This article was written by Sara Coleman, a commerce writer contributing to The Spruce. To select the best pegboards, Coleman considered dozens of options, carefully evaluating each product's use, application, assembly requirements, and materials. She has her own pegboard system spanning an entire two walls in her garage workshop, filled from top to bottom with tools and supplies. The set comes with two panels and you can hang them either vertically or horizontally, which allows for more customization. You can also choose between three colors: white, graphite, and granite, so your tool display can look exactly how you want it.

One of the most appealing aspects of this set is how easy it is to add your accessories. It accepts standard-sized accessories, including pegs, shelves, and hooks, so you the options are endless. Installation is fairly straightforward and once it’s installed, it’s extremely sturdy and ready to provide years of use for your items, including heavy-duty tools. Suitable for hanging in landscape or portrait orientation, our medium wood pegboard is ideal for a pegboard wall in any room. Supplied with a selection of wooden pegs , you can hang, hook or pin your notes, artwork or accessories with ease, creating the ultimate wall pegboard display . Our large wooden peg board offers the versatility and creative freedom that we need in modern day life. Perfect for those who like to remain organised, this unique and modern system can be used to create a large pegboard wall display in the office, kitchen, bedroom or even the workshop. Depending on where you mount your peg board, make sure you use the right screws for your wall and wall plugs where extra support is required.

Drilling the timberboard with the guide jig

As well as being a must-have for your own, we think our wood pegboards make fantastic gifts for friends and family – we promise they’ll soon be singing its praises! Inspect the cables and blade of the chop saw and circular saw before they are plugged in, to ensure they are in good condition. If any of the elements need to be replaced, make sure this is done before construction begins.

When shopping for a pegboard, consider any add-ons that come with the board itself. First, you’ll want to make sure that the pegboard comes with hanging hardware (if it goes on a wall) so that you can easily install it in any corner of the room. In addition to the garage or workshop, you can use a pegboard in a home office, kids’ playroom, or craft room. Use it to display and store an assortment of items you need easy access to, including tools, craft supplies, and children’s toys, a kitchen wall, jewelry, or a gift-wrapping station. After you identify the use for your pegboard, then you can choose the appropriate size for the location in your home. Once you determine the size of your pegboard, look at the board's weight capacity and hole size, which will tell you how you can actually get away with storing and which accessories will fit your board. Melissa Gugni, a professional organizer in the San Francisco Bay Area, says the standard pegboard hole size is 3/16 of an inch. But this can vary depending on the brand and design. For example, the IKEA SKÅDIS Pegboard (our best for a craft room) holes are ovals, not round. That means they fit only IKEA SKÅDIS accessories. As far as weight is concerned, Gugni says the standard 3/16 inch pegboard holes should hold up to 100 pounds. Generally speaking, a pegboard should be able to carry between 50 and 100 pounds. Material and Style

Planning & preparation

We have made wooden jigs for this construction to aid drilling speed, accuracy and repetition. If you prefer, you can measure and mark your timberboard as you work, using a tape measure or metal ruler. Peg boards can be made in any shape or size. For the best results and most efficient use of space, we recommend measuring your wall and adapting the instructions to custom fit your home. Simply calculate the distance between each hole and the edge of the board to create your preferred grid layout. Panel dimensions are an extremely important element when choosing a pegboard. You'll want to know if it can fit into your space without any cutting or sawing. “Always measure your space twice,” Simoneau says, otherwise a panel may not fit. We are going to show you how to make a wall mounted peg board. Constructed from timberboard with perforated holes that fit wooden dowels to hang items on, we’ll also show you how to make supported shelving for larger goods. Each wooden pegboard letter is fitted with a dowel peg which slots neatly into our pegboards, ensuring they stay in place but are easy to move and replace when you need to. The peg letters also make a great gift for someone who already has one of our boards.