Anyone have plans for organizing a 2-car garage

Question

My garage is an absolute mess & I can only fit one of my cars in it. I need some plans to organize it, but I need to do it myself. Anyone have plans of how I can do it for a resonable price?

Answer 1

Wiz-We had to build a new home in order to have a nice handicapped room for Shane. My husband built it and is just getting ready to build our 2 car garage. He always draws up plans for everything and every little detail because he builds it himself. When he gets his plans finished I will find a way to get them to you. My first suggestion is to have a large yard sale and get rid of all the things you really do not need, use or want. Dimensions of your garage would help.

Answer 2

One where I pass it when I leave the bathrooom in the morning to remind me overall what is happening today, one in my purse so I can check the time/phone number/address of where I am going, and one next to my desk so that part way thru the day I can consult it. I also have a pop up appointment calendar on my computer so that if I get really involved and forget to check the clock, a reminder pops up. For the small stuff, like remembering to put something in the car that I am going to need the next day, I use post-its. I usually stick them to whatever library book I am carrying around. I admit that sometimes I dispair that things will ever stick to my teflon brain without help but when you are running after kids and all the chaos that comes with them, you do what you have to! It sounds like you are coping about the same as the rest of us would-be super moms! Remember to take a break for yourself once in awhile and remind yourself regularly that sooner or later, they'll grow up and become self sufficient...hopefully! Good luck and embrace the frenzy!

Answer 3

I used to have the same problem. My wife's car went in the garage and mine sat outside in the driveway.



Most of the clutter was long handled stuff like yard & garden tools, shovels, rakes, brooms, etc. that were leaning in a corner and falling down all the time, taking up more room on the floor.



I put up wall hooks to hang all those on the walls. Huge improvement.



There was also a bunch of small stuff, hand tools, boxes of nails, shoes, etc. that got sorted - many got pitched and the rest went into a storage cabinet in the basement (I picked up a 3-shelf storage unit with doors @ Menard's for 40 bucks and it held ALL of this small stuff)



There was also a bunch of "medium" sized stuff, like gallon paint cans, gas cans, tackle boxes, a spare tire, some 5-gallon buckets, etc. I put a bunch of 14" wide shelves along the one wall (three of them, plus the floor space under the one made 4 places to put stuff), and put everything there.



ALSO, a few years ago I bought a 200 dollar plastic molded storage shed that goes outdoors, some of my bigger stuff is in there (patio furniture, chainsaw, weed eater, etc)



Human nature is to store things on horizontal spaces (the floor, the top of the freezer, any table that happens to be near, etc)



Big shelves "stack" those horizontal surfaces so they take up less room.

Answer 4

Here are a few web sites that will help you out, and give you a few steps to follow:

http://home.howstuffworks.com/how-to-organize-a-garage.htm

http://garageworksontario.com/grants%20after.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.designerclosets.com/images/photos/PlayRoomStorage.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.designerclosets.com/solutions-garage.html&h=750&w=1000&sz=193&hl=en&start=12&sig2=qecTcrI5uw5CMOa9I7gO1g&um=1&tbnid=fBXqzIU1pvm0FM:&tbnh=112&tbnw=149&ei=8cyRSJ7hGJCgeZehkdsG&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhow%2Bto%2Borganize%2Ba%2Bgarage%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den