Hasta La Ideas

Academics need to store books; catering halls need to store stacking chairs; SWAT teams need to store weapons. These days you can buy something to stack ‘n rack multiples of just about everything, starting with basic pieces like Billy bookcases and getting into more complicated stuff like rotating rifle racks.

Those of us who work with our hands making or fixing things often need to store small items, parts or tools. As my vintage Singer repair parts stash started to spin out of control I went down to the hardware store, resigned to the fact that I was going to buy a junky plastic drawer-thingy made overseas on the cheap, as I refuse to drop 50 bones at the Container Store to buy some frou-frou frosted plastic thing that’s impossible to clean.

So I was surprised to find that Stack-On, the American company that seemingly outfitted every tool shop, garage and repair place from the 1970s on, is still in business and being stocked by my local hardware shop.

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