- My name's Aaron Massey from mrfixitdiy.com,
and today, I'm gonna be tackling a project
that I've been wanting to do for a very long time,
and that is getting rid of my old, crappy shed
and replacing it with something new.
I need a place to store some tools and materials,
and right now, this shed is just too small,
too ugly, too unorganized.
Rats and critters have gotten in there over the years
and made a mess of it.
They've made some nests, a couple of 'em have died in there.
It's just kinda gross.
So it's time for me to get rid of it and get something else.
I'm really looking forward to smashing this thing to pieces,
but to be honest, I'm also a little bit nervous
of what I'm gonna find.
So to get started, first I have to take out
and remove all the tools and the mess that's inside.
I'm wearing a respirator for this
because I don't wanna be breathing in any
of that rat stuff or anything like that,
so making sure to protect myself by wearing a respirator.
Once I had the old shed apart,
the guys from Tuff Shed showed up
and installed the new shed.
These sheds can get pretty expensive pretty quickly,
so I went with a basic 10 by 12 Sundance Series shed.
It doesn't have any windows or anything fancy on it.
I just need something that's gonna hold a lot of tools
and equipment, and that I can maximize the storage of.
The goal of this shed is to clean up some of the clutter
of my current shop, clean up some of the tools
that have just been lying around the house,
and to get everything into one area,
but in an organized fashion.
So to maximize the storage of the new shed,
I've partnered with The Container Store,
and they've sent me some awesome Gladiator storage cabinets,
as well as the Elfa storage solution system.
What's cool about the Elfa system is that everything mounts
to these tracks that you mount onto the wall,
so you can move things around to pretty much
any configuration that you want.
I worked with the designers at The Container Store
to come up with a layout that made the most sense
for this 120-square-foot space
and gave me what I was looking for.
So the first thing that I have to do is
to assemble the Gladiator storage cabinets,
and then I can install the Elfa tracks on the wall,
and start moving things around the way that I want them.
One of the big issues with the old shed is
that I didn't have any storage space
for the lawn and garden tools that I need around the house,
and I didn't want them clogging up my workshop,
so I just kind of left them out,
and so even some of the newer tools are looking old
and weathered just over the last year or two.
So The Container Store sent me some of the lawn
and garden hangers that work with the Elfa system,
and it's allowed me to bring in all those tools
and mount them up on the wall.
It's really easy.
You can just snap them into the track,
and then push the tool into place,
and it holds it until you need it.
You can move them around
and figure out whatever configuration works best for you,
so it's really customizable, and I love it so far.
What I really love about this new shed is the roof height.
In my old shed, it was really low,
and I used to bang my head all the time
getting in and out of the shed,
and it allowed for very limited storage,
but in this shed, I have really high ceilings,
so I can maximize storage up and get things off the floor
so that I can walk around and still have a lot
of area to store things.
I even built a loft over the cabinets and the shelves
so that I can move some of the family stuff
that I have taking up space in the closet in my shop
into the shed so that I can actually have a lot more space,
and perhaps even tear down the closet
that I have in my workshop.
I like to keep tools for certain types of projects
like drywall, electrical, plumbing, painting,
kind of in their own tubs so that I know when I'm working
on a project, I can just go grab that tub, pull it out,
and it'll have the majority of the tools that I need.
What I like about the Elfa open shelving system is
that I can put those tubs on the shelf, see where they are,
pull 'em off when I need 'em, and put 'em back,
so that they're not buried in the back corner somewhere,
I don't have to dig for 'em,
and then I can just slap a label on 'em
to know which tub is which.
One of the coolest parts of what I do is
that I get to work with awesome partners
like The Container Store to help me solve a problem.
They also help me continue to create
and make content for you guys, and hopefully,
provide some value to you as well,
so I'm thankful for the opportunity to work with them.
So if you're in the market for an organizational system
for your shop, your shed, or your garage,
I'd highly recommend that you check out The Container Store,
the Gladiator cabinets, and the Elfa storage solution.
I personally love the durability and the look
of the Gladiator storage cabinets,
and though I wasn't initially really sold
on the Elfa system, as soon as I put it up
and started using it, and saw how customizable it was,
I absolutely love it.
It took me a day or two to organize the shed,
and I'm still working on it.
It's gonna be a work in progress for a while.
I've been able to put more stuff into the shed
than I actually thought I would be able to,
so I've been looking around the house
for other stuff that I don't need all the time
that I can get and put away and organize.
Before I can call the shed finished, I have to paint it.
I chose not to have it painted
because it was pretty expensive,
and since I have Graco paint sprayers,
painting it is a pretty easy task.
My buddy, Jordan, came by to help me out with it,
and we were able to knock it out in a coupla hours
and paint it to match the rest of the house.
So here is the finished shed.
I'm super happy with it.
I love the way that it turned out,
I love how organized it is, my wife loves it.
She loves that we can get rid of all this clutter
and all the tools that I've had laying around the house
for the last couple of years.
So she's super thankful to have it,
and I'm thankful for The Container Store
for getting involved and helping me maximize my storage,
but I also love that I'm gonna be able to clean up my shop
and keep it as my project and video space
and not have to worry about all the other junk
that I've had lying around over the last couple of years.
I hope you guys enjoyed this video,
and I hope that it gave you some ideas
for ways that you can maximize your home storage.
If you have any questions about any of the products
that you've seen me use in this video,
I'm happy to answer those questions
in the comments down below,
or you can hit me up on social media
if you have any questions
about the Gladiator storage solutions, the Tuff Shed,
or the Elfa storage system.
Once again, I wanna say thank you to The Container Store
for being a sponsor of this video
and for providing the products
that you saw me install today,
and I also wanna say thank you to you guys
for watching this video.
If you wanna check out any more
of my DIY home improvement-related content or projects,
or you wanna download any of my free plans,
you can always visit my website at mrfixitdiy.com.
Thank you guys so much for watching,
and I'll see you next time.
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