Where do you store your tools and lumber?

   We live in a suburban area, after many years the piles continue to grow.  This spring the clean up plan is to empty out the various areas, including the garage and the shed.  Before I undertake this time consuming process, and I go to put stuff back that we are keeping, let me ask others.  How do you store your tools?  I have my hand tools in the garage in various tool boxes and bags.  The issue becomes the bigger items hand yard tools, carts, wheelbarrows, etc.  This area is heavily regulated so I can’t put up another shed or enlarge the existing without permits and inspections and fees and you get the idea…
    I have seen in some videos that people have these roofed single wall where they hang various hand tools and park their carts under the roofs or behind them to keep them out of the direct sun/weather.  I am trying to find a low cost solution but I also don’t want to put my stuff out in the yard to have the weather rot it in short order.  
   A second follow up question is where/how do you store your extra wood/lumber.  I have acquired some wood and I put it in the shed but it takes up a lot of space.  I have a “wood” pile of “outside” lumber that I use for various garden and yard projects but that pile inevitably gets used by various critters as a home and the wind/rain/leaves get through and damage some of it.  Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks.  

Can you store timber under the house?
For tools in a small shed, maybe swing 'peg board" or MDF walls that fold back against each other.

One idea I used on the homestead was making a greenhouse of sorts, that acted as a solar kiln. It was elevated off the ground, had lumber as sort of cross bars to hold up the stacked lumber on it, then the sun would warm up the wood and drive off the moisture as well as storage for it. It was only four feet wide, six feet high and covered with plastic acrylic roofing material. Next to it I had some PVC rollers that went right up to a window in my shop. With that layout I could grab a long board (16 feet) and roll it right into my shop where I had a saw so I could crosscut a 16 footer anywhere along its length. That really worked well.

One of the deciding factors for buying our new place was that above the barn it had a dedicated shop for woodworking. As we looked over the whole place, we knew the price was right ($180,000 for a 3000 sq ft Victorian home on a major river), but it needed A LOT of work. We were hemming and hawing over whether to buy it or not when we saw the barn and thought, "we might as well have a looksee anyway". The bottom was unimpressive, but the top was a full-on woodworking space. The realtor and I were both surprised and he said, "this has a lot of potential". Four days later we bought it. It was not solely because of the shop, but it had a place for everything, including a woodworking spot.

They had livestock at this place, but I am retiring from homesteading, so I will use the bottom for equipment storage, and the top for woodworking. The workshop needs a lot of work, but by insulating it, I can put in a pellet stove and have a heated woodworking shop eventually. It also needs an electrical upgrade. Right now it is just an extension cord going to the house. I have put in a 100 amp load box in here, but need to tap into the house electrical panel and bury a heavy conductor underground to power my shop. Once it is loaded up with high amperage power tools, its going to need the power. I will also hard wire in my generator so in case I lose grid power, I can power my place with a 20 KW jenny. (You can never have too much power)

Sounds like a good start Steve.

Sorry I never got back to you on this. My pictures were on another device.

This is looking back at the doorway. I hope to bring a few more power tools over this weekend.