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Vent: So I was organizing my garage and now I have a random pile of 'maybe useful' stuff that's taking over. What do you do with all the weird leftover bits from projects?
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palmer.betty6mo ago
My friend Tom in Austin had a whole shelf of leftover plumbing fittings. He finally sorted them into labeled bags and gave them to a community workshop. It cleared space and his odd bits actually helped a neighbor fix a leak!
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ray9146mo ago
Is organizing leftover fittings that big a deal? @mila_mitchell's bin idea works without making it a whole project. I'd maybe just keep a few useful bits and recycle the rest.
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mila_mitchell6mo ago
What kind of stuff are we talking about here? My method is get a couple plastic bins, label them like 'electrical', 'fasteners', 'plumbing', and just dump the categories in. For tiny bits like screws, old pill bottles are perfect. If a bin fills up, I force myself to give away or recycle the oldest things in it.
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lee_west226mo ago
Your labeled bin idea is spot on. I used old coffee cans for my hardware, and once I sorted it, I found I had duplicates of everything.
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aarons366mo ago
Just bin it.
Seriously, I feel this. My garage is a disaster zone too. @palmer.betty's friend had the right idea donating to a workshop. I keep a couple bins for common bits, but if they pile up, I trash or give away. It's tough to let go, but space is worth more than maybe useful junk.
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betty_scott186mo ago
My neighbor kept a bucket of weird brackets for years. He finally used three to fix a sagging gate last month. I guess he took it as a sign to keep the bucket.
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