Top 17+ Ideas For Storing Tools of All Kinds

Foam Ball Tool Storage

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Here's a great way to store pointed tools for instant availability.
  • Drill 5/8-in. holes through a few 4- or 5-in. foam craft balls (available at craft stores), and skewer and glue them along a 5/8-in. dia. dowel with construction adhesive.
  • Screw together a 3/4-in. wood bracket, drilling a stopped 5/8-in.-diameter hole 1/2 in. deep in the bottom end and a 3/4-in. hole through the upper end.
  • Screw the bracket at a convenient height, slide in the foam balls and load them up with pointed tools.

New Angle on Small Tool Storage

Foam Ball Tool Storage, New Angle on Small Tool Storage, Behind the Door Storage: Tool-Apron Storage, Cutlery Tray Tool Chest, Electrical Box Toolholders, Corner-on Pegboard Hooks, Tidier Tool Trays

Find a bare spot on a wall or workbench and screw on a 2-ft. piece of 2-in.-wide, slotted angle iron available at home centers. It's the perfect hangout for screwdrivers, bits, safety glasses and sanding drums.

Behind the Door Storage: Tool-Apron Storage

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Tool aprons can be modified to store nearly any household item. Just sew a variety of pocket widths in the aprons, then mount the aprons by screwing a wood strip through the top of each and into a door. For hollow-core doors, use hollow anchor fasteners to hold the screws firmly to the door.

Cutlery Tray Tool Chest

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Be honest! Somewhere you have a tool drawer bursting with a combination of screwdrivers, nail sets, tape rolls, utility knives, scissors, scrapers, measuring tapes, files and knives. And often you have to dump everything out to find one tool.

One solution: Fit a large cutlery tray (about $3 at Walmart or Target) in the drawer to organize the tools so you can see and grab the one you want in a second. The tray is easy to lift out and carry to a job, and if you use a metal mesh tray, dust can't build up between the tools.

Electrical Box Toolholders

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Junction boxes can hold a lot more than switches and wiring. Nail or screw them wherever you need handy holders for small stuff. They come in different sizes and shapes.

Corner-on Pegboard Hooks

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Ever had a plane, level or square get dinged up after falling off the pegboard? Never again. Bend an 8-in.-long pegboard holder into a corner shape by holding it in a vise and pounding it with a hammer to make the series of right angles. Make one corner to hold the left side of the tool and another to hold the right. Now just hold the tool up to the pegboard and insert the corner peg so it clasps the tool's corner.

Tidier Tool Trays

Foam Ball Tool Storage, New Angle on Small Tool Storage, Behind the Door Storage: Tool-Apron Storage, Cutlery Tray Tool Chest, Electrical Box Toolholders, Corner-on Pegboard Hooks, Tidier Tool Trays

A piece of short-pile carpet in the bottom of each tray in your tool chest will keep tools from shifting and knocking about. So the next time you open the tray, the tools will still be laid out nice and neat the way you left them. Another benefit: less noise.

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