| If you're lucky enough to have a backyard to call | | | | the nearest patio table. |
| your own, you appreciate the advantage of | | | | So now that you've decided on the best location |
| having a private retreat in which to pursue the | | | | to store your backyard paraphernalia, exactly |
| activities that help you relax and unwind from the | | | | what should it be stored in? Obviously that |
| daily grind; whether it be planting petunias, floating | | | | depends on how much stuff you've |
| around in the pool, or surrounding yourself with | | | | accumulated...or plan to. For yard equipment like |
| friends for a big barbecue feast. The backyard is | | | | your lawnmower, rakes, and hoes, the practical |
| the backdrop for a variety of activities, which | | | | solution would be a storage shed. You can also |
| means it will inevitably become the home of a | | | | install shelving and peg strips in there for the |
| collection of tools, toys, and other outdoor | | | | smaller stuff - like that garden spade. Now what |
| paraphernalia--things that can get in the way and | | | | about all the stuff that gets scattered around |
| under foot. Under these conditions, your peaceful | | | | your deck or patio? Things like all of the kids' |
| haven may turn into a source of stress and | | | | outdoor toys or your pool cleaning equipment? |
| frustration. What to do? | | | | For deck or patio storage, a storage box, |
| Get organized. What you need, of course, is a | | | | sometimes referred to as a "horizontal shed", is |
| designated place for everything and everything in | | | | ideal. A storage box designed to accommodate |
| its place. And in order to assure that everything is | | | | individual dividers makes it even easier to find |
| returned to its special place, make sure that it is | | | | what you're looking for. Just knowing you have a |
| located in a logical and convenient location. For | | | | secure place to put everything is Reassuring. |
| example, gardening tools should be stored right | | | | Getting into the routine of always returning |
| next to the garden, pool toys should be stored | | | | everything to its place is Encouraging. And being |
| right next to the pool, etc. Admit it, if you have | | | | able to relax in the pleasant surroundings of an |
| to walk all the way to the garage to put that little | | | | uncluttered backyard, well...that's downright |
| garden spade away, it's just going to be left on | | | | Theraputic. |