People tend to overlook how useful 5 gallon buckets are. Whether you’re at home, in the office, in the garden, on a camping trip, chances are you need a 5-gallon or larger bucket. Below are some examples of its uses in the home.
In the kitchen
There will always be something to store in the kitchen. Most of the time, food and drink. But small kitchen utensils also need a container when you don’t have one. A few 5-gallon buckets in the kitchen can go a long way. However, when storing food and beverages, always make sure 5-gallon pails are made of food-grade plastic materials. It is always important to be safe than sorry. When you have the 5 gallon food grade pails, you can start storing the sugar, grains, cereal and/or milk.
in the game room
Sometimes it is very frustrating when children start playing but never start to clean up their toys afterwards. Rearranging them one by one in a good order on the shelves can also be very tiring. Especially if they start messing with them in the next 5 minutes. Why not have some colorful 5 gallon buckets in there and teach the kids some organization? If the job is simple enough to do, surely they aren’t going to pout while doing it, are they? So, the car toys in the blue bucket, the dolls in pink, the stuffed animals in yellow, etc.
In the garage
So many tools, so little space. 5 gallon buckets can be useful in this case. What you need to do is assemble your tools based on functions and sizes. Cleaning tools should be bundled with other cleaning equipment or supplies, placed in a 5-gallon bucket, then labeled on the outside to indicate what is stored inside. Do the same with garden tools or supplies and woodworking tools. A good organized garage is what you will get.
in the study room
Research shows that Americans waste approximately 4 million tons of office paper each year. So here’s a little tip: recycle your paper and use it until you can’t use it. When you get a letter or print a document you no longer use, store it in a 5-gallon bucket for future use. You may need to use waste paper one of these days and you can save the environment by using both sides of the waste paper stored there.
around the house
So it’s a cleaning day. Why don’t you grab your 5 gallon bucket and put your cleaning tools inside, going from room to room as you clean every part of the house? When you find garbage on your way, pick it up and throw it in the bucket, then continue with the cleanup. When things are done in a practical way, cleaning work doesn’t look or feel so bad.
Those are just a few of the things one can do with 5 gallon buckets at home. There are many other things when plastic buckets come very versatile in daily life wherever we are. Upcoming articles will discuss how 5-gallon buckets can be useful in the garden, on a camping trip, and even in the office.
