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Outdoor and garden storage ideas
Weatherproof storage for gardens, patios, balconies and yards. Tools, bikes, firewood, cushions and bins.
Outdoor storage has one extra variable that indoor storage does not: weather. Damp destroys cardboard, rusts unprotected steel, swells untreated timber and turns stored cushions into a science experiment. Any outdoor storage idea that ignores drainage and ventilation will fail within two seasons, no matter how good it looks on day one.
The pages here treat weather as the primary design constraint and looks as the second. That usually means raising things off the ground, giving them airflow, and choosing materials that tolerate getting wet rather than trying to keep them permanently dry.
5 guides in outdoor & garden
Outdoor Equipment7 min readBike storage ideas for homes with no garage
A bike leaned against a wall takes about 1.7m of floor. Hung vertically it takes 400mm of wall. That ratio is basically the whole of bike storage.
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Outdoor Equipment8 min readFirewood storage ideas that actually season the wood
Storing firewood is a drying job, not a stacking job. The instinct that ruins it is wrapping the pile up to keep the rain off.
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Garden & Yard7 min readGarden tool storage ideas that keep steel out of the damp
Long handles on a rail recover a third of a shed floor. After that, garden tool storage is mostly about keeping steel away from damp.
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Outdoor Equipment7 min readKayak storage ideas that do not deform the hull
A plastic kayak slowly takes the shape of whatever is holding it up. That makes how you support it more important than where you keep it.
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Bins & Waste8 min readWheelie bin storage ideas that you will still use in a year
A bin store has to open two ways. Lid up to put the rubbish in, doors open to wheel the bin out. Miss one and it stops getting used.
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Other storage categories
Room Storage
Storage ideas for the rooms you live in. Kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and living rooms.
11 guides
Utility & Work Rooms
Storage for the rooms that do the work. Laundry, utility, home office, workshop, craft room and playroom.
3 guides
Closets, Halls & Garages
The rooms that exist purely to store things. Closets, wardrobes, hallways, understairs, garages, sheds, lofts and basements.
13 guides
Home Types
Storage strategies that depend on the kind of home you have. Small houses, apartments, rentals, RVs, campers, vans and boats.
6 guides
Awkward Spaces
The gaps most people write off. Under the sink, above the fridge, behind the door, in the corner, along the wall.
1 guide
Clothes & Personal Items
Storage for the things you wear and carry. Shoes, bags, coats, clothes, jewelry, makeup and toiletries.
5 guides
Bedding & Linen
Storage for bulky soft goods. Blankets, towels, duvets, sheets, pillows, quilts and rugs.
3 guides
Kitchen & Food Items
Storage for what lives in the kitchen. Pots and pans, food containers, spices, jars and dry goods.
1 guide
Tools & DIY
Storage for tools, materials and cables. Hand tools, power tools, timber, paint, screws and extension cords.
1 guide
Hobbies & Sport
Storage for collections and kit. LEGO, toys, board games, books, vinyl, yarn, fabric and sports gear.
6 guides
Storage Furniture
Furniture that stores things. Storage beds, cupboards, shelving, benches, ottomans, trunks and carts.
1 guide