Where do you keep your stuff on a boat?

So this question comes up a lot. Yes, I am going to live on a 35 foot boat. Yes, that means downsizing. But it also means getting creative. In my internet searches I have found a lot of ideas.

Here are a few:

• Drawers in your stairs

I love these drawers in the stairs. It is such a good use of space and looks awesome. Unfortunately, this would not work on my boat because I have a latter, not stairs,

I would need to do some renovations to make the drawers work, so maybe I will use this idea in a future boat.

• Drawers under the benches. 

This one is great for those big bulky items like blankets. I also hate the idea of having to remove cushions to get to storage. Pulling out a drawer is so much easier and so convenient.

• Pocket shelves

This one isn't boat specific, but I thought the design would be great for a boat because the pockets keep things contained when the waves start rolling when your out sailing.

• Food Hammocks and Hooks

This one is cute and nautical. Food hammocks work great for fruits and veggies. The hooks are great too with the limited cabinet space for mugs. Just make sure whatever you rig up is secure enough to hold the mugs when you are healed over far. 

**Where do you keep your stuff on your boat?

Found a Boat!!!!

Can I say one thing? FINALLY!!!!!! After months of looking, Sam and I have found our first home! It is so exciting and such a relief. 

We found a partially done project boat in Maryland this past week and have agreed on a price with the owner.

It is a 1972, Chris Craft Caribbean in excellent condition. Less than 100 hours on the engine!!! It has new ports (soon to be installed windows), new custom carpets, new black bamboo floor in the main salon (living room area), new custom sail cover, new sink for the head (bathroom), new electronic equipment, new stove, new custom cushion covers, a generator…and there is definitely more that I am not remembering right now!

We decided not to haggle or play hard ball on this one for two reasons: 1) because the boat was priced reasonable low considering its condition and features and 2) because the owner was so nice and offered us additional things that he had originally bought for the boat, if we met him at his price (i.e. generator, electronic equipment).

I’m sorry I don’t have a lot of good pictures, I have been informed by Sam that taking pictures is not my strong suit. Anyway, consider these the before pictures and check in throughout the next couple of weeks and months to see the progress. 

This is the layout

 This is a booth (table needs to be installed). Look at those bamboo floors and white B-board!!! 

I'm in love!

This is the v-birth cabin. To the right is the head (bathroom).

This is the aft (back) cabin. To the left is a head (soon to be made into a walk-in closet and pantry).

Instead of having the two small beds on each side, we might do a couch that folds into a queen bed. 

Contact Me

Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments!

Lauren Nash
Laurenn242@gmail.com

Give Your Trashcan A Nautical Makeover

Give that old trash can a makeover by hot gluing some rope around the outside. For finishing touches I recommend gluing a thick ribbon a couple inches from the top rim, maybe navy blue to go with the nautical theme. You can always add detail with an anchor emblem or whatever you like!

Enjoy and happy crafting!

**Picture provided by http://www.hometalk.com/2169587/100-bathroom-makeover-reveal

About Me

My name is Lauren Nash. I am a 21-year-old college student studying at The Kings College in the wonderful city of New York. I currently live in New Jersey and commute to the city.

This coming summer there are going to be some major changes in my life. Come August, I am marrying my boyfriend of four years, the ever-so-wonderful Samuel Holmes, and moving onto a sailboat in Jersey City. Yes, you heard me, MOVING ONTO A SAILBOAT!!! Yes, I am utterly aware of how crazy that sounds. But are you aware of how crazy cool that sounds too?!

I have always thought that I wanted to get married young so that I can have a bunch of adventures with my partner, and boy is Sam getting right on board with that (pun intended). Within only a few weeks of getting engaged, Sam randomly asked me “Hey, want to live on a boat?” I think my answer was somewhere along the lines of “HA HECK NO!”

But within two days, I was the one scouring the internet for sailboats every chance a got and texting Sam every time I found something interesting. My internet browser filled with bookmarks of possibilities in only a week. I’m hooked on this crazy idea and find myself reading other boat-dwellers blogs and articles constantly. While, I have grown up sailing, I honestly have little idea of what I am getting myself into. But I know this, it is going to be an adventure. 

Stay tuned into the blog and follow my journey as I discover my path to this adventure!