Neat French Cleat

25/03/2026

Today’s share is a customer wall where every square is doing a job – tiny shelves for tape, a home for chisels, a safe spot for glue bottles, and that one favourite hammer.

23/03/2026

How nice is this French cleat block plane rack that Robbert made over in Holland?
Brass planes in leather pouches on a clean panel… this is the kind of holder that makes you want to put your tools away.

20/03/2026

One of my fav tool holders.

Lasers let you do what saws, drills, and CNCs can’t—perfect hex holes for every bit, every time.

19/03/2026

Playing some Trip-Hop & Cinematic Downtempo music in the workshop, and my little helper is having a dance up.

Check it out here
https://youtu.be/fc2Xq7nfHCQ?si=GVy_9MZB2VA_g3TB

18/03/2026

That “ohhh there it is” feeling when your drill, batteries, and bits all live on one wall.

Today’s project was turning part of this wall into a cordless drill station with four little French cleat helpers working as a team.

I glued two thin steel strips to the back of the drill bit box so it snaps onto the wall with a pair of magnets.

If you want to see it come together in 2 minutes, the new video’s up on YouTube – https://youtu.be/6xnQ5XenN6s

What tool would you give its own parking spot first?

Stop wasting time hunting for your drill, batteries, and that one missing bit. In this short video, I show you my cordless drill station: a two‑shelf battery...

05/03/2026

Who knew lining up pencils could feel this satisfying?

The pencils sit in a neat rainbow instead of a tangled pot.

Tell me: are your pencils team “wall-mounted” or team “coffee mug”?

03/03/2026

Headphone stand envy is real.

I kept seeing those sleek gamer stands and thought, “why do my ear defenders live on a random nail?”

So I gave them their own French cleat throne instead.

Where do your defenders sleep between projects?

02/03/2026

Tired brain + loose sharp tools = bad combo.
Here's a nest for the fiddly suturing tools and giving the anti‑cut gloves their own clip next door.

Now when I reach up, everything’s there, and the bench looks way less “crime scene”.

Save this if your sharp stuff still lives in a random drawer.

01/03/2026

Imagine sitting down to sew, and everything you need is already in sight.

That’s what happens when your most‑used thread and bobbins live on the wall instead of in a pile.

You don’t have to be “naturally tidy” – you just need places that are easy to put things back.

Which craft supply would calm your space the most if it had a home like this?

27/02/2026

Router table hack time 🔧

Want an 8 mm cut height without guessing?

1️⃣ Drop an 8 mm drill bit on the router plate
2️⃣ Zero your digital angle gauge on the plate
3️⃣ Span a bit of MDF across the drill bit and router bit
4️⃣ Raise or lower the router bit until the gauge reads 0.00

Perfect height, every time—no rulers, no squinting.

25/02/2026

Tiny tools, big chaos… until they all move into their own little nests.

Between cups of coffee, I made some Neat Cleat Nests, and now the pencils and other tools aren't cluttering my bench. Now I can enjoy looking at this part of the wall.

Tag a friend whose pencils and brushes deserve a better home than a jam jar on a bench.