ANDREW (ET AL): I NEED A COAT CLOSET IN MINE! HELP!

[xe1ufo]

Dear friends:

For many reasons, I am going for a 4 by 10 design. (My bride and I still fit in less than a full size bed just fine.) I want 7-foot of bedroom, 2 feet of galley and 1 foot of closet.

I need a way to hang up a couple of Sunday-go-to-meeting suits in my Teardrop design. Please tell me what you think of this crazy idea:

Many have rounded (true Teardrop-shaped) fronts, and then add a storage pod of some sort on the tongue. What if at the headboard between the chasis frame rails I have a flat closet where I can hang maybe two suits and a couple of shirts (flat up against the front wall, if you get my drift). Though the outside profile of the trailer would look rounded-Tear shape, this section would be straight down to below the floor level, inside the alleged storage pod, allowing a suit to hang there. And then I am thinking if it would be a waterproofing problem?

Or any other closet ideas?

Thanks in advance!

[angib]

Steve, I think you're absolutely right - the profile of a teardrop we 'see' is the shape of the outer six inches or so - what shape the middle bit is doesn't matter too much, providing it's not too different. So I think your idea should work just fine. I think the pictures of the Great Western trailer that Shrug has posted or the many pictures of (regular) Camp-Inns confirm this.

Andrew

[Guest]

Steve... The Kuffle Creek Comet has a closet in the nose. After all, who said a closet has to be square? I'm about at that stage and I'm trying to figure how to add a sideways rolling door for mine. the other side will be a tilt out clothes hamper.

[Michael W]

The LuxoTear has a closet in the front, it works fine for a couple of jackets, suit and a dress or two. Here are a couple of photos. The closet is on the right, the bin on the left is used as a hamper for shoes and dirty clothes.

[Steve Frederick]

My first was a Kuffle Creek Comet. You could probably add a forward closet to any profile that has a rounded front. If the profile has a fuller bilge in the front, all the better. Actually, I added a couple of inches to that curve to get a deeper closet. Mine is about 10" deep. Just add a wall to create the closet. You could get a closet that's 6 to 10 inches at it's deepest point.
Here's a shot of that cabinet, built as a bulkhead.

Add some doors and coat hooks..

[xe1ufo]

Florida Bob, Steve, Michael:

Thanks for your great input! How tall are those closets?

[xe1ufo]

Oh, sorry: Thanks also to the great and famous Andrew!

[doug hodder]

Ditto on the closet idea on the Comet...I've got one in mine and can hang shirts..except they tend to hit the bottom floor...I could have mounted the rod up a little higher...and probably will on the next one....Doug

[Michael W]

Our closet it 36 inches tall. It is 12 inches deep at the peak of the front curve, 4 inches deep at the top and bottom. More dimensions can be found on our plans page. Click on any image for a larger view.

http://westhoffdesign.com/michael/teardrop/teardrop_plans.htm

[xe1ufo]

How about a picture, Doug?