Oh man how I love organizing a garage. It’s usually bulky stuff which makes the job go fast. Or just the opposite, you’ll find yourself needing homes for tiny bits and pieces (like tools and hardware) that are therapeutic to sort. But hopefully, there will be lots of expired and old items that you can toss immediately like old paints, broken objects and expired artifacts.
With a garage, you’ll have plenty of room to start in one corner and work your way around the garage in a clockwise pattern (pulling items out onto the driveway that are trash and donate.
Everything that stays gets grouped into zones—for example; You might have a hardware zone where light bulbs, batteries, tools, hardware and electrical gets stored. Some other broad categories that are often found in a garage:
- holiday
- car maintenance supplies
- overflow from kitchen (larger platters and bulky appliances that are less used)
- beverage overflow
- sporting equipment
- brooms and mops
- winter gear
My all-time favorite way to store garage gear is the combination of metro shelving and plastic bins. You can label each bin with the contents of what’s stored inside so that you can easily locate any given item. It helps if you can get metro shelving with casters as you can move the shelves to clean or rearrange effortlessly if need be.
Beth Zeigler knew she was on an organizing path when at the age of 5 she was maximizing her closet space to function as a second bedroom for her dolls. Throw in her background of delegating tasks to her younger brother throughout childhood–and her transition to organizing developed quite organically. Check out her web site at Bneato!Do you have a room or area in your home that needs organization help?
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I’m trying to convince my hubby to organized the garage and attic using Rubbermaid containers. Is there a garage kit or collection of containers?
Hi Charlie – thanks for wanting to use Rubbermaid to organize your attic and garage. The Rubbermaid FastTrack garage organization rail and hook system does come in kits (http://www.rubbermaid.com/Category/Pages/SubCategoryLanding.aspx?SubCatId=FastTrackGarageOrganizationSystem&CatName=GarageOrganization). However, we do not currently sell our storage containers/bins in kits.
Good luck organizing!