Organizing a
Garage
Organizing a
garage can be a major challenge, but it's also
one of the most satisfying projects you can do. Remember what
the garage was invented for? Right: to keep a car in! But look
behind the doors of thousands of garages and you'll find so
much junk and clutter that the car has to live out on the
driveway! Organizing a garage takes
planning, and I recommend you begin by reading this practical
article by John Sanderson.
Organizing
Your Garage
by John Sanderson
When the sun is baking your car and the interior is scalding
hot, or when it's covered with eight inches of snow, don't you
wish you had room in that garage?
It seems that everything that isn't used on a regular basis in
the house generally makes its way out to the garage: paint,
oil, the kid's bikes, that box of stuff from college, tools,
unfinished projects, etc. This problem is made even worse if
you don't have a storage shed for gardening and lawn
equipment.
Well, now is the time to make that room.
The first thing you'll want to do is make sure that any
poisonous substances you may have in the garage is well out of
the reach of children and properly sealed. Perhaps you'll want
to put any pesticides, paint thinner, etc., in a locked
cabinet.
If you have bikes they can be hung upside down from the
ceiling. You can get bike hangers at the local hardware store,
or at the bike shop.
Purchase good shelving for your garage. This can be open
shelving, or shelving with doors. It can
be
floor to ceiling shelving or shelving put up on the wall with
brackets. Any type of shelving will do as long as it's heavy
duty. Give each family member a portion of that shelving for
storage. Make sure that things of importance are stored up high
so they are away from any possible damage from water.
This is a good time to go through all those cans of paint and
stain and toss out the old. Look at your paint brushes - are
they really any good anymore? If they are, keep them on the
shelf with the paint. Put screws and nails and bolts, etc in
cans or bottles on a shelf. Collect all your tools and take a
look at them. What condition are they in? Every house needs a
well stocked toolbox.
What about all those car care items? Wax, soap, oil, rags (the
antifreeze should be in the locked cabinet). Choose a shelf for
all these types of items. Also go through you gardening tools.
If you don't have a shed you'll want to keep them in the garage
where they're not left outside in the weather.
This may seem like a lot of work, but just remember the next
time it's raining, or cold you won't have the discomfort of
sprinting to the car carrying an umbrella. You can stay nice
and dry and warm.
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Organizing a garage is not really that
different from any other organizing project, but it's
definitely one that brings immediate rewards. For more
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