These amazing garage organization ideas will help you get your stuff off the floor, and your cars parked in the garage. What’s great is all of these ideas you can totally do yourself!
Studies show that only 30% of homeowners actually park their cars in the garage. Why don’t we? We have too much stuff!
Today I am going to give you some tips on how to pare down that stuff and organize it so that you can get those cars inside and out of the elements!
How do I organize my garage? (First Steps)
There are a few steps you should take before going out and buying any storage solutions or building anything. You really need to go through everything in your garage and decide if it is worth keeping.
You need a trash pile. This is for anything that is broken or just not in good shape. If you thought you might fix it but it’s been sitting for multiple years it’s probably time to just get rid of it.
You need a donate pile. You have some yard decor that you spent money on but don’t really use anymore. But because you spent money on it you don’t just want to throw it away. Donate these items!
Let someone else love that item just as much as you once did.
Then you have the keep pile. These are things you actively use. Really go through the kid’s outdoor toys and only keep the things they are actually using.
How do I store small items in my garage?
Small items really should be organized by type and kept in small containers. I like to get clear plastic bins to keep them in so it’s easy to see what is inside. Or you can make labels for them.
Make sure once you organize these small items that you always put them where they belong otherwise you will be right back to a messy garage in no time.
Garage Organization Ideas
These 15 different garages have very different but creative storage solutions. There are some really great ideas that you can get for organizing your garage!
This slat wall is a total game changer for us storage wise. All of these things on the walls have previously been shoved in closets, piled in the driveway, or leaned in a corner of the yard against the fence. Like… totally IN THE WAY and messy looking. This? totally tidy and organized. What a breath of fresh air!
This started out as carport (with all the foundation for a garage) and now it’s a totally functional small garage workshop with a wall devoted to yard tools and family storage (kids bikes!). I’m chatting how we finished it (from the DIY epoxy floors to the windows and lighting) and what storage pieces we chose to make it work incredibly hard for a small space.
Correct chainsaw storage is important for keeping your machine in tip-top shape.
There’s a lot of stuff that needs to be stored in your garage and if you work it right, you should be able to use your garage as storage space and for its intended purpose of parking your cars! These garage organization tips will give you ideas on how to organize your garage so you can avoid adding a storage shed in your backyard or paying for extra storage at a self-storage facility.
If your garage is a mess, here are 15 brilliant ways to organize your garage! Find your tools and clear up space with these garage organization tips and ideas.
I have tried a lot of different storage solutions in our workshop, I’ve made a lot of mistakes and I’ve finally landed on a workshop storage plan that actually seems like it’s sustainable. And today, I’m sharing all of our garage workshop organization tips because goodness knows I’ve had a lot of practice.
Garage organization and storage are imperative if you enjoy DIY projects and building furniture and you don’t have a separate workshop, even if you just park your car and store a few things in the garage, it’s important! This set of DIY garage storage shelves is a giant leap toward being able to keep an organized garage and can easily be built with a few 2x4s!
This lumber cart is the perfect way to organize and move large pieces of plywood in your garage or shop without causing them to warp! So easy to build, and only takes an hour or so to throw together! Get your workshop organized this year, and keep it that way when you have this simple DIY lumber cart to help manage and store large plywood pieces!
After lots of purging and planning and even a little painting, we now have a garage that we’re not embarrassed for the neighbors to see. Hallelujah! The back wall of the garage just makes me smile.
Do you have a home workshop? I love having a home workshop that I can create my DIY projects in. We built this DIY mobile workbench and I absolutely love it. It allows me to move it anywhere in the garage, as well as outside on beautiful days! And it makes it so easy to clean too!
“What are the ways you organize and store house supplies? Paint, paint supplies, tools, light bulbs, etc.” Today, we share how we do it plus best practices/tips, and cover all these types of supplies and more!
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As a licensed Real Estate Agent and an avid home decorator, I strive to give my clients the very best I can when it comes to staging, selling, and decorating their homes. I have lots of experience with paint color choices and love to DIY my home so I can have everything just the way I want it. I share my ideas and projects with the world in the hopes that I can help others have their homes just the way they want as well.