Roo Mod / Wardrobe into Pantry

[PineForestCamper]

Finished turning the wardrobe into a pantry yesterday. My 233s comes with a wardrobe that I will not find very useful. It can hold one maybe two adult coats. That seems like a poor use of space for what we will use our camper for. I was looking around at other campers online and stumbled onto Surveyor campers that use some neat brackets for their closets and instantly knew I had found the makings of my W/P mod.

I called the local Surveyor dealer and sent them a pic of what I saw online and they ordered me up some of these brackets. Purchased the cherry boards from Home Depot and I was in business. Not the cheapest mod for sure but then I wanted it to look as seamless as possible. The brackets are solid and the shelves are a perfect match in terms of color. I might add some sort of non-stick lining to keep things from sliding around but have no clue what to do with that just yet. I am very open to ideas...hint hint. :-)

[force]

That looks great! Did the dealer give you the part/model # for those brackets?

[PineForestCamper]

Thank you. It does look pretty sweet. Got a little help on the install and made for quick work. The dealer did not give me the part number. I sent the pic of the Surveyor trailer and told them it is for a closet in a SV-235. I'm 100% sure these same brackets are used in other Surveyor trailers as well. I have included a copy of the exact picture I sent my dealer.

[Wiscampsin]

Very nice job of turning not very useful space into something very useful!

[bodzcampers]

Awesome job. You can still stack clothes in there too! Nothing lost, all gain!

[Fire Instructor]

Very nicely done!

[biken201]

Nice!

[pony express]

Just wondering how much for the brackets if you don't mind me asking , and did they fit or did they need altering in anyway. how did you secure them to the thin side of the closet? thanks.

[hockeytownmom]

That's awesome! I would love to do that too, but that's where I put all of our camping chairs.

[PineForestCamper]

Ask away. Thats what this is all about. Sharing ideas and helping others. This morning I sent an email to the local Surveyor dealer that I purchased these from to get the part number.

Forest River Part #30I4337A

They are 2 feet long and cost $6 each. I purchased 8 to do this project. The brackets needed no cutting or modificiations. I cant remember how much each board cost from Home Depot. We purchased three boards and cut them to size. There was a little bit of waste. Tools we used were a level, drill, and saw. For cutting the boards we measured front and back and both measurements were not the same and were different as we went higher and lower as well. We did this to get the tightest fit and didnt want the shelves bouncing around in there. So the shelves are not square as the wardrobe is not square. We cut each shelf to fit the opening at the specific shelf height. We even were maniacs when it came to width of blade when cutting as we really wanted a snug fit but not too tight. You can move a shelf up or down a couple of notches and it still fits okay but if if I moved the top to the bottom it would not fit as well. Might be too loose for my taste but then my expectations might have been a little anal on this. It turned out great though. Very happy. I dont do much of this kind of thing either so its doable for just about anybody.

You can use some of the shelves or all of them. Remove some shelves to store chairs and still have a few shelves for extra pantry space. The brackets allow for shelves to be removed and put back into place. They are not permanent.

[gscarter100]

Awesome. Very nice mod. I was wondering what can be done with our 21SS wardrobe that I feel also is wasted space for the type camping we will be doing!

[PineForestCamper]

I posted this same mod to one other forum and another poster found the same brackets I used on a website at a fraction of the cost. Gotta love these forums for just that thing. I paid $6 per bracket and can purchase from this website for only $2.50 per and shipping would be another $10. Way better deal than going thru the dealer or direct from Forest River.

WEBSITE FOR BRACKETS
SH-SB224-BRN

[Zoso]

Looks great! Modifying the closet in my 2009 roo 233 is on my short list of mods to do this spring. My plan was to use wire shelving but I really like what you did and the brackets look easy. What did you put of the end of the shelf boards? Is that a plastic piece or some kind of veneer?

[PineForestCamper]

Those are the finished edges you see. I had to cut two of the edges (they are hidden inside) to get the boards to fit. Still on my to do list is buy a cherry colored stain marker and color the cut edges. You can only see the cuts when you remove the shelves but it will be a nice finishing touch.

Minwax Wood Finish 1/3 fl.-oz. Stain Marker-63486 at The Home Depot

[buschmann]

Looks great we did kind of the same thing but went quick and easy. We had a hanging shelf unit that just velcros around the cloths bar in the closet. Its made of cloth and hangs all the way to the floor with around 6 shelves. Its nice cause you can take the whole thing in and out in seconds and hardly any weight added to the unit. I'll try and post a picture soon.

[FloridaPhil]

Great mod!

[Bethers]

Great looking mod!!

[jbdbsb]

Made my coat closet (waste of space) into a clothes closet with open metal shelving situated like yours.

[nofitpitchin]

Love the mod of the wardrobe to pantry! It was our 2nd time out w/ 4 kids in our 233s Shamrock and there's never enough shelving space for food items and such. I used a walmart closet hanging shelf organizer and bins but it reduces the actual size of that pantry and stuff just gets tossed out of it as you are on the road. Not ideal. The shelving idea is brilliant and I found the plastic brown brackets for only $.80 a piece online this a.m. and wanted to share it with all of you! Can't wait for them to come in...they look like they are the exact ones that were ordered from Surveryor.

Wholesale Hardware, RTA Cabinets, Rolling Ladders & More | Custom Service Hardware (link below...Hope it works)

Shelf Support 24in Plastic Brown

Very excited to do this mod!!

[jbdbsb]

goodluck nofitpitchin. Hope your enjoying you 233s, we love ours. I enjoy tinkering with it. If you haven't seen all my mod's click on my user name and view my album.