Out of Site. Out of Mind. Garage Makeover Result

Way back in July I wrote an entry about an internal marketing contest we held up at Rubbermaid Canada. You can read it or just take a look the part that I’ve copied below to get up to speed:

“We asked employees to send in pictures of their “messy” garage and tell us why they needed a makeover with the Rubbermaid FastTrack® product line. The winner would receive free; design consultation, product and installation from their friendly Canadian marketing department.”

Well a lot things happened since then… I got married, our winner went on vacation and our photographer got extremely busy. But finally, over two months later, we now have the ’before & after’ pictures that say more then any four hundred word blog ever could.

BEFORE

 

AFTER

 

I think it’s safe to say that our winner’s garage is a thing of beauty. The system has allowed her to get her items off the floor, eliminate multiple shelving units and work stations and now park two as opposed to zero cars in her garage.

I like to call it ‘Garage synergy.’ So often we have mini attempts to organize our spaces…a little of this and a little of that. The problem with this is that we don’t give any overarching thought to how the system will work together and in a place like the garage we often end up causing more confusion. The Rubbermaid FastTrack program provides the three things you want in a system; shelving, hooks and cabinets. But it delivers these in a cohesive way that takes everything off the ground and allows you to change the layout with the seasons or your moods.

Now I have to admit, ‘Garage’ is my category as Canadian marketing manager, I designed the makeover and actually installed the product with two of my colleagues….needless to say I’m quite proud of the result…..but what do you think? I need an ‘unbiased’ opinion.