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What to Keep in Your Shed

Last Modified: November 10, 2022 Sabrina Quairoli This blog uses cookies. It also has affiliate links. We earn sponsored content income.

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What to Keep in Your Shed: A List of Things to Keep in Your Shed

It's time to do some Spring Cleaning. We will be going into our sheds and pulling out tools and equipment to get our lawns and patio ready for the summer. This is also a great time to do some shed organizing!

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A list of things to keep in your shed.

Here is a list of what possible items can be stored in a shed.

Tools for gardening and mowing, like shovels, rakes, brooms, electric blowers, mowers, and seeders. All these items need a home in the shed for easy access.

Extra supplies for trimmers/mowers. Things like trash bags, leaf bags, utility knives, work gloves, etc... are important to have at your fingertips. These items are the supplies you will need when doing the tasks. If you don't have bags in your shed, get some! This will save you time when doing the tasks.

Supplies for any bird feeders or animal feeders you may have. Do you have animals in the backyard that you want to feed? These items can be stored in the shed.

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Make room for your lawn furniture cushions, winter covers for furniture, and other supplies used at that time. At the end of the season, there is so much to store and protect, having an area.

Adding shelving to the wall would be helpful for the cushions since you can lay them flat.

And the winter covers for the furniture should be folded up and stored in a container to protect them from bugs. It's also helpful to have the ropes and other fasteners that will be used in the bin.

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Add and stack the containers for soil. I found that using cleaned 5-gallon paint buckets with lids you can buy at the hardware store is a great option for storing gardening soil, topsoil, and potting soil.

While having all these items in the shed, you will need to organize them properly. Below are some more tips on how to organize these items.

Shed Organizing Tips:

  • Put shelving in your shed to get items off the floor.  In small spaces, always go vertical with storage. If your floor is uneven, attach earthquake straps to shelving and wall studs. It makes it safer to walk around the space, and you can fit more items in the shed.
  • If you have several small items, use plastic clear baskets to hold these items.  Sort these items by task or type of article.  Place these bins on vertical shelves so they do not fall behind larger items stored in your shed.
  • Wall tracks work nicely for thin flat long tools like racks and other things. Hang the rack holder bar at least 6 feet high, so they will not be blocked by other things lying on the floor in front of them.

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A List of Things to Keep in Your Shed

As you can see in the checklist above, I add lines for you to add your own items to customize this list for your shed.   Print, laminate, and hang this list in your shed.  Using a dry-erase marker, you can add items or circle items that need to be purchased as a reminder.

I know that when we put the shelves up in our shed, the shed was more accessible to everyone - no climbing over things, no taking things out to get to other things, it really made a difference. 

Now it's your turn; please let me know what you store in your shed by leaving a comment below.

Visit our HOW TO INCREASE SPACE USING SHED ORGANIZATION TOOLS for a DIY process we did in our shed!

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  1. Keith

    June 01, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    Nothing like starting off my day reading and learning about something cool. Your blog post accentuated my breakfast perfectly! Thank you 🙂

  2. Julie Bestry

    May 12, 2020 at 4:20 pm

    I don't have a shed, but my many of my clients do. I'll be sure to pass this post along to them!

    • Sabrina Quairoli

      May 13, 2020 at 9:46 am

      Thank you, Julie!

  3. Ronni Eisenberg

    May 12, 2020 at 12:22 pm

    I’m glad to have this information, especially at this time of year. I have a client who I would love to offer a few suggestions to because I noticed that her shed is in desperate need of organization.
    And what exactly is in a “she-shed?”

    • Sabrina Quairoli

      May 12, 2020 at 2:16 pm

      The Urban Dictionary describes a "She-Shed" as "A private room where a woman can relax, be alone and do whatever she pleases. Similar to a Man Cave." It's a place usually in a shed. =)

  4. Donna Matthews

    May 12, 2020 at 11:15 am

    Oh...I like the graphic list you provided!

  5. Janet Schiesl

    May 11, 2020 at 7:24 pm

    Some great product ideas. We have a large shed in our backyard. It's my husband's domain. He works for a construction company and brings things home all the time that go into the shed. So there is a little of everything in there.

  6. Seana Turner

    May 11, 2020 at 9:10 am

    My husband built some shelves in our shed, and then he added some pegboard along the back wall. That was really great because it gave us space to stash the big and heavy, but also hang the long and narrow. Emptying it out is always the best way to begin. Be careful in a shed, you might come across some little critters 🙂

    • Sabrina Quairoli

      May 11, 2020 at 10:09 am

      Great idea, Seana! Thanks for sharing.

  7. Janet Barclay

    April 14, 2016 at 7:09 am

    I helped my sister move an old shelving unit from her basement to the shed. It was amazing how much floor space it freed up - easier to move around and easier to find things.

    • Sabrina

      April 14, 2016 at 8:58 am

      I totally agree! Thanks for commenting, Janet.

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