Organize My Shop- Building Storage Boxes

Once a month I like to spend a day or two in the shop organizing my tools and supplies. I have a procedure that I go through that usually takes me to building storage boxes for supplies and tools. I am working on a component system that will make it easier for me to switch from a Handy Man type service call where I may need the tools of three or four trades to a larger Commercial Project where I am trade specific as a carpenter and sub out all the other building trades to specialty sub-contractors.

I have some extra ¾ AC plywood that I will make shallow, but wide drawer type boxes that will hold my specialty tools. I will have the boxes segregated into trade specific activities. I will then be able to plan my day and grab the needed box and place in the van. The categories will be Door and Window, Cabinet, Finish Carpentry, Sheet Rock, Electrical, Plumbing, Heating and Venting, Roofing, Flooring, Fencing, Landscaping, Painting, Gutters and Downspouts, Siding ……..

Then I get into building boxes for car camping, shelves for storage of my camping gear. I get lost in the details for a few days then let it go. I have literally and figuratively compartmentalized my life, escaped into the process and emerge with a sense of peace.