Storage Solutions for your Shed

A garden shed is the perfect and most cost effective way of adding additional storage space for when you run out of space inside your home. A shed can hold endless items such as unused equipment, tools, bikes and garden furniture in the winter months, but what happens when you run out space in your shed to hold the expanding range of tools that come onto the market?

You don’t need to buy another shed, just simply maximize the space in your garden shed!

Below are a range of techniques you can use to fit it all in as well as making all the items accessible without climbing over equipment – all you need is a few extra items and a bit of creativity.

Firstly plan the layout of your shed, what items you use more frequently than others e.g. if you use a bike every day to commute it would make sense to store this towards the front of the shed.

Mount – if you are thinking of building or purchasing a shed dependent on what you want to store a good space maximizing idea is to place or build the shed on top of bricks or concrete. Building or mounting the shed on top of these allow you to store items such as wood etc. underneath the shed without touching an inch of space inside your shed.

Hooks – Use different size hooks to mount items of various sizes to the walls of the shed such as bikes and garden tools e.g. spade and rake. Not only will this make the shed much tidier but should help eliminate accidents because items are securely mounted to the walls.

Shelving –it is highly effective and practical to add large and small shelving to the shed for a range of items allowing them to be easily located and reached when required.

Clear Boxes – use these to accommodate all things such as items that cannot be hooked or placed on shelving. Clear boxes are ideal as they can be easily stacked on top of one another and you can see what is stored inside. If using regular boxes simply label these to avoid any stress and hassle when trying to locate an item in the future.

Cupboard – build or place a cupboard inside the shed – again a great way of storing items inside and you can utilize it by storing items on top.

If you take the time to plan the layout of your shed and follow the above suggestions not only will you be able to maximize the space of your shed but also be able to locate the items you require without hassle.

For further information on storage solutions for your shed, please do not hesitate to contact Speedy Plastics and Resins on local number (0844) 8586670, and our team will be delighted to help.