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5 Garage Storage Ideas – How to Organize a Garage

Organize your garage with this simple guide

By Rj GoPublished 4 years ago 2 min read
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Intentional or not, your garage often serves as a dumping ground for outdoor toys, old paint, garden essentials, and so on. However, with the right storage, you’ll be able to use your garage as functional and clutter-free as possible. By incorporating the ideas below, you’ll be able to organize everything you need to store, and you’ll finally be able to use the garage space for the right reasons! Let’s go through them!

1. Use Storage Containers and Bins

Lightweight plastic storage bins are a great option to organize clutter. Firstly, take a look at the types of items you want to organize and group them by category. Once you’ve categorized the items, you can place them in different colored boxes with labels so that you can find what you need in a breeze. If you need to store bulky items, investing in heavy-duty storage containers is worth it, and if you’ve got a lot of nails and tools, you can use sectioned containers to keep them all organized too.

This tactic will not only clear a lot of space, but it will also protect your possessions from potential damage from mice and mold spores.

2. Make The Most Of Vertical Space with Wall Shelves

Irrelevant to the size of the garage, maximizing space is always crucial, and one huge benefit is that garages offer a lot of vertical space. If you're handy, wall-mounted racks and shelving make versatile space-saving solutions. This will allow you to take shelving as high as you want to as opposed to shelves that sit on the floor.

3. Storage Cabinets

Organizing your garage is a lot like organizing your kitchen. Investing in some storage cabinets is a wise decision as everything inside won’t be invisible. This will make your garage look cleaner and neater. Depending on your budget, you could completely customize your cabinet to any color, shape, and size that you wish as well as order work surfaces, sinks, and hardwearing flooring.

4. Pegboard System

Pegboard walls are a versatile storage solution and perfectly suited to store small ítems. You can use them to nail hooks so that you can hang tools, brooms, painting brushes, rollers, and more. They are entirely customizable, and additionally, you could easily add shelves to them.

5. Add Ceiling Storage

You must be wondering that if your car occupies the garage floor and the cabinets are taking up all the corner spaces, where can you store your bicycles? Don’t worry, there’s space for that too! Overhead racks suspended from the ceiling, offer an excellent area to store things. You can easily hang your bikes, store your kayak or paddling boards or even keep ladders on ceiling racks. As long as the items are relatively lightweight, they help the garage feel less cluttered.

Whether it’s installing shelving or buying plastic containers, it will take some work, planning, and tools to organize your garage, but we promise that it will totally be worth it. Take the first step now to streamline your garage.

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