Garage Storage and Organization Ideas
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Step 1 Start With an Empty and Clean Garage
It’s always easier to start organizing your garage when it’s clean. Set aside a full day or weekend to give your garage a good cleaning, including sorting your items into keep, throw away and donate piles. Once you’ve got the items you’d like to keep, sort them into categories based on usage. For example, group all your holiday décor together in one space, and your tools in another. This will declutter your garage and make some room to start adding some storage and organization elements.
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Step 2 Organize the Space with Shelves and Cabinets
Storage racks and shelving are great garage storage solutions and are excellent ways to start organizing your garage items. Open shelves are inexpensive and are a great way to store things that you often use. Circular saws, garden tools, watering cans and more can be stored on the shelves to keep them off the garage floor and ready to use when needed. Storage cabinets with doors can often lock, making them perfect to store things that you want to keep out of reach, like paint, chemicals and other hazardous items. Many even come with adjustable shelves inside so you can customize them to store different sized items.
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Step 3 Use Plastic Totes and Bins to Organize Items in Shelves
Consider storing items that you won’t be using regularly in clear totes or bins. They fit neatly on shelving and allow you to see inside, so you know what’s in there while keeping it out of the way, making them great garage storage ideas. You can even get waterproof containers, so you have peace of mind that your items are safe and sound in the event of flooding. Whether you’re using clear totes or not, labelling your bins can help you easily identify the contents and make finding things much easier.
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Step 4 Use Your Walls as Storage Space
One of the best way to store tools in a work area is on a pegboard or slatwall. You can customize the spacing of the hangers to fit any and all tools and organize them any way you want. This way, you’ll have easy access to anything you need, when you need it. You can even install hooks around the garage to hang bigger items like bikes, to keep them off the ground and out of the way allowing you to work in a clean and accessible area.
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Step 5 Create a Workstation with Tool Chests and Workbenches
Another invaluable addition to any workspace is a cabinet or toolbox. These cabinets often come with multiple drawers in different sizes that will allow you to store your tools and other items, so you have immediate access to them during your projects. Some of these cabinets come with a wood top, making them convenient rolling workbenches that also carry all of your tools. Once you’ve cleaned, organized and stored all of your garage items, you’ll be ready to tackle any project that comes your way, and you’ll find everything you need to get started at The Home Depot Canada.
