Curtain of tricycles

So, the shed has been built, and I'm trying to load it up -- but in an efficient manner.

The kids have a fair number of tricycles and other vehicles, which are only used occasionally (we don't have any sidewalks; I need to lay some sort of brick or concrete riding trail for the kids), but which were taking up a fairly large corner of the shed.

Solution: the Curtain of Tricycles. (Photo at left.)

Basically, I have a series of hooks tied in to lengths of rope at strategic heights. Except for the unicycle (which is on my To Learn list), everything is low enough for my wife to reach to unhook, in case I'm not home. Some items are hung by a loop of rope, rather than directly by a hook (i.e. the hook connects to the loop of rope, which passes through the item).

This works out pretty well, as two or three items can be stored vertically, in the space of one.


Because the roof beams are made of folded-over metal (in a trough formation), I was concerned that concentrating weight at a single point might, at some point, cause the bearm to buckle. I also didn't want to beam to cut through the rope.

My solution was to nail a short stack of scrap 2" x 4"s whereever I intended to hang an item. This distributes the load, as well as raises the loop of the rope above the edges of the beam.


Saved a heck of a lot of space!


--GG