If you have a garage, you have to feel lucky because in addition to being the shelter for your car, your motorcycle or any other vehicle you may have, it is also an extra place to store your things. But for it to really be a beneficial place for you, you will have to put into practice some ideas to maintain order in the garage, since otherwise it can be a disaster.
In addition to having furniture that adapts to your space, to your things and that helps you to have everything organized, for example; furniture, hooks, hangers, bars, shelves on the wall or open shelves, it is not always enough. You will also have to have some ideas to be able to maintain order. Why having a lot of storage space but not having a basic notion of order will not help you to keep your garage in good condition.
Take inventory and clean the garage on a regular basis
For one thing, nothing like take an inventory of everything you have in the garage and decide what things you really need to store there. Because sometimes we keep an endless number of objects that we will never use again. So, it's time to do cleaning and this also has to be done regularly. This is how we make sure that we have everything we need and that it is in the order we need. From time to time, it is better to have a few hours to let ourselves be carried away by a job like this.
Assign a place for everything: by seasons and categories
That is why in order to have a good order in the garage you will have to have a systematic organization of the stored things. You can start with the organization of elements by categories and from there create zones in the garage to store all the elements within the categories. Although these categories can be by seasons. Having everything related to summer in a large box, the same with autumn and so on. For example: “Christmas decorations or pool toys”.
Vertical and horizontal storage systems on the walls
It is a perfect way to store everything we need. Although sometimes we get carried away by the horizontal shelves that imply from one side of the wall to the other, you can also get carried away by the vertical ones. Vertical shelving is great for storing boxes and small containers and can be hung from the ceiling to save floor space. That is what we really want, for the floor to be clearer. So, try placing several shelves and on each of them, choose containers or baskets of the same size for a neater finish.
Label each box
Since sometimes we don't like the boxes to be transparent or leave anything visible, what we can do is opt for put stickers on the boxes. In this way we will know what is in each of them at all times. Especially if we are storing as we have commented, by categories or seasons. Otherwise, we must be quite concise so that later, when we want to find a product, we find it the first time. Remember that things should always be stored in the same place. We are very given to using a tool and then placing it where it is not usual.
For small products, boxes visible in the garage
Yes, there are always exceptions and therefore, we come to this one. To maintain order in the garage we need a series of storage options ranging from the largest boxes to the smallest. Well, the latter will also carry smaller products, which means that sometimes they can be lost or remain in the background and not be seen with the naked eye. so you can always place a series of bands with open boxes where each product is neatly arranged or folded, depending on which one it is. In this way, when you need it, you only have to arrive and catch it, without having to search or remove the other boxes.