HOMZ Durabilt Bins: My Custom Storage-Drawer Layout
I built the storage drawer around my bins rather than choosing the containers at the end. The extended-drawer photograph shows the access arrangement I was planning in SketchUp and assembling on the patio.
My storage project began with the layout in SketchUp and a patio mockup of the roof dimensions. I then built the timber drawer and surrounding cabinet assembly around the containers.
The drawer also needed a base, rubber lining and slides. Looking at the bins in the extended drawer shows how the separate purchases came together: a container had to fit the assembly and remain accessible once the drawer was out.
My storage bins positioned in the custom rubber-lined drawer.
Sizing the Storage Assembly Around My Bins
I planned the storage system in SketchUp and laid out the roof dimensions on the patio.
I built the drawer base and cabinet frame around the containers.
I fitted the slides and checked access with the bins in the extended drawer.
The drawer extended from the timber cabinet frame with the bins in place.
My Takeaway for Choosing the Kit
For another storage system, I would start with the container footprint, lid movement and the space around its handles. Rubbermaid Roughneck and Sterilite Industrial totes offer other container arrangements, but their dimensions and lid shapes would become inputs to a new drawer layout. My photographs show the HOMZ bins in the assembly I actually built.
Product Details And Van-Build Uses
Specification
Product Detail
Recorded Format
15-gallon Durabilt tote
Listed Dimensions
26 × 17.75 × 12.25 inches
Color
Black base and yellow lid
The fifteen-gallon HOMZ Durabilt reference lists the container’s outer dimensions separately from its capacity. That is useful for the kind of storage drawer shown in my photographs: the drawer is built around the physical bin, rather than a gallon figure. Lid movement and access around the molded handles are additional space requirements. My project account shows the bins in the extended rubber-lined drawer and remains the record of how the assembly came together. The added dimensions provide another reference for comparing the container footprint with the available cabinet space.
No. Capacity describes volume. The outer dimensions, handle access and room to remove the lid determine the storage opening.
Alternative products
Two Alternatives to Compare
Rubbermaid Roughneck and Sterilite Industrial totes offer other lidded container designs. Their sizes, lid shapes and handles differ from the bins in my assembly. For this kind of project, the container footprint and access to its lid influence the drawer and cabinet layout.
These lidded plastic totes provide enclosed storage for tools, supplies and household equipment. Their molded handles and stackable form offer another bin arrangement for organizing loose items.
These plastic utility totes combine a storage bin with a removable lid. Their stackable shape provides another container option for organizing equipment and supplies.
