiven:

Good idea... was planning on using the wooden shelves but decided against it due to the added weight
Don

[troutslayer]

I have a modification for that area. If you go to my handle and click on albums you can see pictures.

[jloco]

Originally Posted by Force

Metal shelves from Lowes might work for you, which I added to the wardrobe closet of my last camper, similar to Jagiven:

Nicely done! The shelving looks great, while still leaving some of the closet available for hanging items! I don't need the whole closet for hangables, but I certainly want some hangable space.

[marbles]

That is what I was looking for. A picture says a thousand words. I will use yours for a parts list. Exactly what I wanted.

[Force]

Glad to help!

Apologies if I'm pointing out the obvious, but if you don't have a pair, you'll need a set of bolt cutters to cut the shelves down to size (a Lowe's employee could also do that for you if you had the measurements with you). You can also cut them with a hand held grinder / cutting wheel.

Lowe's also sells extra rubber end caps so you can cover any resulting sharp metal edges

Hard to tell from the pic, but I used zip ties to secure each shelve to the horizontal support too (probably overkill, just didn't want them to shift around during travel)

Good luck!

[marbles]

Good thought on the end caps. I will use my angle grinder to cut the shelves to fit. I am looking for some type of rod to be placed at the end of the shelves so things do not slide off the open end. I should be able to find a white vinyl covered rod to stick through the open space somewhere.

[Force]

Originally Posted by marbles

Good thought on the end caps. I will use my angle grinder to cut the shelves to fit. I am looking for some type of rod to be placed at the end of the shelves so things do not slide off the open end. I should be able to find a white vinyl covered rod to stick through the open space somewhere.

If I had to do it over again, I'd have cut the metal shelf 2-3" longer so I could bend the rods up vertically on that open side, solving that issue.

In practice, we always had jackets and sweatshirts hanging in the closet and that was enough to prevent anything on the shelves from sliding over too far.

[Force]

Another option would be adjustable tension rods. I use these in some of the cabinets to prevent food etc. from falling forward when you open the door

Amazon link

[marbles]

I bent the last one inch up. Will use tension rods in open cabinets.

[Jim-n-Ash]

We have a lot of hangables, as we take our tartan gear to Highland Games - but underneath we have a couple of drawers. We put them in parallel to the back, so they open to the middle, and they fit snugly between the outside wall and the vent pipe. (Our closet is in the bathroom.) We tried the drawers stacked in the middle, but over bumpy roads, they'd fling themselves out and dump our clothes on the floor, so we rearranged.

[coondoga1]

How did you attach the metal wire shelf to the wall?? Are there studs in the right locations or did you use wall anchors. Thanks!

[RoyBraddy]

Lowes also has a bunch of the shelves kits... Called closetmaids I think it is... These are really nice looking and easy to mod for making it fit just about anywhere...

I have used these for various thing in both the trailer and at home

https://www.google.com/search?q=clos...w=1121&bih=590

These are perfect to attach to the tops of tables/cabinets to add places to stuff things...
http://www.lowes.com/pd_39893-76182-...ductId=3277215

I have several of these that i stow in the hall of my OFF-RoAD POPUP trailer. easy to place up on the cabinets after we get setup...

Roy Ken

[oldmanAZ]

Originally Posted by coondoga1

How did you attach the metal wire shelf to the wall?? Are there studs in the right locations or did you use wall anchors. Thanks!

Welcome to the JOF.

Some folks have used 'Command' hooks to hold the shelves. I plan to use this method when the DW gives up her hanging space. The nice thing about this method is that it is easily 'undone' or shelves rearranged whenever needed.

Some have wondered if the covering material on the wall will hold adequately or will peel off. As far as I know, no one has reported a problem with the covering material peeling.

There are other methods, but I stopped thinking about them when a JOF member suggested the Command hooks.

[apr1967]

On my last RV I used cheap laminate flooring to make the shelf with 1x2 as the supports. It was light and looked pretty good.

[Force]

I used 1" drywall screws to hold the vertical brackets to the wall. I made no attempt to find a stud, not putting all that much weight on the shelves with just clothing.

Admittedly, I also crossed my fingers that I didn't put a screw through any electrical wires.

[sbpatterson]

I used the same setup as Force but I installed the shelves facing the other way. I screwed the supports into the inside of the wardrobe face frame (i.e. support arms face toward exterior wall of trailer. I felt this allowed me to secure it to something and also hides the supports (ie. don't see them on the back wall).

[pervinpatty]

We have the same large closet in our bathroom. I added a hanging shelf to ours and fill the shelves with towels, extra sheets shoes etc etc. I can still put boxes of things on one side, hang coats n brooms on the other. And it's lightweight cause it's fabric