Unpopular opinion: I sort of miss the chaos of my dad's unorganized tool wall.

Angela Lane · 2026-03-05T06:26:12.829927+00:00

Now everything has a place, but it lacks character.

Ever label something so well you hide it from yourself? My "logical" toolbox setup once left me searching for a screwdriver I'd put in the "flat things" section.

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anderson.jason7mo ago

Honestly it's just a tool wall, not a lost art form. The whole point is to find your stuff faster, right? If a messy wall worked better for you, then that system had its own kind of order. This feels like making a problem out of something that was already solved. Just move the trowel to where you'll look for it first and call it a day.

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bethl957mo ago

My husband built me the most perfect labeled pegboard for my gardening stuff last year. Took him a whole weekend. I was so proud of it I took pictures. Now I can never find my trowel because its "proper place" makes zero sense to my brain. The character was in the knowing where the weird spot was.

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