Don't Trip Over Tools, DIY A Wall Mounted Organizer With Scrap Wood Instead

Your large rake, lopper, and shovels might be essential gardening tools, but finding a place for them in your garage or shed can be a hassle at best and a hazard at worst. These awkwardly shaped tools don't tend to fit anywhere neatly, and too often get left on the ground or leaning together in a corner. Accessing the tool you need becomes a task all on its own, making your chores and projects harder than they need to be.

Luckily, with some scrap wood, you can DIY your own wall-mounted tool organizer to get all your large tools up off the ground and easily accessible. There are plenty of large garden tool organizers on the market, but they'll run you anywhere from $20 to $200. With this DIY, not only is it easy to follow and eco-friendly, but it's also one of the many frugal garage storage idea that will inspire the handyperson in you.

This budget-friendly wall-mounted organizer puts that scrap wood lying around your garage to good use. To start, you'll need to organize your tools along a large piece of scrap wood and mark out plywood blocks that will serve as tool holders. Then, you'll have to screw the holder blocks in place, mount the organizer on the wall, and hang the tools. It is that easy!

You can use pocket holes to attach the blocks to the base of the organizer. Pocket holes are simply angled screw holes to easily connect two wooden pieces. You need a pocket hole jig to create pocket holes, as well as pocket hole screws to ensure a secure fit. You can find pocket hole jigs pretty inexpensively, like the highly-rated Massca Twin Pocket Hole Jig Kit on Amazon for $30. You can use a pocket hole jig with a clamping station, which is handy, but more expensive. The Vevor Pocket Hole Jig Kit on Amazon is $53. You can use this basic organizer idea for lots of tools and garage items as an eco-friendly way to reuse wood scraps and level up your garage storage.