Before pic: I didn’t do much planning or design. I kind of just went for it and measured as I made it.

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days ago

    Verticalise
    Organise Minimise

    This sequence is how I can handle “useless” junk. I kept it because I thought it had use, yet it’s hard to find it years later when I think I can use it. Or worse, the organize step shows I have duplicates and triplicates. Shitpiles are the enemy. Waist-high piles are the path to gridlock.

    Looks great. I should make another rack soon, actually.

    I the words of Inception or something, I will not be my father

  • Hello_there@fedia.io
    23·
    5 days ago

    Now that you’ve cleaned it up, remember: if it doesn’t fit in a bin, it goes out to the bin

      • __hetz@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        4 days ago

        Homebox and its QR Codes with a brief description on the labels would be my go-to. It’d save regularly replacing labels any time something is moved or tossed. I’m using it just to track my tools so far. I define locations (basement, shed, truck, tool cart, tool bag), and assets (long nose pliers, scan tool, cordless ratchet), and assign those assets to locations. Locations can be sub-locations of another location; so my tool bag could be in my truck or it could be in my basement. I’ve got a handful of tools tagged as “road kit.” When I take them from my cart and put them in my road bag, I search that tag, select all and bulk update their location from the tool cart to the bag (and the bag’s location from the house to my truck). As long as I’m not lazy about updating I can always find where I last left any tools.

        For containers I’d create a location for each tote. Homebox automatically generates QR codes for them. I’d run those onto labels a la “QR, Tote 1, Lego”, “QR, Tote 2, Random Cables,” “QR, Tote 3, Xmas Decorations” and so on. A quick scan of a code pulls up that tote’s page in Homebox to see the exact contents. The most tedious part is taking the time to actually organize and catalog all your existing assets. I’d put it up there with using Picard or Beets to work through a massive digital music collection - it takes a lot of initial time but adding new things later is fast and the payoff is meaningful organization.

    • colourlesspony@pawb.socialOP
      5·
      4 days ago

      I made 3D printed track lights for lighting up the photos I had frame on the wall. They worked okay but I used hot glue to hold the led in place while assembling so it would start to smell like melted hot glue after it had been running for while. They also fell down a few times and I gave up on it. I never got around to removing all sticky pads I used to mount them.