Is your garage a disaster zone? 08/22/2010
Garages are the perfect haven for clutter, dust, cobwebs and so much more. A recent quick tidy up of a garage turned out to be a full day marathon but it was so worth it. Here are some tips for tidying garage space.
1. Weather permitting, take everything out of the garage and sort them before creating order inside.
2. Make sure you have installed plenty of shelving so all items can be easily identified and retrieved. There are durable, cheap aluminium shelving available at larger hardware stores in various sizes to suit your garage.
3. Sort all similar items together. Nails, screws and tacks are the typical items which find themselves all over the place so clear glass jars ensure they can be easily stored and found as needed.
4. Hooks are invaluable. I never seem to be amazed by the variety and quantity of tools found in garages and searching for them can be so frustrating. Peg Boards are fantastic around the walls so you can easily hook the tools up. If you like things in the same place then a quick outline trace of the tools once they are mounted ensures they always come back to their home.
5. Bikes can be very cumbersome so bike hooks are a great way to hang from the ceiling to create more floor space.
6. A coat of magnetic paint for the walls can be really useful for storing some of the lighter items in the garage like rulers, or magnets holding information like instruction sheets etc.
7. Items that are the most commonly used like dog food and gardening gloves are best close to the entrance so you can quickly retrieve them.
8. A couple of beams across the roof cavity are the perfect storage place for surfboards, boogie boards, snow boards, skis and other longer items.
9. If you have walls which aren't lined, then an aluminium bar nailed on an angle between timber framing creates extra space for items like an umbrella, broom, mop and other thinner longer items.
1. Weather permitting, take everything out of the garage and sort them before creating order inside.
2. Make sure you have installed plenty of shelving so all items can be easily identified and retrieved. There are durable, cheap aluminium shelving available at larger hardware stores in various sizes to suit your garage.
3. Sort all similar items together. Nails, screws and tacks are the typical items which find themselves all over the place so clear glass jars ensure they can be easily stored and found as needed.
4. Hooks are invaluable. I never seem to be amazed by the variety and quantity of tools found in garages and searching for them can be so frustrating. Peg Boards are fantastic around the walls so you can easily hook the tools up. If you like things in the same place then a quick outline trace of the tools once they are mounted ensures they always come back to their home.
5. Bikes can be very cumbersome so bike hooks are a great way to hang from the ceiling to create more floor space.
6. A coat of magnetic paint for the walls can be really useful for storing some of the lighter items in the garage like rulers, or magnets holding information like instruction sheets etc.
7. Items that are the most commonly used like dog food and gardening gloves are best close to the entrance so you can quickly retrieve them.
8. A couple of beams across the roof cavity are the perfect storage place for surfboards, boogie boards, snow boards, skis and other longer items.
9. If you have walls which aren't lined, then an aluminium bar nailed on an angle between timber framing creates extra space for items like an umbrella, broom, mop and other thinner longer items.
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