Found a simple trick for organizing small hardware at an estate sale in Richmond

Last weekend I went to an estate sale in Richmond and saw an old workbench setup that blew my mind. The guy had baby food jars screwed into the underside of a shelf, with the lids nailed to the shelf so you just twist the jar on and off. I tried it in my own garage with 15 jars for screws and nails, and it's been a game changer for keeping things sorted. Anyone else come across a cheap storage hack like this at a thrift shop or garage sale?

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amy3029d ago

Oh man, that jar trick is genius! I actually took it a step further and used those little square plastic containers from takeout with the lids hot-glued to the board, so they slide out instead of twist. You can see through them better than baby food jars, plus they stack tighter if you ever want to add more.

blair_butler479d ago

See I just don't get the appeal of that jar setup at all. Hot gluing takeout containers like @amy302 is even worse in my opinion. Plastic lids warp and crack after a few months and then your whole rack becomes a mess. Baby food jars are too small for anything bigger than a 1/4 inch screw and they break if you drop them on concrete once. Plus twisting jars on and off every time you need a single nail gets old fast. I'd rather just toss everything into a couple big coffee cans and dig through them when I need something.