French Cleat Paint Tube Holder for Craft Rooms

What you’re getting

• Digital plans for a French cleat paint tube holder that keeps your most‑used paints in a tidy row, not rolling around the desk.
• Designed for plywood in 6 mm / 1⁄4″, so it matches the rest of your Neat French Cleat craft wall.
• Shallow shelves with a recessed holder so the tubes sit securely but stay easy to pull out, even with painty fingers.
• Standard French cleat mounting, so you can slide the holder up, down or sideways as your workshop organization changes.
• Works with the Neat French Cleat craft wall range, stacking neatly above pencil holders, paper towel holders and other small organizers.

Ideal for

• Crafters and painters who want their favourite colours visible instead of buried in drawers.
• Makers working in small craft rooms where every bit of bench space counts.
• People building a French cleat wall and looking for a quick, satisfying “first upgrade” project.
• Anyone who gets a small thrill from perfectly lined‑up rainbow supplies.

Build details (digital plans)

• Material: Plywood, 6 mm / 1⁄4″ recommended.
• Mounting: Standard French cleat wall (fits typical 45° cleats in the Neat French Cleat system).
• Tools needed: Laser cutter, basic sanding, CA glue and activator, and your usual finish.
• Difficulty level: Easy – straightforward parts, great warm‑up job for a new laser.
• Files included: DXF, SVG and LightBurn project file, ready to import and cut.

Why this instead of a generic shelf or box?

A random shelf will hold paint, but tubes end up in a messy cluster where labels are hidden and colours all look the same. This holder is built for a French cleat craft room: just deep enough, with a clean front edge and a footprint that fits the Neat French Cleat grid. Slide it between other Neat French Cleat pieces, and you get a modular, repeatable strip of colour instead of “somewhere over there in that box”.