There's just one problem: Your garden hose is now a tangled mess, and you don't have a good place to put it. So how do you store a garden hose when not in use? Instead of leaving it lying across your yard or in a messy, half-coiled pile in the garage, consider creating a DIY garden hose holder. Keeping your garden hose coiled up and out of the grass can also help extend its life by helping it avoid damage. While there are some store-bought reels that you can use to store a garden hose, as well as retractable garden hoses, a simple and chic storage hack is all you need to store a standard garden hose.