Do you struggle to effectively manage the storage in your outdoor buildings?
I suspect your typical family shed or garage has to cope with a multitude of storage challenges – including bikes, gardening equipment, DIY supplies, toys, and pretty much anything else that we don’t want to store in the house. Here’s what the inside of our shed usually looks like – be warned, it’s not pretty…
If I’m being completely honest, I actually had a little tidy-up before I took this picture. The entrance to the shed was overrun with ‘stuff’ that had built up over the winter months, when it was too cold to be out there long enough to put it away properly. Which brings me onto the main challenge that we have with our outdoor storage: we just can’t get to the things we need easily enough.
We have four bikes which occupy much of the floor space, and it’s quite a juggling act to line them up neatly enough to allow us room to reach the shelves at the back. If I need a plant pot, it’s a major operation moving lots of stuff in order to get to the shelf, then another big job putting it all back again. And don’t get me started on the random scattering of gardening tools and the contortions required to reach them!
We’ve been wondering how to tackle this storage problem for a while now, and since a bigger shed isn’t an option, we needed to get smarter with the space available. GearHooks sent us a storage rack with hooks for bikes and gardening tools to try out, and hopefully create a space-saving storage solution. I’ve got a fab giveaway for you too, with GearHooks of your choice worth £100 up for grabs!
The principle behind GearHooks is a simple one. A universal 1 metre long GearRail fixes to the wall with three holes and super-strong fixings, then you add a combination of sturdy hooks to suit your storage needs. The rail took minutes to put up using an allen key.
You don’t need to drill any more holes to attach the hooks; you simply insert a clever sprung baseplate into the rail, and screw the front hook section on. This means it’s really quick and easy to move and adjust the hooks should you need to.
Once the hooks were attached, it was time to fill them up! We decided to store the larger bikes at the ends, leaving the smaller tools and bike easily accessible in the middle.
As you can see, we’ve managed to get four bikes and lots of gardening tools on there, with a lot of room still to spare on the longer tool hook. We could easily fit another hook on there too.
The whole system really is very sturdy. The galvanised steel hooks will each hold up to 25kg, and the rubber coating protects whatever you hang on them – so if you’ve got expensive kit you know it’s in safe hands.
Let’s take a look at the shed now shall we?
This simple piece of kit has made such a difference. It’s really easy to get to all the bikes, and we don’t have to move every single one each time we need to get just one bike out. All those higgledy-piggledy bits hanging on the walls are gone – the tool hooks swallowed them up no problem – and the floor is CLEAR! It’s so much easier to walk around the bikes and get to the back of the shed, and I can grab my gardening equipment in seconds. I really do think we’re using the space much better now, and it’s going to be so much easier to keep things tidy.
A GearRail costs £25 and hooks start at £11.94; you can find out more and see all the configurations available on the GearHooks website here. GearHooks have kindly given me a discount code for my readers; if you order before the end of May 2018, use the code Growingfamily04 to grab a 20% discount and free UK shipping! Don’t forget to enter the competition to win £100 worth of GearHooks too.
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iain maciver says
April 26, 2018 at 11:56 amI would go for the one you had from gearhooks
Annabel Greaves says
April 26, 2018 at 12:36 pmThe bike storage racks would be the most useful for me and my family x
John Menzies says
April 26, 2018 at 1:59 pmFor my garage and garden shed
Tony Metcalfe says
April 26, 2018 at 4:20 pmThe bike storage racks would be very useful for me and my family, it would be a great help.
Graham Ross says
April 26, 2018 at 4:29 pmFor my garden and allotment shed
Susan Smith says
April 26, 2018 at 4:48 pmWould have to be the bike storage hooks, would be so easy to hook them up, than having to get them past the car all the time
john prendergast says
April 26, 2018 at 8:39 pmGearHooks Custom Storage rack would be great for my shed
Solange says
April 26, 2018 at 9:56 pmThe bike storage racks would make the biggest difference in my home.
Sarah Mackay says
April 26, 2018 at 10:28 pmThe GearHooks Custom Storage rack would be brilliant for organising my garage.
A S,Edinburgh says
April 26, 2018 at 11:45 pmI think the GearHooks® guitar and musical instruments wall storage rack.
Sheena Batey says
April 27, 2018 at 11:23 amThe bike storage racks would be so useful
Kim M says
April 27, 2018 at 1:04 pmWould love the Bike hooks for my shed x
Karen Barrett says
April 27, 2018 at 5:31 pmBike storage rack for 3, 4 or 5 bikes. GearHooks® BR3/4/5 would be perfect for all the bikes
MANDY DOHERTY says
April 27, 2018 at 8:00 pmThe Golf bag and trolley storage rack would be ideal for my son in law
Marion Payne says
April 27, 2018 at 11:10 pmGearhooks custom storage rack would be very usedul to store things off the ground in my shed
EMMA WALTERS says
April 28, 2018 at 6:28 amthe Custom Storage rack would be ideal for all our family 🙂
Andrea Upton says
April 28, 2018 at 8:56 pmThe bike storage would be great for us
Kirsty Fox says
April 28, 2018 at 10:29 pmIt would be the bike storage because they take up so much space in the shed
Dean T says
April 29, 2018 at 2:02 amFor my fam the bike storage since they are just so awkward to store, this looks neat!
Jodie W says
April 29, 2018 at 7:04 pmwe have exactly the same problems as you, especially with the bikes. Being able to hang them and just get to the one/s you need would be fantastic. So i would go for a bike hook rack
Kim Styles says
April 29, 2018 at 7:24 pmThe bike hook rack would be perfect for us – we are a family of cyclists and our shed is jammed with bikes blocking up the entrance!
charlotte says
April 30, 2018 at 6:30 pmi love the garden ones, it would be very handy to have as it takes up a lot of room
Stevie says
May 1, 2018 at 2:32 pmI think the gardening tool rack could make the biggest difference.
Jason Tolliss says
May 1, 2018 at 7:19 pmThe GearHooks Custom Storage rack
Kirsty Woods says
May 1, 2018 at 9:04 pmThe garden one for all my tools
Natalie Gillham says
May 1, 2018 at 9:57 pmThe Bike storage rack for 3, 4 or 5 bikes is just what I need to keep our bikes in good condition and free up space in our small storage area.
Tracy Hanley says
May 2, 2018 at 9:05 amGearHooks® Garden Tools wall storage rack
Hafsah says
May 2, 2018 at 2:16 pmI think it’ll be the GearHooks® Garden Tools wall storage rack for us.
Heather Haigh says
May 2, 2018 at 5:11 pmBike storage rack for 3, 4 or 5 bikes would be ideal.
Kelly Hirst says
May 2, 2018 at 9:43 pmI’d like the music rack -perfect for my husbands guitars
ElizM says
May 5, 2018 at 1:13 pmthe guitar and musical instruments rack would transform our home which is currently overrun with my son’s guitar, violin, electric violin (and also a load of my daughter’s instruments – how do you hang a clarinet?) . I suppose the piano would have to stay on the floor but the music bags could hang, couldn’t they…
janine atkin says
May 6, 2018 at 10:34 amThe bike storage racks would free up some floor space
claire griffiths says
May 7, 2018 at 12:54 pmthe bike storage racks would be great
Pam Francis Gregory says
May 7, 2018 at 1:00 pmGearHooks® Garden Tools wall storage rack looks great
Emily Hutchinson says
May 11, 2018 at 3:36 pmThe bike hook would be brilliant, bikes are so bulky!
cheryl hadfield says
May 11, 2018 at 9:10 pmThe bike storage racks would be so useful in our house
Cath Joyce says
May 11, 2018 at 10:17 pmThe bike storage and display rack for up to 6 bikes would be perfect for me as our garage is full of bikes.
Lynn Neal says
May 12, 2018 at 9:37 amI think the garden tools rack would be the most useful because they are tricky to store neatly and heavy when they fall on you!
gaynor Vincent says
May 12, 2018 at 10:58 amDefinitely I would love the garden tools rack to tidy up my shed!
amanda w says
May 14, 2018 at 11:09 amthe garden one would be perfect to sort our things out in the garage!! at the moment it resembles a jumble sale!!
Lizzy Cooper says
May 15, 2018 at 11:34 amThe bike storage! They take up so much space when they’re on the floor!
Kerryn Johnson says
May 15, 2018 at 2:42 pmCustom storage rack for our shed
Carole Nott says
May 15, 2018 at 8:34 pmthe GearHooks® Garden Tools wall storage rack would be good for me
Andy Tanner says
May 16, 2018 at 4:11 pmthe bike storage racks
Janet Birkin says
May 16, 2018 at 4:33 pmFor the shed would be ideal
James Travis says
May 16, 2018 at 11:39 pmFor the garage
Victoria Prince says
May 17, 2018 at 9:24 amThe GearHooks Garden Tools wall storage rack! Dad has a ridiculous number of tools all over the garage, this would make a tremendous difference to keeping things tidier and making them easier to access
Margaret Gallagher says
May 17, 2018 at 11:25 pmBike storage – they take up so much room – would be the perfect storage solution
debbie jayne davies says
May 18, 2018 at 9:10 amWe definitley need the wall mounted bike rack we only have a small shed and as my husband is a carpenter our shed is full with his tools so not much room for bikes. this is a fab idea!
debbie jayne davies says
May 18, 2018 at 9:12 amdefinitly the wall mounted bike rack. my husband is a carpenterso our shed is full of his tools so not much room for our bikes but this would be a perfect solution.
paula cheadle says
May 18, 2018 at 12:55 pmthe garden storage for my hubby
Theresa Thomas says
May 18, 2018 at 7:51 pmThe bike storage racks would be very useful for me and my family, as we currently store our bikes in out spare bedroom
carol boffey says
May 18, 2018 at 8:25 pmfor the garden shed
Susan Ann Bennett says
May 18, 2018 at 9:10 pmFabulous prize for getting my garage organised
Hazel Rea says
May 18, 2018 at 10:04 pmI’m torn between the Garden Tools wall storage rack and the Bike Storage Rack because together they would probably allow us to get the car into the garage!
Hazel Rea says
May 18, 2018 at 10:08 pmI’m torn between the Gardening Storage Rack and the Bicycle Storage rack because together they would probably allow us to get the car into the garage.
vera Bahounkova says
May 19, 2018 at 11:23 amGearHooks® Garden Tools wall storage rack
JULIE WARD says
May 19, 2018 at 11:33 amThe garden tools wall storage rack, my son could do with this
donna l jones says
May 19, 2018 at 7:47 pmThe bike storage racks would be very useful
Kelly White says
May 20, 2018 at 2:23 amI’d go for the climbing one or a custom one.
Nancy Bradford says
May 20, 2018 at 9:33 amI have so much random junk that needs storing in our shed I think I’d have to go for the combi or customised system x
Janine H says
May 20, 2018 at 9:48 amWe really need the Garden Tools wall storage rack
Kim Neville says
May 20, 2018 at 9:59 amThe GearHooks Garden Tools wall storage rack would be perfect for us
Rachael Sexey says
May 20, 2018 at 10:38 amGearhooks custom storage rack would be very useful to store things off the ground in my shed
Elizabeth Smith says
May 20, 2018 at 10:52 amWhen I sort out amd repair the shed (heart drops at the thought of such a mammoth task) I’d love to get the tidy for garden tools
Lydia Frew says
May 20, 2018 at 11:43 amThe Garden kit would make the most difference but when we rebuild our garage the bike storage set would also make a big difference.
Anna L says
May 20, 2018 at 2:18 pmThe garage ones would be great
Kate Davies says
May 20, 2018 at 8:45 pmThe customer set would be perfect.
Daniela Guitian-Tomlinson says
May 20, 2018 at 10:54 pmJust what we need! ⭐️
Tee Simpson says
May 20, 2018 at 11:03 pmThe bikes hooks for me
Marina Owen says
May 20, 2018 at 11:11 pmThese would be perfect for our garage. There’s a lot of things on the floor which could be hanged with these gear hooks.
Natalie Crossan says
May 20, 2018 at 11:21 pmwe would love the customer set please 😀 x