Closets

I don’t care how small or how large your work space is, it’s never enough. Space gets used up – wasted – and then it’s gone forever!

Take for example the "Back Room." You know, it's a generic term, like when you say "The Junk Drawer." When we first opened the sign shop, we put the back seats of the van there temporarily. The plan was to take them home and store them in the attic. But now they are covered with tools and ladders. Sometimes I go in and stare at that clutter and visualize storage shelves. They say visualization helps.

Then there’s the closet. Everybody has one. Instead of installing shelves and stacking things where we can find them, we just shoved boxes and cleaning supplies in there for about three years. Then we built some shelves and, of course, they're overflowing. Build it and they will come!