Organize your workshop with a French cleat system

Paul Lewis

I HAVE A confession. I am both a disorganized workshop hoarder—with numerous bins labeled “to be filed”—and a highly organized storage master when needed. One secret to my organized side is a French cleat wall storage system—it’s strong, easy to build, and highly customizable. You can hang tools, shelves, cabinets, and storage containers, then move things around as your needs change. French cleats operate on a simple premise. Long wood cleats with one edge cut at 45° are mounted on the wall, and shorter cleats are attached to whatever you want to hang. Match the long cleats to the space you have available, but cut them long enough to be screwed into at least two wall studs for maximum strength. In my little cottage workshop, that’s easy—the studs are exposed.…

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Cottage Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, September/October 2024

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