Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
Another member suggested a new forum section with new products but it doesn't look like it will be feasible. So I thought I would post this here under General RVing Issues. If enough people post (even...
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Hated the tacky brass handles on all of the cupboards, those were the first to go - replaced them all with some nice branch-style handles in a dark bronze.
We wanted a bulletin board to tack up pictures of our travels, got those 12 inch cork boards to cover the wall on the side of the fridge, tried putting them up with double sided tape (which didn't hold), so once again double-sided Eternabond to the rescue! Those squares aren't going anywhere. We've used that tape for so many things, I recommend everyone with an RV carry some with them!
For our pantry, found just the cheap slide-out wire baskets at Walmart (all of $7.99 each I think), and DH found a way to make them work, screwed the frame onto each shelf, and added wire ties to keep the drawers stable when they're slid out - they've worked out great.
He also built a nice little shelf with a front to it to go over the kitchen window, we keep our walkies talkies on it, plugged in, and on longer trips I put all my spices and our prescriptions on it, it holds a lot since it runs from the wall to the stove hood.
We had to redo our shower, and used that fiberglass product from Home Depot that is used in a lot of commercial baths, with the leftover DH cut squares to go over each vent, added velcro to the perimeter of each vent and to the squares to keep them up there, and cut the foil type installation to add to the middle of each square. It is amazing how nicely those squares match our ceiling, and they keep it nice and dark at night, and do a good job of insulating from the cold (in the bathroom with the fan, he cut it down the middle to make two pieces, with a small round part cut out for the handle with the fan switch).
We wanted a bulletin board to tack up pictures of our travels, got those 12 inch cork boards to cover the wall on the side of the fridge, tried putting them up with double sided tape (which didn't hold), so once again double-sided Eternabond to the rescue! Those squares aren't going anywhere. We've used that tape for so many things, I recommend everyone with an RV carry some with them!
For our pantry, found just the cheap slide-out wire baskets at Walmart (all of $7.99 each I think), and DH found a way to make them work, screwed the frame onto each shelf, and added wire ties to keep the drawers stable when they're slid out - they've worked out great.
He also built a nice little shelf with a front to it to go over the kitchen window, we keep our walkies talkies on it, plugged in, and on longer trips I put all my spices and our prescriptions on it, it holds a lot since it runs from the wall to the stove hood.
We had to redo our shower, and used that fiberglass product from Home Depot that is used in a lot of commercial baths, with the leftover DH cut squares to go over each vent, added velcro to the perimeter of each vent and to the squares to keep them up there, and cut the foil type installation to add to the middle of each square. It is amazing how nicely those squares match our ceiling, and they keep it nice and dark at night, and do a good job of insulating from the cold (in the bathroom with the fan, he cut it down the middle to make two pieces, with a small round part cut out for the handle with the fan switch).
