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Winnipeg
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Dec 10, 2017

Cup, glass & plate storage

What do you use to protect your glassware (and keep it quiet) while traveling? We are tired of plastic & paper plates. We also don't want to have to wrap everything up every time we move. We want something that looks nice, easy to use, and does the job. Any ideas?

(I hope that I posted this in the correct topic area)
  • Non-skid shelf liner. Glass tumblers, dishes and bowls stay where you put them. As said above, wine glasses stay in the box.
  • I wore out two sets of wine glasses, Roy. Still on the originals?
  • For glasses, I made some little custom boxes out of cardboard and scotch tape. Each custom box holds two drink glasses. The boxes have no top. Our wine glasses are still in the original box that they came in almost 20 years ago.

    For Corelli dishes and bowls, same sizes are stacked together with a layer of bubble wrap between stacks. These and the wine glasses were purchased in 1998 and none have broken.
  • You don't say what kind of RV you have... I'm sure things rattling in a motorhome are more annoying since you're riding in there with everything. Of course, we can't hear what's going on in our fifth wheel - and the independent suspension and shocks give it a pretty soft ride, anyway. We have Corelle dishes, coffee mugs, etc., and just put them on the non-skid shelf liner we have in all the cabinets. We've never had a problem in over two years of full-timing - and 138 moves during that time.

    Rob
  • Non slip shelf liners between the plates and one on the bottom so they don't slide.

    Cut them to fit and just leave them in place all the time on the stacked dishes. As you use them and wash them it takes a second to replace the liner between them.

    My glass cups just simply get placed into a drawer in the closet where I keep my towels. Takes 2 minutes to walk them to the closet drawer. Well worth the time not to hear them rattling when I hit the road. :C