Home Organizing Organizing Techniques The 3 Best Ways to Organize Your Tools Never lose your hammer again with one of these smart ways to organize your tools. By Lisa Milbrand Lisa Milbrand Lisa Milbrand is a copy writer for Real Simple, with a passion for writing about food, travel, and hacks to make life easier. Loves fancy restaurants, good coffee and her family (of course); not a fan of waiting in lines. Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Published on January 6, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email If you spend more time seeking out your hammer or screwdriver than it takes to actually tackle your home improvement project, you probably need a better organization system to keep everything in its place. Fortunately, the pros at Horderly have three different ways you can organize your tools to make it easy to find exactly what you need. Totes make it easy to not only stack and store items, but grab the bin you need and bring it right to your project. A pegboard and hooks help you display your tools, and make it easy to see what you need at a glance. And large mesh baskets can also be portable, while holding even the bulkiest drills and tools. 01 of 03 TEJAL Plastic Storage Bins Amazon.com $50 for four, amazon.com These heavy duty plastic bins can store your tools—and are stackable to reduce the amount of storage space you need. 02 of 03 Elfa Utility Pegboards Container Store From $25, containerstore.com Keep everything on display with pegboards and hooks, so you can find the tools you need at a glance. Use small attachable shelves and boxes to hold smaller items like nails, screws, and twine. 03 of 03 BOAXEL Mesh Baskets Ikea $10, ikea.com Steel mesh baskets are heavy duty enough to hold tools—and dividers can be used to give every individual tool its place. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit