Building a Tool Rack Inside Your Shed
An organized shed can make all the difference when it comes to working on your homestead or backyard garden. By having tools within reach, less time is wasted searching for trowels or untangling hoses.
There are plenty of tool storage racks designed to fit seamlessly into shed spaces. Here are a few great examples:
Organize Your Shed’s Walls
No matter if it’s an outdoor storage shed or just an empty corner, tools and equipment can quickly accumulate on its walls, leading to clutter. Use some innovative shed organization ideas to keep it clutter-free.
Attach some simple utility hooks to the walls of your shed to keep rakes, brooms and mops organized for use during projects. They will keep items from cluttering workbenches or floors while making it easy to retrieve tools when required for projects.
Wooden crates are an economical and straightforward DIY shed hack, perfect for adding rustic charm while simultaneously offering convenient storage solutions. Use them to keep garden supplies, toolboxes and your wheelbarrow in order.
Installing a DIY garden hose holder is an efficient and straightforward way to keep the hose untangled and out of the way, while creating an additional tool rack from wooden pallets provides extra shed storage capacity.
Mason jars make an effective storage solution in any shed, including holding screws, nails and other hardware as well as paintbrushes if it doubles as an art studio or space. Labels provide another easy and cost-effective shed organization tool that makes finding what you’re searching for much simpler when the time comes to use the tools stored there.
Organize Your Shed’s Floor
Your shed’s floor serves as the basis of its structure, so it’s vitally important that it can support all your equipment. Deck blocks offer an affordable solution that keeps your shed floor secure; these convenient storage bins keep tools off the ground and away from moisture and dust build-up.
Install a tool rack with multiple hooks for holding items such as rakes and shovels to maximize floor space in your shed. Furthermore, these racks also come equipped with hooks designed to store ladders and garden hoses out of the way and out of sight. Furthermore, add a hose hanger behind the shed door for easier knot-free reach!
Add free-standing shelves to your shed as another great way of organizing its floors and improving storage efficiency. They’re great for housing plastic bins and containers, while you can easily shift them up or down to accommodate different items within it. For optimal tool storage use a shelf with grid lines on it so they won’t fall off during opening/closing of shelves.
Magnetic strips are an effective way of keeping metal tools organized in your shed. Magnetic strips prevent tools from moving around too freely in their drawer, making cleaning much simpler. Mason jars provide another great storage option, keeping paint brushes and art supplies from getting lost among all of your tools while making cleanup quick and simple when working on projects. You could even mount a pegboard on the wall so all your tools remain visible and easily reachable.
Create a Shed Wall Organizer with Slat Panels
Slat wall storage is one of the best ways to maximize use of space in your shed or garage walls. These grooved panels can be mounted with hooks and accessories compatible with them to store tools, sports equipment, outdoor gear and more. Slatwall systems are flexible enough for reconfiguring as your needs change over time – providing easy storage solutions tailored specifically for each of your tools and accessories.
As you consider which slat wall to purchase, take into account your space, storage needs, and budget. MDF slatwall offers an affordable option with balanced cost/performance performance while metal can hold heavy equipment. No matter which you select, be sure to secure it using proper mounting techniques – furring strips may help strengthen panels while anchors on walls will increase load-bearing capacities.
Dependent upon the size and layout of your shed, installing multiple rows of slatwall may be necessary to maximize space usage. When mounting multiple rows, be sure that there is an even gap between each row; otherwise this will cause gaps or loose sections which could pull unevenly over time.
Slatwall provides another advantage, in that it can be painted any color to suit your decor, and most systems are built for long-term performance. Choose between PVC, MDF and metal panels – each moisture resistant and designed to resist rusting – for your slatwall system if you want an affordable and easy way to organize your shed or garage with it.