Store Wrapping Paper Cut holes in wire shelves Garden tools with long handles (like rakes and shovels) will fit right through those holes. Again, you may need to cut out one or two of the wires to make the handles fit.īut the shelves keep the garden tools standing upright and easy to access.Ĭlick HERE to find more ways to organize your garden tools. This wire shelving hack is another great use for the wire shelf holes! Organize Garden Tools Wire shelving for rakes and shovels I put them on top of a wood organizer frame like this one*, and it works perfectly!Ĭlick HERE to find other ways to organize your garage.
When you go to pull a piece off the shelf, the lip prevents all of the other pieces from falling off. Wire shelves turn out to be one of the best ways to keep those bits organized!Īgain turning the shelves upside down creates shelves that are great for storing lengths of wood. If you’re a DIYer like I am, you probably have a bunch of leftover wood from previous projects. Keep Wood Bits Contained Wire shelves make great wood storage shelving Similarly, the blade of a circular saw slips through the hold and keeps the saw in place.Ĭlick HERE to find other creative ways to organize your tools. Fitting the blade of a circular saw through the wires keeps it upright The end of a cordless drill fits right through the hole and keeps the drill standing upright. This wire shelf storage solution is another way to repurpose wire shelves that takes advantage of those holes in the shelf.Ĭut out one or two of the wires, and they work really well for storing things like drills that can be awkward to position on normal shelves. Make Tools Easier To Store Take out a wire or two to make space for the end of a drill Hook the handles over the edge of the shelf and the wires will keep them separated and easy to grab. They’re perfect for hanging cleaning supplies that have handles. But at least the holes between the shelves come in handy! The next one of my wire shelving hacks does require the shelf to be installed somewhere. Hang Cleaning Supplies Hang cleaning supplies You Might Also Like: 10+ DIY Storage Ideas To Get Your Kitchen Organizedģ. I haven’t actually done this way to repurpose wire shelves yet.īut the next time I’m organizing the pantry portion of my kitchen cupboards, I’ll be using up a few more of those wire shelves with this idea (from ) that makes tin cans really easy to access. But when I finally get around to organizing my closet, I’ll be putting one there, too! 2. I made this shoe rack in the garage for storing work shoes. Then you can use the same clips to attach them to the walls that you would normally. Turning them upside down so that the lip on the shelf is at the front makes sure the shoes don’t slide off the front. While I don’t like using wire shelves for storing clothing, they do make excellent shoe racks. Make A Shoe Rack Wire shelving turned upside down makes a great shoe rack Keep reading to find out the wire shelving hacks that I came up with. I don’t like to throw those kinds of things out, so I have been on a mission to find creative ways to repurpose wire shelves. Replace all of those wire shelves with proper shelving units.Īnd that created my next problem: I had all of these wire shelves (and there were lots of them!) taking up space in the garage. I’m sure you can guess what the first thing I did to my house was. Thinking back on it now, I probably should have expected that…since that’s standard for builder-grade houses like mine, but at the time I was totally unprepared.
So imagine my dismay when I first got the keys to my house and walked from room to room opening the doors, and every single closet had wire shelves! Ack!! And those fabric bits become unwanted cat toys (there is nothing more tempting to a cat than being able to pull fabric through a hole with her claws). If you store towels or clothes on them, some bits of fabric are always sticking down through the holes. Small bottles and cans tip over sideways if you don’t put them down in exactly the right place. Okay, maybe I should say, I used to hate wire shelving. Let me just start by saying…I hate wire shelving! For more information, click here to see our disclosures. But we only recommend products we would use ourselves.
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