- Items used for a common task are stored together. Old draws are great holders as they are strong.
- When in use they are on some work table or board. But once finished they need to be placed back into the correct storage area.
The photo on the left shows an old draw that I use to hold most of the common hand tools and supplier needed for stained glass work. The box sits on a light box also used for glass work.
The brush and small ball preen hammer used for glass work is to the right of the storage box. This compact area is just to the right of my work bench.
The box many look like a mess but all the common glass tools are in a small space and I can find what I need quickly.
The second photo shows a portion of an old three shelf bookcase. My router sits on the top of the left half of the case. The left leg of the router stand is just visible in the center of the image and the bottom of the router motor is near the right upper side of the photo.
The photo shows just the left side of this long bookcase. The shelves may look like they are packed full and just a mess. But that is not the case. As an example, the middle shelf has the following type of tools, going left to right:
- Pliers - locking, cutting and regular.
- Sheet metal cutting tools, both left and right handed ones.
- Screw drivers and hex head drivers.
- Finally, a number of different hammers.
So on this shelf area there are perhaps 75 to 100 different hand tools. But they are in groups and I can usually find the desired tool in under a minute. But if the tool was not put back in the correct area then I'm in trouble.
So my maximize space theory is that if there is some order to your personal chaos a small area can hold a fantastic number of individual items all available to you with a short search!
