Is the clutter in your garage causing you stress? This disorder that is keeping you from enjoying your garage started by innocently dropping a few items along the wall in your garage, but now it's out of hand. Your garage started as a naked cube: four empty walls with a floor and ceiling. This empty cube has plenty of space, but lacks shelving and other fixtures on which you can put things.
Eliminate the stacks of clutter and start enjoying your garage again by installing racks, shelves, hooks, etc. in that simple cube. Consider how many fixtures are in your bathroom and kitchen. You also have furniture in your living room and bedroom that provide storage. How about you do the same for your garage?
If you'd like the garage to become organized you have to add a few fixtures and furniture to it. Here is a deluge of storage ideas that will help you to reclaim your garage. These recommendations should serve to inspire you to create a plan for a newly organized garage.
First look for a space 6 - 12 inches narrow. This is the ideal location for a garden tool hanger or a series of hooks and pegs. Larger spaces from 12 - 16 inches are good for adjustable wall mounted shelving. Install tracks, also called standards, on the wall with brackets and shelves of wire or wood. Wire has the advantages of keeping you from piling small things on the shelf. Small things should be consolidated in boxes or bins. Wire shelves also do not collect as much dust. Wood has a more solid look. If you buy pre-made shelves they will be more expensive than wire. If you don't mind a rugged look, cutting a 4x8 sheet of plywood down into 12 or 16 widths is the most economical solution.
Place every small and medium stuff on the wall shelves. Create storage zones by collecting like items together. Start using bins and totes to gather similar small items. For deeper spaces from 18 to 24 inches, get free-standing shelving for larger heavier possessions.
If you want to hide your stuff, get cabinets. Look into full-height free-standing or else smaller cabinets attached to the wall. Lockers can be a fun and personalized method to separate people's gear. Get a workbench. By creating a space dedicated to odd jobs you will be more likely to move forward with them. Install a pegboard above your workbench to keep small tools. Outline the tools with paint or a marker to identify every tool's spot.
Use a hoist to raise bicycles onto the ceiling or wall. Similar products exist for canoes and other miscellaneous large items. Clear as much floor space as possible. Put in a steel overhead storage rack to hold infrequently-used items and get seasonal boxes out of the way. Use clear bins to see what you've stored overhead, and label all your bins and totes. Cut out the ladder work by investing in a powered lift.
Take the time to create a plan before you go shopping. Make a rough sketch of your garage. Locate the different sized areas as suggested above: less than 12 inches, 12-16 inches, and 18-24 inches. Also mark empty ceiling space that could be converted to useful storage space. Not every suggestion above will be relevant to your garage. Shop for the products based on your garage storage plan.
Eliminate the stacks of clutter and start enjoying your garage again by installing racks, shelves, hooks, etc. in that simple cube. Consider how many fixtures are in your bathroom and kitchen. You also have furniture in your living room and bedroom that provide storage. How about you do the same for your garage?
If you'd like the garage to become organized you have to add a few fixtures and furniture to it. Here is a deluge of storage ideas that will help you to reclaim your garage. These recommendations should serve to inspire you to create a plan for a newly organized garage.
First look for a space 6 - 12 inches narrow. This is the ideal location for a garden tool hanger or a series of hooks and pegs. Larger spaces from 12 - 16 inches are good for adjustable wall mounted shelving. Install tracks, also called standards, on the wall with brackets and shelves of wire or wood. Wire has the advantages of keeping you from piling small things on the shelf. Small things should be consolidated in boxes or bins. Wire shelves also do not collect as much dust. Wood has a more solid look. If you buy pre-made shelves they will be more expensive than wire. If you don't mind a rugged look, cutting a 4x8 sheet of plywood down into 12 or 16 widths is the most economical solution.
Place every small and medium stuff on the wall shelves. Create storage zones by collecting like items together. Start using bins and totes to gather similar small items. For deeper spaces from 18 to 24 inches, get free-standing shelving for larger heavier possessions.
If you want to hide your stuff, get cabinets. Look into full-height free-standing or else smaller cabinets attached to the wall. Lockers can be a fun and personalized method to separate people's gear. Get a workbench. By creating a space dedicated to odd jobs you will be more likely to move forward with them. Install a pegboard above your workbench to keep small tools. Outline the tools with paint or a marker to identify every tool's spot.
Use a hoist to raise bicycles onto the ceiling or wall. Similar products exist for canoes and other miscellaneous large items. Clear as much floor space as possible. Put in a steel overhead storage rack to hold infrequently-used items and get seasonal boxes out of the way. Use clear bins to see what you've stored overhead, and label all your bins and totes. Cut out the ladder work by investing in a powered lift.
Take the time to create a plan before you go shopping. Make a rough sketch of your garage. Locate the different sized areas as suggested above: less than 12 inches, 12-16 inches, and 18-24 inches. Also mark empty ceiling space that could be converted to useful storage space. Not every suggestion above will be relevant to your garage. Shop for the products based on your garage storage plan.
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