Adventures of the Throne -First Stop, Our RV Water Closet!

My very dear friend Hive account@brittandjosie is always posting these amazing photos; one of the themes she uses causes me to giggle for some time: #toiletthursday. I guess it is just the 10-year-old in me, but wasn't that a great age to be?

There are no rules for this tag really, just find a bathroom and talk about it. Since I find so many awesome bathrooms on our travels to so many places within the United States, I thought this might be a great project to take on.

Thanks Hive account@brittandjosie for a really interesting project.

You are a true inspiration!

I wanted to start this project out with a very close to home bathroom, my own. Scott and I live in a fifth-wheel recreational vehicle. It has a "gooseneck hook up" that is pulled behind a truck. If you are interested in what this looks like and how it works, please click play on the video below.

Usually, the bedroom is above the gooseneck and the living area is towards the back of the trailer. What is in between the two is a bathroom or what I jokingly refer to as the "Water Closet". I do so because it is normally no bigger than an oversized closet with running water.

This area between the two rooms is 4 feet long by 2.5 feet wide. It is not much larger than the hallway it is. It is surprising just how much space there actually is in this little area. Let's take a look.

To the right, as I am sure you noticed, is a sink area. We have a little storage under the sink and a medicine cabinet above. The medicine cabinet has three shelves with a lip to keep items from falling out. I have put placed a small green basket below the mirror/cabinet combo to help Scott store his shaver. This enables it to be plugged up to the charger and have easy access early in the mornings.

Next to the sink is a closet at the top and three drawers below. At the top of the closet area is a rack made to hold clothing on hangers. We use this area, however, for storing a few odds and ends. One of the drawers below store tools, another stores craft supplies, while the third holds manuals and various paperwork for the RV.

You can see the clothes rack is not like a rack you have in your home. It has holes in which hangers can be placed enabling the hangers to stay in place as the RV moves about.

Here we have odds and ends being stored until we know exactly what we will do with them. At this time it is wasted space, but it does have pretty artwork in it. The painting is one of my own and it was made for my mother-in-law in 2009.

Let us now take a look at the left side of the bathroom. Here you will find a door with a mirror. The door is opened up to reveal the actual toilet and shower. It is 4 feet from the shower wall to the storage closet. I love the shower curtain we decided to go with. It is a colorful map of the world and is mostly clear. This helps the room not feel quite as small as it truly is.

You can see the shower looks as most do with a showerhead. This is a unique set up because it has a way to turn the water on and off at the showerhead. This enables you to do what is called a military shower. This room has a small ceiling fam and a small window.

Turning on the fan and opening up the window will help to keep out those "natural" bathroom smells and mildew.

On the opposite wall from the shower There is a closet that is about the same size as the one in the hallway area. We have put in some shelves and storage bins to help us keep the area somewhat organized. This is another closet that can be used for clothing if we chose, but it works great for holding our linens, toilet paper, and such.

We finally come to the actual toilet! This is not your average one either. Yes, it is ceramic, but it is taller than the normal stools in most RVs. This stool does not have a normal flusher either, but it is a foot pedal. This is one of my favorite things about this bathroom. I do not have to worry about touching the flush handle. This is a feature I wish all toilets would go with.

This is a very simple room and it seems to be cramped, but when you open the shower/toilet room's door and close the sliding door to the bedroom, you have a good-sized area that provides the privacy you would need.

If you would like more information about how the actual bathroom in an RV works, take a look at the video from RVs Northwest. They have done a great job putting an informative video together. Just click on the video to start.

The RV bathroom we have is not horrible, but it is definitely not luxurious. It is just a bathroom with an interesting toilet set up. What do you think of the foot pedal system? Do you think it would be a good or bad thing? Why? Put your comments below and let's talk about toilets!

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