Old Deck Railing Used For Garden Tool Storage

Old Deck Railing Used For Garden Tool Storage - tools hanging on railing with optional sigh above We had to replace our deck and railings. There were a couple of sections that were still in good shape. We had the idea to use a section of the railing for storage and place it on the back of my shed cottage.

Total Time: 3 hrs.

Yield: 1

Supplies:

screws
drill
paint
brush
large hooks

Old Deck Railing Used For Garden Tool Storage

Optional: You can also make a sign with a piece of wood that is spray painted and decorated.

Steps:

The railing was cleaned off and ready for painting. I had on hand some exterior paint that would be perfect for this project since it for the outdoors.

Old Deck Railing Used For Garden Tool Storage - railing on blue tarp ready for painting

It was then painted and allowed to dry.

Old Deck Railing Used For Garden Tool Storage - painted railing on blue tarp

The railing was ready for hanging. The holes were pre drilled and wood screws were used.
To add a little more flare to this project, I also had left over wood to create a cute sign. It was also painted and allowed to dry. For my sign I used adhesive letters and added protective spray for outdoors. It was then hung with wood screws above my fence railing.

Old Deck Railing Used For Garden Tool Storage - optional sign above hanging tools

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Catherine
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April 1, 20220 found this helpful

I like this idea. There is not much to do and not a lot of holes to make in the wall to fix it and for the smaller tools it could be set upside down to use each bar as a rack. Thanks for the idea.

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