Managing my stuff has always been hard for me.

My spouse asked me about how I want to organize my bike tools. We came up with an idea together. The two of us are in a large apartment which is in a converted warehouse building. Our interior is mostly wood and brick. I like to work on my bike in the living room, but she doesn't like the industrial look of steel cabinets, and I don't blame her. I wanted a rolling workbench whose top surface I could use. We did some web searching and found that some roller cabinets have wood exteriors. We found a vendor not too far away that had a reduced price for things in stock. I called and paid over the phone to reserve the item and arranged that I would pick up in a week.

As luck had it, the Penn Tool Company is in Maplewood, NJ where we lived several years ago. I had barely even noticed the business even though I passed it many times.

The item is about 100 pounds (45 kg). I found a local person whom I could hire upon arrival at home to help me lift the package out of the car and into the building. I used to be willing to do crazy things like that myself, but I'm weaker and smarter nowadays.

The cabinet cost a little over $1,000, and that thought hurt since I was so used to years of underemployment. But I have a full time job now (yay!) and I might as well pony up the grownup money for something I'll really use. It fits right in the living room, and visitors don't even notice it's for tools etc. No regrets, and I'm very happy.

Mine is a lighter shade of oak than this picture.



Gerstner International Dark Oak 5-Drawer Roller Cabinet