Seattle houseboats:  Got storage?  On a recent tour through some of the Seattle floating homes in Eastlake, I decided to take a picture of one of the creative storage solutions.  Seattle houseboaters are creative by nature - I have seen cute little vegetable gardens in old floating dingies and tires, but storage is always a problem living in tight quarters.

Seattle floating homes storage issues...

Imagine just painting a room and having a few inches of paint left in the can.  Most of us would throw it in the garage for touch ups, but storage is a true premium in the Seattle houseboats community.  One well loved houseboater, Terry Pettis is remembered for his statement about having to get rid of an old pair of shoes when you got a new pair.

Because storage is at a premium in Seattle's floating home community, I thought it would be cool to show you one of the solutions that a Seattle houseboat owner came up with.  See the wood stairs?  Look pretty normal, right?  But do you see the tiny little hinges?

Look closely....

See them?

Smart Houseboat!  Okay, so let's see how this works... hmmm...  Very cool.  The stairs are the garage.  All the things I would think of to store in the garage - tools, etc. are in the stairs!  Each individual stair opens up to reveal a compartment for storage.

This is just another ingenius find in the Seattle floating home community. If you have a storage secret from your floating home, I would love to see it!

Another reason to love this ultimate Seattle waterfront homes living situation!!!!

Got storage?