 Hey guys and welcome back to the channel this video is going to be slightly different than what you are used to because it's going to be a gear Organization transformation, but first story time once upon a time I moved to a new house with high hopes to build a nice neat storage space in the garage for my hiking and backpacking gear That looks like this this or maybe this and then the coronavirus hit or at least that's what I'm trying to tell myself That project got deep prioritized so that we can focus on better things like Backpacking in the badlands or climbing to the highest peak of South Dakota We're seeing Montrashmore for the first time and a couple of other things in between Instead I came up with the temporary solution of using this storage space in the house to organize all the hiking and backpacking gear That was just brought in in the garage and it changed from this into this And this is what you are going to watch next. So enjoy the show All right, so I started by bringing all of the hiking and backpacking gear that I own in one spot And that's the hallway so a lot of backpacks sleeping bags tents trekking poles Some knickknacks and it was really helpful to kind of look at everything that I have Go through it see what I use on a regular basis things that I don't need See if I have to donate them or throw them So that was very helpful, and it's just amazing how I was able to find in every single room a piece of gear All right, so now let me introduce you to this messy embarrassing storage space in my house that clearly has tons of Unnecessary things things that I probably never use. Oh my god. Look at this bag It's probably six years old and I never used it before but anyway So just a lot of go up the chair down the chair try not to break anything Get rid of things that I don't need and that's going to be the new home for my backpacking gear making progress All right, it's giving it the thumbs up looking happy celebration dance Yeah, that's looking much better So I kind of knew that I wanted to start with the big threes and that is backpacks Sleeping system including sleeping pads sleeping bags pillows and hammocks and the tent so the first shelf I dedicated it for the sleeping bags just because it was a little bit higher and Larger than the other ones and I was very happy that I was able to fit all of the backpacks in one spot so these are pretty much our back packing bags our Bags for day hikes and then some small camel bags for running and such and Then the second shelf I dedicated this one to tents. I have pretty much Four people tents and then a two people tent and two camping chairs one for me one for Alex And then I also placed this lamp this lonely little lamp that we got for a Car camping trip to New Mexico. I believe I really liked this lamp because they had the USB plug So I was able to use it to charge my phone at night and Then the third shelf I dedicated it to sleeping bags We have a couple of them with different temperatures and then sleeping pads pillows and Hommix so that's starting to look a lot nicer and I was happy to get all the big Trees out of the way just because they are bulky and they take a lot of space So now that I got most of the heavy bulky gear out of the way I'm going to spend a good amount of time on these little knickknacks Just to kind of organize them and categorize them so that it's easy for me to store All right, so next are the little knickknacks and that was not my favorite part Just because I had to go through everything and sort in details So a bunch of hats I see there. I'm giving it a thumbs up. I'm not sure why But yeah, so a bunch of electronics gloves Actually see cheese sticks there. What is it doing there? That's embarrassing whoop dump everything Some board games trekking poles hats toiletry So the plan was to come up with the categories just so that it's easier I see that I mean put in all the toiletry in that box there Batteries oh That's a game. It's actually a board game that we bought from one of the national parks It was really fun to play. Oh dreamcatcher see hand warmers ropes Holy moly I Don't think that I own a lot of gear But at the same time when I look at this it just makes me think that it's still a lot The only time I probably used hand warmers was in yellow stone Because the temperature was really brutal. It was so very cold Not the best categorization style, but it's a start. So I've got utensils knives maps electronics here We've got hygiene stuff. I've got headlamps sunscreen tape So I knew that I needed additional bins for storage, but I didn't want to buy them randomly So instead what I did was grab a pen grab a piece of paper and try to plan it out ahead of time And I basically just draw shelves and boxes based on the categories that I identified And so that really helped me plan how many bins I needed and from there I took a trip to the targets nearby as well as home goods I initially wanted to go with the white and gray as a color palette, but I didn't find a lot of options So instead I ended up with the gray and pink and I really like these boxes or bins because they were covered And I had an option to either keep the lid on or remove it based on what I want to do with it I got some more containers these two baskets here that I got from home goods and then I got this large one For heavier items probably water bladders will fit good in there especially that it's open and I can reach easily and I already see that I have two boxes on the shelf there So I used one of them for the propane canisters as well as the jet boil and then the larger one I dedicated it for Gloves and I was actually very surprised at how many winter gloves I have and then the other two bins Just fighting my way through cutting the piece of plastic there, but I used one of them for sunscreens as well as Toiletry Yep, that's exactly what it is because I can see my go-go And the second bin I used it for hand warmers as well as emergency blankets I love love love emergency blankets. I take them with me on pretty much every hike never use them, but They can come in very handy in emergencies and I probably use this bin to store my covers my raincovers So that worked out pretty well and Then I use this gray bin to store all of the hydration bladders that we have as well as some of our filtration systems This is what I use to filter the water if we are going on backpacking trips and we need water for Cooking as well as drinking You're using it to store some cups as well. Oh, never mind. No cups and cover that Put it on the shelf And we're grooving I don't have footage for the next shelf But I pretty much just follow the same with additional bins and I stored my Crampons my rain gators and some electronics and the last step I placed some hooks on the door to place my beautiful dream catchers And I just thought that it's going to give it a bit more personality And now they will have a place to call home because they were just thrown everywhere. I Remember that Alex gifted me two of them and then the third one was given to us during our tour in Antelope Canyon So I am very happy with the results. This looks very nice so far. I'm happy that I was able to fit everything in there I was hoping that I can also place hiking shoes and boots in there But I didn't have enough space, but this was good enough as a temporary solution And I'm really happy with the results Now if you guys will find value in this video But I know that some of you over on Instagram really like that when I was sharing daily updates And some of you helped me actually pick the colors for the bins because I was just kind of lost in there and indecisive So thank you guys for helping me out And if you haven't followed us on Instagram, please do because we shared the behind the scenes of all of our adventures So thank you guys again for watching if you like this video Give it a thumbs up and consider subscribing to our channel your tracking path Habiba and Alex and we'll see you soon on new adventures