I’m planning to build a better shelf for my gear. Any suggestions or things you wish you had known before making one?
Maybe you could add some cubbies at the bottom?
Noor said:
Maybe you could add some cubbies at the bottom?
I was thinking of picking up a few wooden milk crates and put them in the bottom down there that way I’m not impacting or attaching anything to the walls.
@Lin
Good idea! Then you’d have extra room for everything on top. Be careful! If you’re anything like me, having more storage space will give you an excuse to buy more gear.
@Lin
I like the cubbies idea, but with wood, I’d be careful not to store anything that could snag on it. It also seems like spiders would be attracted to it more than say, plastic. Let us know if you change it! I love seeing gear storage pics and getting ideas!
You should be storing your sleeping bags in storage bags rather than in stuff bags. Or hang them individually from a coat hanger. It is much better for them to be able to breathe and to keep the insulation from being crushed, which affects loft.
@Devi
Those are synthetic quilts you’re seeing, my 0° mummy bag and 0° enlightened equipment quilt are in that giant laundry basket hiding in the corner there. (not compressed)
Lin said:
@Devi
Those are synthetic quilts you’re seeing, my 0° mummy bag and 0° enlightened equipment quilt are in that giant laundry basket hiding in the corner there. (not compressed)
Even if they are quilts I would still store them uncompressed, especially if they are synthetic.
I think you just need more gear to fill in the empty spots. This is a good starter setup though.
Finlo said:
I think you just need more gear to fill in the empty spots. This is a good starter setup though.
Haha right, I have a pulk sled and bunny boots on the way from Alaska Gear Company for now.
@Lin
The boots will be awesome I’m sure. I’ve been following their development of those for a while.
My gear closet if it helps with some storage ideas. I use some tubs and the rolling plastic trays at the bottom of mine, then some soft plastic containers to organize quilts/bags and tents/hammocks on the upper shelves. The plastic trays organize all the smaller things like stoves, pots, water bottles and treatments, lighting, gloves, hats, and all that other smaller stuff that would get lost in a big tub.
I have a weird fantasy of having a room like this one day
So many costumes!
Remove the top shelf all around and both hanging bars. Raise one hanging bar and put the second hanging bar below it. Now put all of your short-ish clothing on the bars.
Now you have one empty wall. I would install a piece of vertical plywood ceiling to floor at a 90 degree angle to the long wall. Install it just far enough away from the side wall that it creates a mini closet for you. Put a hanging bar there for any long clothes and sleeping bags you have or you might have in the future. Dress coats, suits, dresses, etc.
Use the remainder of that wall for your gear. Hanging bar up high to hang your backpacks from hangers will take up less wall space than if the backpacks hang from hooks on the wall. I have my kayak dry bags hanging there too. Shelving, cubbies, bins, and/or pegboard down low for smaller gear.
I use “sweater” hanging cubbies for small gear. Two of them contain a plastic bin for stuff that just wants to fall off the cubby shelf. A laundry basket on the floor beneath them holds bigger cumbersome stuff like my removable kayak seat, kayak booties, etc. I don’t out them in a bin because I want air to get to them to get them completely dry after I go out.
Those BD Vapor helmets dent just by looking at them. Maybe you can put them in a more happy turtle position 
Zora said:
Those BD Vapor helmets dent just by looking at them. Maybe you can put them in a more happy turtle position
They do dent easy but they are so comfy.
Some of those stackable Home Depot totes and a label maker can get you pretty far. They make a decent variety of sizes as well.
This image brought a smile to my face
I don’t wanna stereotype, but do you live in Colorado?