Got Spring Fever? Ready to get your garage organized so you can easily find your bike, golf equipment, sporting goods and still get your car in the garage?
- Remove: The first step is to take everything out of your garage. While, everything is out give your garage a good clean.
- Measure your car: While you’ve got everything out, pull your cars in and mark the floor where your car ends on all sides so you know how much room you have to walk around them without scraping against them to get in.
- Throw Out: Decide what items are no longer useful, damaged, or have missing pieces, and dispose of them. Paint in liquid form is toxic, but if it is solid, its ok to throw it away. Combine all those small amounts of paint you no longer need. You can toss it once its turned to solid.
- Recycle: Old newspapers, magazines, glass, aluminum, old oil or paint can be recycled.
- Donate or Consign: If the items are still in good shape, take them to a consignment shop or donate them to a worthy cause.
- Create zones in your garage by grouping like Items so they are easy to find: Create zones for:
- sports and recreational equipment
- garbage and recycling
- lawn and garden
- hardware and tools
- home maintenance
- Use appropriate storage solutions:
Tips to make your garage organizing project go smoothly
- Get help: If you don’t have a friend or family member to help you, hire a professional organizer. It will get the job done in half the time and you will get some great organizing advice.
- Be prepared: Once you have sorted your items into like categories, you will know what needs to be stored. By having the right storage systems in place, it will make the job of putting everything back so much easier.
- Be ruthless: As you start putting your “keep” items back consider carefully whether or not you are truly going to ever use it. If not, consign or donate.
- Use the ceiling. There are many tools on the market that are intended to utilize the ceiling for seldom used or out of season items.
Organizing principles for the garage
- store items off the ground to avoid dampness often found in the garage
- use vertical space on the walls
- create zones and then remember “a place for everything and everything in its place”
- label, label, label - make it easy for everyone to put things back where they belong
- consider the user - put kids toys in their reach
- create toolkits - put all of your car wash items in the bucket you use
- use specialized storage solutions for bikes and sporting equipment
Bikes
Racor Pro Double Folding Bike Rack: This fits two bikes and folds up against the wall when not in use. It also includes a shelf for bike accessory storage.
Dual Bike Storage Rack: It assembles in minutes and requires no mounting or tools and holds two bikes. The pole system adjusts to the height of your ceiling.
Monster Bike Hook Set: The cheapest and easiest way to get your bike out of the way is to install hooks into the ceiling. No need for racks or pulley systems
Sporting Goods
- Ball Claws: They attach to your walls and hold onto basketballs, soccer balls, and footballs.
- Frisbees and discs can be stored in a nice bag on a shelf in the garage.
- You can use a baseball and bat storage system over fence tops or on a rod
- A large barrel might also be nice to let air circulate around your sports equipment.
Let me know how I can help you make your garage organizing project go more smoothly. brenda@letsgetorganized.org, 612.385.6916 www.letsgetorganized.org
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