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Despite most homes having a garage, many of these spaces don’t actually serve as useable spaces for storing vehicles. Instead of car parking, most homeowners find their garage is a mass of unorganized storage for old boxes, seasonal decor, home improvement tools and lawn and garden equipment. While cleaning out your garage may seem insurmountable, you can easily reorganize the space back into a garage in only a day or weekend.
To begin, sort through all of the items currently stored in your garage and begin placing them into three categories: keep, donate and throw out. Regardless of sentimentality, toss anything that the kids have outgrown or no longer play with along with broken items, expired chemicals and anything you haven’t used in the last two years.
Once you’ve donated and tossed the items you no longer use, you can begin organizing and cleaning.
To begin finally organizing your garage, measure the dimensions of the space — including the size and location of windows, switches and doors — to help determine what type and size of storage you need. Also, take down the amount of space your car needs. To properly organize your garage, keep these garage organization tips in mind:
It’s beneficial to keep some garage organization ideas in mind. Once you’ve cleaned the space and determined which items are must-haves, decide on the best place to store everything:
After organizing your garage and properly storing all of your items, create a quarterly or biannual schedule to maintain your organization efforts. Also, after using items, make sure to quickly put them back in their storage location.
Even before you start your residential garage organization project, it can help to look at all the advantages so you can have some motivation going forward. You’re not just organizing your garage for the fun of it, after all — you’ll also be improving the safety of your garage, eliminating areas for pests to live and improving your garage’s overall appearance.
Organizing your garage will create an area that you’re familiar with. You’ll be able to find those old items you’ve been searching for and put them in a specific spot. Once you have everything in its rightful place, you can save a lot of time and energy that you otherwise would have spent searching for these hidden items.
Garages can be home to tools like shears, saws and other sharp, potentially dangerous objects. By emphasizing garage door organization safety and moving those tools to one area, you can improve the safety of your home.
Once you’re done organizing, you can sit back and admire the clean, inviting atmosphere you’ve created in your garage. You’ll be proud of the job you did and will be happy to show it off to guests and neighbors.
It’s easy for your garage to become a storage area for all kinds of different objects and materials. Try to resist the urge to throw anything in your garage — some of those objects could bring potential issues. Here are some items to avoid storing in your garage:
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