---
title: "Dobbins House Journal"
url: https://sarahdobbins.com/
description: "A working notebook of small house projects: paint, woodwork, tile, doors and outdoor repairs, written up entry by entry with a drawn plate for each one."
---

# Dobbins House Journal

Tool board plan with the board outlined, a hanging rail across the top and a block of written positions below.

## [Storing tools so they are there next time](https://sarahdobbins.com/journal/storing-tools-so-they-are-there-next-time)

21 November 2010 · album: [Woodwork and Shelving](https://sarahdobbins.com/albums/woodwork-and-shelving) · [permalink](https://sarahdobbins.com/journal/storing-tools-so-they-are-there-next-time)

The time lost to looking for a tool over a year is longer than the time it takes to build somewhere to put it.

A tool board works because a missing tool leaves a visible hole. Drawers and boxes hide what is absent until the moment it is needed, which is always the moment when looking for it is most expensive.

[Continue this entry](https://sarahdobbins.com/journal/storing-tools-so-they-are-there-next-time)