While you are organizing, do not forget to take a look at your garage. When using plastic boxes set aside two successive days. One day for tearing it apart and putting it back together and the next day for organizing wall space. You will need to take everything out, boxes, bikes, lawnmowers, snow blowers etc. It’s important to give your garage a first-class clean up, getting rid of all the dirt!
Decluttering is just as necessary in this space as any other in your home. As soon as you have made decisions about what you are keeping, it is time to define categories for storage. Don’t disregard the storage room above the overhead doors that can be used for long flat things.
Now you have created catorgories, place things that are for every day use easily accessable and those rare items you hardly use up elevated out of the way. Make use of wall and ceiling space to maximize your vicinity using plastic storage boxes . Put up shelves to place boxes on and label them so you can ‘look and find’. Garage items can be very weighty and need extra support, you might want to add extra supports or make them out of wood.
Use the wall space at the top of the wall and of course use those popular metal shelves. Shelving can go up here, be out of the way and is great for those things you only use once or twice a year. Well-built plastic storage boxes with lids are an outstanding way to keep bugs and dirt away.
Tag everything you have in plastic storage boxes for easy searching. Being able to actually use your garage and find everything without wasting time hunting for it are rewards for your hard labor. Do you have any idea how much money you are going to save without having to go and purchase new items for the things you lost?
