Hey guys. I am at wit's end and could use your thoughts. We just moved to Florida and I want to organize my new shop to a far greater degree than I've been able to do in the past. I formerly had a basement shop that had a good amount of space but I had to work around support columns, furnaces, water heaters, sump pumps, etc. This new one is an unencumbered square box that measures 27 feet by 28 feet with another adjoining shop of roughly half again that size.
All my tools are currently in boxes and before I unload them I need suggestions for what to either build or buy for storage and organization. I had shelves in the past that were too deep and too high which resulted in my loosing stuff I couldn't see and re-buying what I already had as a result.
I wonder whether drawers would be a better solution vs. shelves which are a pain at both high and low levels. I am coming around to thinking that a combination of drawers below with shelves above might work well. This would also give me an opportunity to have tons of wooden shop bench space. I am game to build a solution but am also open to kits that are economically priced. I am likely to dedicate the majority of one 28 foot wall to the storage solution rather than trying to wrap storage around the room.
I look forward to hearing what has worked well for you guys.
Thanks for your help.