How We Organised Our Shed

It’s the posts that you don’t think will be popular that end up being! I wrote about our Waltons shed and the Plastic Shed Base we used to build our shed on back in the Spring and they went down really well. So I thought I would share how we organised our shed, as I think some of our ideas are really good and they’ve made such a difference to the space we’ve used. 

How We Organised Our Shed

As we are demolishing the garage it is much bigger than our shed so we needed a good clear out first, Facebook marketplace has been brilliant for selling items quickly and fee-free. It is amazing what people want from you, one person’s junk is another persons treasure they say! Starting off with a nice fresh, clear, clean space made things really easy to see what we wanted to fit into the shed. Nothing went in this shed unless it had a need or want! 

Old Kitchen Used As Shed Storage 

We have been keeping hold of our old kitchen in the garage, hoping one day to build a workbench area. We had enough units and worktop to cobble together one for the shed. I think it works perfectly in here, great for storing all the shed tools inside, making it look tidy.

This leaves the workbench area free to be able to work on. Kev has never had a fixed workbench so he’s in his element with this! Will it stay this tidy though?!

DIY Pegboard 

I love this! A while ago I wanted to try and make a pegboard for my office area, it didn’t turn out how I wanted and we ended up making a Home Office Noticeboard instead which I love and works much better as a noticeboard. However, we kept the pegboard as I knew it would be perfect for Kev’s tools and keeping them to hand. 

We just painted up an MDF sheet that was cut to size, then used our Ryobi cordless drill to drill all the holes throughout the board. Saw up some dowels and hammer them into each hole. 

It’s a long job, but well worth it in the end when the pegboard is finished and you can line all your tools upon it and easy to see and grab what you want. 

Bike Storage 

The bikes were a big reason we needed to have a shed so big! With five of us, they really do take up a lot of room. So we needed to come up with something that was useful at keeping them upright and compact. A pallet! 

Pallet bike storage is perfect for holding them together in one place, and it’s also easy to be able to grab them out of this slot as well. We cut one in half so it didn’t take up as much room, it just holds the front wheel in place. 

We also used an IKEA toy storage hanger to place the helmets in. I just cut the hole bigger than they were to be able to fit them in. 

Hooks Hooks and More Hooks!

Everything now has a place in this shed. Kev has thought about where each item is going and put hooks in that hold that item perfectly in that slot. Go for different shaped hooks, screws, nails and bars. As long as it does the jobs then perfect. 

Add More Struts Across 

Don’t be afraid to add more wooden beams to the shed to provide you with more places to attach things and wider areas to attach your hooks. We’ve just added in pieces of wood we already had, like decking boards here! 

Shelving Brackets Above Doors 

Add long shelving above the doors to make use of this space, we just used brackets we already had, but also made some out of wood! These are great to place long pieces of wood along above the doors and windows, so you don’t waste space. 

Shelving Units 

It’s good to invest in a good quality shelving unit in the shed as they’re brilliant at storing more heavier items on as their designed to withstand large amounts. This one is from FFX and can take up to 200kg in weight on each shelf! 

Which is really good as we have really loaded it up with some quite heavy stuff and it hasn’t struggled in any way at all. It was really quick and easy to put together, with a boltless design there were no tools required to put it together. 

Tool  Box 

Having a decent-sized toolbox is a great idea as well as you can either fill it with tools or use it as a carrier to and from your jobs. He has a good clear out of his old toolboxes found a home for all the tools and screws, which then left this one free to carry around. Making the trips to and from the shed a lot less! 

Shoe Storage! 

No, we don’t store our shoes in the shed now! But we had an old IKEA shoe storage box that works perfectly for storing things like garden gloves and secateurs etc. It’s placed by the door so I can quickly find them! 

Make Use Of The Roof 

We have used metal support bars and attached them in between the roof struts to hold up thin items against the roof. Perfect for fishing nets and spades! 

Hold Back The Doors

Being able to hook back the doors as well has been great, we went for a shed with double doors so we could get things in and out easily, but also have as much light going inside too. But the doors always swing shut if left. We purchased these little hooks which do the job! 

Lock It Up! 

Once you’ve got everything in your shed you want a decent padlock on. We picked this really solid Yale padlock, but we’ve also got our Arlo CCTV looking over the garden too.  

I hope you found some great ideas, but let me know if you have anymore! 

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