Hi, everyone.
I'm Alejandra from Alejandra.TV.
And in this video, I'm going to show you how to organize your tools and your hardware inside
your garage.
But first, if you're looking to get organized, you can check out my free organizing video
series on my website, Alejandra.TV.
The link is below.
OK.
So when it comes to organizing the tools in the garage, a lot of people just kind of throw
things inside the garage.
There's no real system.
And when you need something, you're having a hard time finding what you're looking for
and it's really cold or really hot so you get frustrated and maybe you get stressed,
maybe you never find it.
But I'm going to show you what I do to kind of contain the clutter and show you what works
for us.
OK.
So this is the shed where we have all of our tools and hardware and stuff.
And we actually got this for free and kind of cleaned it up.
And now, it's good as new.
It looks like it's like barely even used.
But I'll show you inside in a second but at the very top of the closet, I have a -- or
not the closet but shed, there's a bin for all of our paint cans and stuff.
And I use a bright yellow thick jumbo label to kind of pop out or have the labels pop
in here because it's kind of dark in the garage and the yellow pops.
And when I think of yellow, I use it for like hardware and power and electrical and stuff.
So that's why it's yellow.
But let me show you a cool -- this cool label that I recently came across.
It's for paint cans.
It's a label that you put on top of the can and it comes in different sizes.
And you label the area in the room where the paint was used, the color, the finish and
the base, the brand where you got it, the store, the date and then other and then you
put a little sample right here.
What I like about this is like obviously this blue color, if this was in the bathroom, you
would know that this blue is in the bathroom.
But like this label comes in handy when you're labelling all the whites and beiges and stuff
that goes on like the trims or the baseboards.
And often, it's confusing to do touch up like paintwork and stuff.
So this label is awesome for that.
OK.
So that's what I do for the paint cans.
And then inside the shed, let me show you what's inside here.
The top shelf over here, I use shoeboxes to kind of categorize all the different categories.
So there are old rags, there are adhesives, there's hardware, not like small hardware
but like everything but nails, and screws and stuff.
There are light bulbs which I showed how to make this in my light bulb video.
There is tape, there are paint brushes, there are the bigger light bulbs, there's all of
my drill bits for drilling.
And then let me just show you these light bulbs.
I did a light bulb video on this recently and showed you how to make this.
I'll put the link below to where you can find it.
And then all of my hardware like nails and screws is contained in this tackle box that's
really organized.
So if you have a system in place for all the nails and screws, it's easy to maintain.
Like if you don't have a system and you're just like throwing it in one big pile, when
you're looking for a specific size screw, it's hard to find and you end up buying another
one because you can't find what you're looking for.
So just taking time to sort it all into a tackle box, it's kind of painful at front.
But it's worth it when you're looking for that item down the road.
All right.
And all of the anchors are inside of this tackle box right here.
And there are links on my website to all the products that I'm showing inside this video.
All right.
Then the Dremel and then the Dremel kit kind of hangs out in the side up here.
All right.
Then here, I have a toolbox.
It's really heavy but it basically has all the tools that we -- like if we need to fix
something inside the house, basically, we just bring this inside if we're hanging something
or fixing something.
It has a screw driver, the measuring tape, the hammer, the mallets, everything else but
I don't know the names of.
All right.
And then on this side, I just reuse old containers that I got from Target like ten years ago
to put like our drill.
I feel like before, we can never find the drill when we needed it.
So I just put it inside its own bin in here and then there's working gloves and then there's
rope over here.
OK.
So one of the problems I was having is like recently, we've been like changing our furniture
and stuff and all of the furniture that we buy seems to come with this extra pieces in
case we needed to fix something or mount it differently and I start to think, "OK, where
do I put all these random parts and pieces that I don't need right now but might need
years down the road?"
So what I've done is grabbed all the pieces, just grabbed a jumbo Ziploc bag just like
this and I put all of the pieces inside here and then I just took painter's tape on the
back and I just labelled like here is my craft organizer then here is my office bookcase,
just like that.
And so, when the time comes when I need these pieces, I'll just come here and I'll just
come to this bag and I'll find exactly what I'm looking for.
So it's nice, easy, it will never get lost, and it's super organized.
And so, when this bag like we don't -- well, when we get more furniture, this bag might
fill up and stuff but right now, the system works for like small amounts of pieces.
OK.
So that's the top part of the shed.
Let me show you what's in the bottom part.
OK.
So here is the bottom part.
All right.
So basically what I've done here is grabbed these circular bins from the Dollar Store.
They're nice and they're not that sturdy but like they're good enough.
And I just put all the round ones containers inside this round organizer.
They fit really nicely.
It's just like spray paint, there's spray adhesive, there's -- I don't know, just like
spray bottles that we have.
And then on this one, the same thing, this is all like car stuff but again, it's round
stuff inside here.
So really, like if I wanted to fit a third one, I could fit a third one.
But I don't -- we don't have that many like circular bottles and stuff.
But OK, that's there.
And then down here, I've just taken two shoeboxes.
And inside here, I put moving blankets and old towels and stuff.
So like if we're moving something or we're hauling something in the car, I'll just come
here, grab this bin, grab the blankets, and then put them in the car.
And then down here is all of the really bulky paint supplies.
They are really awkward to store like the pain tray is really weird to store and like
the paint rollers and stuff are really weird.
So those just fit nicely tucked away inside that bin.
And then again, I use the bright yellow tape so it pops.
OK.
So over here, I have all of the bags for yard work and really just like the heavy contractor
bags for storing heavy things.
So, how do you organize your garage?
Is there something that you do to kind of contain the clutter and so it's really easy
to come inside your garage and find exactly what you're looking for?
Leave a comment below and let us know what that is.
And if this is your first time watching any of my videos, you can check out my website,
Alejandra.TV for more tips on getting organized.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you soon.
Bye!