Little by little, you end up collecting small pieces in the workshop that you don’t really know how to store. I’m talking about all those screws, nails, nuts, washers, drill bits, hinges, locks… that seem to get disorganized, mixed up, and hide themselves. Even if we try to keep things orderly and well stored in plastic containers, when we use something, it’s hard to put it back in the same place. Another issue is finding what we need beforehand, opening small plastic boxes, cases, bags… until we find it under who knows what or at the bottom of somewhere.
Browsing the internet, I came across an interesting and seemingly very useful idea: storing the pieces we use the most in glass jars. Since they are perfectly transparent, you can clearly see what’s inside.
The idea is not to have glass jars stacked on shelves, but to screw the metal lid to the underside of the shelf, so the jars hang from it. This way, we prevent them from being loose, jostling with everything else we put around them on the shelf, and since their place will always be accessible, it will be easy to put them back in place. The worst part of the idea: the risk of breaking them (keep children away). I hope I don’t break any by hitting them with a piece of wood. If I do, I’ll post a picture.
Glass jars can be used for many DIY tasks. Have you seen how to make a lamp with some glass jars?