My neighbor Bob told me I was overthinking tool storage.

Bob said just hang everything on pegboard and stop trying to organize by project. I spent 3 hours reorganizing my garage after that and now I actually grab the right wrench the first time. Has anyone else found a simple setup that just works for your tool library?

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gavin801d ago

Hang on though, isn't spending 3 hours reorganizing just a sign Bob was right? You took his simple advice and turned it into an all day project. Pegboard is fine for the stuff you grab every day, but what about the specialized tools you use once a season? Now you have to dig through a wall of wrenches to find your pipe bender. Mixing a 10mm socket next to a torque wrench just because you use them for different jobs makes the whole wall useless.

fisher.taylor1d ago

Ngl I feel personally attacked because I literally spent 4 hours last weekend color coding my socket set by size and then realized I put my impact driver bits next to my wood chisels like a total clown. Bob would probably walk into my garage and just start shaking his head. But hey, at least my pegboard looks real pretty now even if I gotta dig through a pile of allen keys to find my breaker bar.

avery_stone951d ago

You said "now I gotta dig through a pile of allen keys to find my breaker bar" and that's exactly the problem. If your system makes you dig for anything it's not a system, it's just decoration. Color coding sockets is crazy because you still have to read the size on the side anyway. My garage has a simple rule: everything for the car goes in one drawer, everything for wood in another. No exceptions. That 10mm will still be right next to the ratchet when I need it. Honestly Bob would probably tell you to just toss the pegboard and buy a cheap tool chest with labeled drawers. Way faster than staring at a pretty wall trying to remember which hook has the thing you need.