Preassembled Cabinetry

• Home improvement warehouse offer preassembled utility cabinets for garages, workshops and tool sheds. Preassembled cabinetry units are ready to hang; the cabinets' side, top and bottom panels are joined and the doors are hinged. Manufacturers produce preassembled utility cabinetry from wood composite materials, such as particle board, plastic resins and metals. Although all types of utility can hold lightweight hand tools, metal cabinetry generally provides the most support for heavy power tools. Preassembled cabinetry is available in both upper, wall-hung units and matching base cabinet units.
  
  

Brackets and Boards

• Heavy-duty shelf brackets and shelf boards provide storage for both large tools, such as power saws, and small handheld tools. The most basic type of utility shelf bracket is the angle bracket or "L" bracket. An angle shelf bracket is simply a thick piece of metal bent at a 90-degree angle. Screw holes on both sides of the bend allow one side of the bracket to attach to a wall and the opposite side to attach to a shelf board. Manufacturers label brackets with load-carrying capacity. Shelf board materials range from standard plywood to laminate-coated particle board.
  
  

Pegboard

• Pegboard is essentially a perforated sheet of particle board. Like plywood, pegboard is typically available in 4- x 8-foot sheets. The pegboard's perforations accept specially designed hangers, called pegs. The base of a storage peg has small clips that grab and hold the pegboard's holes, and a storage attachment protrudes from the opposite side of the base. The most basic peg's attachment is a straight rod. Tool handles often have holes that fit directly over a peg's rod. Other peg attachments include dual rods that support hammer heads or pistol-grip handles and ring-shaped pegs that hold screwdrivers.
  
  

Plywood and Nails

• One of the most basic storage devices for tools is a standard framing nail driven into a wall stud or a wall-mounted sheet of plywood. A lone nail can support nearly any tool handle that has a hole. A set of two, closely spaced nails can support broad-headed tools such as hammers, mallets and axes. Nails function like a pegboard's pegs. However, unlike pegboard pegs, removal and reinstallation of nails damages the wall or wall surface.