Reorganizing Your Garage
In most homes, garages are rarely reserved for cars anymore. Instead, garages have become storage rooms, where most everything that doesn’t have a permanent place in the house ends up. If the time has come to make some sense of the mess in your garage, here are some tips on how to get you through it:
– Invest on a few good-quality shelving units. If you’re on a tight budget, Ikea or Home Depot are your best bets. If you can afford to spend more, however, go for customized shelving sold at specialty stores, so you can make the most of every available corner.
– Don’t think of your garage as a “hold-it-all room.” Look around and see if things could be better off stored somewhere else or even discarded.
– Group things by theme or season. That will make them easier to locate but will also make you aware of any duplicates you could probably dispose of.
– Put everything away inside plastic containers, rather than cardboard boxes or trash bags. It’s easier to move around, more resistant to humidity and pests, and a lot safer to stack up in a firm pile.
