How many times have we taken our home garage for granted? We pile stuff in anywhere it will fit and maybe it will set there for years. Our garage can become so cluttered that sometimes there is not enough space for the automobile we drive. Sound familiar? If not then you might be in the other half that keeps their garage as neat as a pin. If you are then you well know how hard it is to keep it that way.
Most homes built after the late 1930’s have some kind of garage. Some may have only a one car garage, while most today are at least the two car size, with three car garages and up becoming the rule instead of the exception.
Home garages are used for all kinds of different things, such as work shops, a home business, storing things that will not fit in the home, and maybe even parking the car in if there is enough room left. Some times a garage can get so full some will construct a special garage just for their automobiles. One way to help with the clutter most of us have is with peg board. Peg board is very easy to install. Without drywall all one has to do is level and fasten to the studs with wood screws. With drywall you will want to leave at least a half inch space between the pegboard and the wall so there will be room for the hooks to fit through. Most often 2×4’s are what is used for the walls in a garage, the only thing you will need to do is to be sure to locate the studs before fastening the peg board. Once everything is in place you will be amazed how much you can get off the floor and onto the wall. You will need some different accessories like hooks, different kinds of bins, baskets, and brackets, after awhile you will wonder how you ever got along without the peg board. It makes everything more readily available to you and if you can see it you will use it. You can even hang shelves on the peg board for storing other things like books, sports equipment, paint cans, or anything else. With peg board you are only limited by how much and what to hang onto the hooks and shelves. One other feature is if you move the peg board can go with you if you choose. Peg board is not a cure all for garage clutter, but it can be a great start in the right direction.
Another solution that might help is Garage Shelving. There are several ways to go about this, one is to install prefabricated shelving, the other is to build on site shelving yourself if you feel you can handle the job, if not you might want to hire it done. Either way wall shelving around your garage will help control the clutter most of us have. Prefabricated shelving can be found in most all of the home improvement centers where you live. There may be some assembly required with some of the larger shelving, but it is generally pretty straightforward.
What we’re after here is to organize our garage. The things outlined here will be a start in the right direction. See the author resource box below for additional information and specials on garage organizer systems.
Mike Eggert
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How do you organize a garage?
Our garage you can only park one car in their but not have enough room opening the door and getting out.
The other side is a mess. What is the best way to organize it?
Now that its getting warm again we can clean it out but how do we organize it?
Its a 2 car garage!
We are having great weather Blondie!my plants are coming up too! i can't wait for those!
I organize it by putting the tools in drawers or in a tool box, and I have shelves, so alot of other stuff I own goes on the shelves of the garage.
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Throw away as much stuff as you can.
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live simple man
Build or buy shelves and buy totes or use strong cardboard boxes and pack away things according to their use,winter,summer use,Christmas,Halloween decos etc. Tools and such should be protected containers or cabinets…along with paints,chemicals etc.Hang up things like shovels, rakes and hoses. While your cleaning make a pile for donation of things no longer used or needed…and put things back in their place when your done using them…lol…im a neat freak but husband is not…though he is learning…lol.Good Luck
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Empty the whole garage out on your driveway.
ONLY put back in what goes in a garage. Either find a place for the other stuff or have a yard sale!!!
There is a cool book called Garage-inator and Man-caves that show how to organize a garage.
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uSE UR IMAGINATION LIKE YOU DO IN UR DREAMS.. MAKE A PICTURE IN UR MIND AS TO WHAT you want it to look like….
Then if u have not used it in the past year…. out to the curb..
Horring things.. only make clutter… and keep you disorganized..
Yes, we are having wonderful weather… we must enjoy it while we can be fore the heat wave hits.. ha ha..
U have a good day..
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I used for my two car garage shelving units bought at Home Depot. The come in many lengths. And are adjustable in heights. Bike hooks to hang up bikes. peg boards with tool holders. Mark the outlines of each tool so it will be place back after use. Clear plastic containers to see contents. I have a second floor for kayaks and sporting equipment. As well as a wood shop.
Good Luck
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Love my garage.