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Clutter-Free & Organized Garage
Cluttered & Disorganized Garage
Did you know almost 60% of people with
two-car garages don’t have room to park their cars there or have room for only
one car? It’s not easy to get rid of stuff we don't need or use, but it’s more convenient and much easier to put them in the garage and deal with them later,
which will contribute to small or massive clutter!
If you’re ready to take on the task of
decluttering, organizing and tidying up your garage, now it's the perfect time
to do it, rather than later. So, let’s get started!
Step 1 - Declutter and Let Go
Depending on the size of your garage and
the amount of clutter, choose a full day or a full weekend for decluttering and
organizing your garage.
1. Make decluttering your garage a family
project by including family members (including kids), relatives and even a few
close friends. This will help speed up the process. Plus, they are not as
attached as you are to the stuff in your garage and they can motivate-help you to get rid of them.
2. Get some boxes and label them as donate
and sell. Next, bring your garbage & recycling bins into your garage, go through
every single items, keep what's essential and put the rest in your garbage
& recycling bins, donate and sell boxes. This will accelerate your
decluttering process, instead of piling what you don’t want somewhere in the
garage and then sorting them out afterward.
Letting go - A good tip
for judging which items to let go of is to ask yourself one and only one question:
Have I used this in the past one year? If your answer is no, then it’s time to
get rid of it.
3. Pack up donated boxes in your car and
drop them off at the nearest donation center as soon as possible.
4. Set aside items you plan to sell at an
upcoming yard sale, online, or local consignment stores. If you are planning to
have a yard sale, schedule it soon.
Step 2 - Organize What’s Left
Once, you are done with decluttering
your garage, it’s time to organize it. First, figure out how much
space your car(s) will take and then work with what’s left by placing items in
spaces based on their types and uses.
Frequently Used: Keep items
that you use frequently, such as shopping bags and pet leashes within easy
reach – perhaps on hooks by the door.
Items Used Together: Create zones
for groups of things such as auto care, gardening, and sports equipment so that
like items are stored together.
Bulkier Items: Use the two
back corners of the garage to store bulkier items such as a lawn mowers.
Rarely Used: Place rarely
used items, such as holiday decorations or snow tires, on higher shelves of
sturdy shelving units.
Tools and Bicycles: Tools such as
shovels and rakes and bicycles are best stored by hanging on the wall.
Important to keep in mind: If you’re using
cardboard boxes as storage containers, you might want to seriously consider
investing in some plastic bins that will keep insects and rodents from taking
up residence in your house.
Step 3 - Keep it Tidy
Once you’re done with all of that, you’ll
have a clutter-free garage that is organized nicely. The next step is to make
efforts year round to keep it that way.
Keep floor space as free as possible.
Spray for pests from time to time to keep
insects at bay.
Sweep and hose down the floors regularly to
get out dirt.
And the most important step of all: Repeat at
least once a year to purge what’s no longer wanted or needed.
Happy Decluttering & Organizing!
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