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12 tips for organizing your work space

12 tips for organizing your work space

Some studies suggest that organization leads to clearer, more productive thinking and creating, while others claim the opposite. You likely already have your own work and organizational style, and not much is going to change that. I’m basically a mildly messy person with periodic bursts of organizational energy. For years, I beat myself up over my chaotic ways, but then I decided that this was my basic organizational style and that I have still been able to be productive and successful.

One thing I’ve found that helps motivate me to be organized is really clever, thoughtful, and time-saving ideas. Reading a great organizational tip or about some cool organizational technology can inspire a burst of reorganizational energy. Here are a few of my favorite ideas.

1. Organize for first-order retrievability

This tip can help reduce the time it takes to find and grab your tools and materials. Arrange your workspace so that the more commonly used the tool or material is, the closer it is to you. Conversely, put more occasional tools farther away. This way, the shop is designed so that you can easily find what you need as you need it. Via Adam Savage

2. Arrange cords with binder clips

3. Take advantage of equipment dead space

Jay Bates shared this useful shop-organizing tip in one of his YouTube videos. For most of us, space is always at a premium. When setting up a shop, you want to carefully think of the workflow around the machines and how you can optimize operational efficiency and tool and material retrievability. Jay suggests that you plan to use the dead space of each machine (the side that you never interact with) to your advantage by grouping these edges together.

4. Keep track of small parts

Use double-sided tape to hold small parts in place while you disassemble or reassemble something. Affix the tape to a piece of paper and write where each part goes.

5. Apply stretch wrap to organize straps

If you have toe straps and ratchet straps in your shop or in your truck, you can quickly bundle them using stretch wrap. Just use a few loops of wrap and your rolled straps are good to go. You can even reuse the wrap for multiple strap-wrappings. Via Jay Bates

6. Mark your tools

From Caleb Kraft: “My grandfather was handy with tools (weren’t they all?). He had a small woodshop and a collection of miscellany that had been acquired through years of working on various machines. At some point he worked on trains; at another, he repaired vacuums.

“When you’re working in shops with other people, it is always smart to mark your tools so that you know someone else won’t end up with them. My grandpa’s mark was five little notches or slashes.

Use double-sided tape to hold small parts in place while you disassemble or reassemble something. Affix the tape to a piece of paper and write where each part goes.

5. Apply stretch wrap to organize straps

If you have toe straps and ratchet straps in your shop or in your truck, you can quickly bundle them using stretch wrap. Just use a few loops of wrap and your rolled straps are good to go. You can even reuse the wrap for multiple strap-wrappings. Via Jay Bates

6. Mark your tools

From Caleb Kraft: “My grandfather was handy with tools (weren’t they all?). He had a small woodshop and a collection of miscellany that had been acquired through years of working on various machines. At some point he worked on trains; at another, he repaired vacuums.

“When you’re working in shops with other people, it is always smart to mark your tools so that you know someone else won’t end up with them. My grandpa’s mark was five little notches or slashes.

7. Label cables with bread tags

 

Here’s a tried and true method of cable labeling that I have used for years: plastic bread-bag tags.

8. Make your own pocket notebooks

I’ve been using Moleskine Cahiers pocket notebooks every day since 2006. I have dozens of volumes of them filled with article ideas, design sketches, notes on my day, and various other scribblings. They’re fun to go back through to see where my mind has been over the years. I often find buried gems I can use today. As much as I love Cahiers, they aren’t cheap. And while I customize mine with cover art, stamps, and stickers, it’s just not the same as if I’d made them myself.

Bob Clagett of I Like to Make Stuff makes his own (see his Pocket Notebooks how-toon YouTube). When you make them yourself, you have something that’s infinitely customizable using your preference of cover paper stock and design, internal paper (or combination of paper types), pockets, size, and so on. I’ve made a few of my own over the years and they definitely hold a special “inspired object” status in my collection.

9. Give your notebook a keyword index

I was so thrilled when I ran across this notebook hack, allegedly from Japan, on Instagram. I fill up lots of notebooks and frequently use a single journal for work ideas, personal projects, and domestic planning (trips, meals, shopping, and so on). Finding things in makers’ notebooks across volumes, and within volumes, can be a real chore. The only real way of fixing this access problem is taking the considerable time to index everything.

The following simple approach allows you to fairly quickly build a back-of-book index of significant content as you go (you could build it in the front of the book, too).

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Custom organization solutions always fit

Custom organization solutions always fit

Our innovative storage solutions can calm the clutter in any area of your home, including closets, mudrooms, laundry rooms, pantries, entryways, home offices, family rooms, garages and more.

Call 866-675-8819 (US) or 866-257-7231 (CAN) today to schedule a free, in-home consultation or go online to www.tailoredliving.com to find the Tailored Living designer near you. Check out the new online Design Guide for storage and organization ideas and inspiration for your whole home and start shopping.

Our Dedication And Experience

Our Dedication And Experience

When you hire Premier Garage, you'll be working with hands-on owners who are personally involved with each project. They communicate with customers and crews to ensure that expectations, schedules and budgets are being met. They’re immediately accessible should a question or problem arise. And their priority is always giving the customer industry-best products and service.

"Our mission is to give all of our customers a 'premier' experience. The purpose of our company is to improve the lifestyle of the client – that means paying attention to detail and getting all the little things right, not just the big ones."

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Installation Time | Not Your Traditional Coating

Not Your Traditional Coating 

 We all hear the stories with traditional epoxy. You have to stay out of your garage for 1, 2, sometimes 3 weeks at a time! Not any longer. PremierGarage has revolutionized the flooring industry. With our unique floor coating system, you can drive on your garage the very next day. However, in extreme temperatures or weather conditions, your garage floor could take slightly longer. Plan on 24-36 hours after installation, your garage will be perfect!

GARAGE FLOOR EPOXY- TIPS AND TRICKS

Garage Floor Epoxy Tips and Tricks 

Because DIY garage floor epoxy paint kits purchased at your favorite home improvement center are still very popular, we like to inform our readers of the realities of these products and what to expect. Occasionally we come across a great article that someone has written about epoxy coatings or past experience with a specific product and we like to share that information. Bellow is on such article about a husband and wife who used a professional version of Rust-Oleum’s epoxy coating kit that they installed themselves.

Though this couple did make some mistakes, they are happy with the outcome overall and offer some very valuable tips if they were to do it over again. The most important tip that you can take from their experience is to trust the directions of the product you are using. Directions are there for a reason and are not considered “general guidelines” to follow. Also, be aware of the what some epoxy companies claim about ease of installation.

They did note how slippery the floor became when wet. If you live in a climate where this may be a concern, an anti-slip additive such as Shark Grip would be a good option to improve wet performance and reduce any slip hazards.

When shopping for garage floor epoxy, they chose to purchase the professional version of the Rust-Oleum EpoxyShield kits. Though they are a bit more expensive, they are a much better value for the money than the standard water-based kits. The professional kit is solvent-based and provides for a coating that is more durable and thicker as well. You can read some good reviews and get pricing on Rust-Oleum Professional Epoxy kits here.

It’s also important to know the differences in epoxy before you make a purchase. Many people confuse epoxy coatings with paint and vice versa. Taking a few minutes to educate yourself about these differences can help to ensure that you purchase the correct product for the job.

As a final note, don’t confuse these DIY kits with the much higher performing commercial quality coatings that are available today. Though these kits do serve their purpose for an economical floor coating, they will not replicate the performance and durability of the higher quality garage floor coating systems.

 

Contact Us

Contact Us

Each customer will receive an on-site / in-home 3D garage consultation. We will work with you to design the garage that now only fits your budget, but fits your lifestyle. For more information or to setup your consultation, please contact us below.

PremierGarage of the Bay Area
1148 Chess Drive
Foster City, CA 94404
Phone: 650-286-9676
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Step One:  Find the Tailored Living designer in your area to schedule a free, in-home consultation.
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We offer a variety of commercial cabinets and industrial-strength flooring solutions for businesses large and small. Whether it’s a professional office or warehouse, or everything in between, Tailored Living has organizational and storage solutions to maximize space, improve organization, and increase efficiency to:

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