How to store your hardware?
As the years go by, we unfortunately pick up and pile up a multitude of things and objects at home, right? Screws, nails, bolts and other hardware are no exception to this rule.
In this article, I offer you several tips and storage ideas for screws and nails at home. Good storage!
1. Small glass jar to store hardware
Instead of throwing away your baby food jars or other small containers with lids, why not use them as storage?
This idea I saw for the first time when I was a child and went to my grandparents’ basement. My grandfather had filled dozens of little glass jars with screws and nails.
You can use this idea to store:
- nails
- screws
- staples
- nuts
- bolts
- hooks
In image this storage idea looks like this:
2. Storing screws and nails in plastic containers
A bit like the first idea why not use plastic containers that you have at home to store your screws and nails?
Here are 2 images that show all the storage possibilities you can do with your plastic containers and bottles at home.
3. Other home tool storage ideas
Before you let yourself go tinkering in your workshop and put away your hardware, here are some other good ideas for storing your other tools.
To go further and find other practical ideas for the workshop, it’s here: Storage idea for the workshop and the garage.