go get you Lowe's bucket make sure it's the 5 gallon bucket and the lid to go with it buckets are $3.98 each and the lids are $2.78 each the lids easy to snap onto protect the items but tools you shouldn't store outside they can rust do to weather changing but other items you can i put in Glad foreflex trash bags with gain on them get them from Sam's club i always put 10 bags ,i also add empty Walmart bags to reuse when i need them ,i keep raid to handle bugs outside ,cloth rags to clean multiple places with, plastic gloves to protect hand's and heavy gloves to depends on the work, hyper tough funnel so it wont spill things on the ground,water pitcher, empty spray bottle, Scotch scissors i always use ,wd40 it keeps items from getting rusty, metal brushes to scratch with,paint scraper to remove old paint, hyper tough scrub brush to clean small areas