1 - Begin by creating a staging area.
If you can park at least one car in your two car garage, then you can probably organize everything else in a day. Create a staging area where you can put items as you take them out of the garage, such as a lawn or driveway area. Any flat area will generally do, and you may need to use the inside of your home if you do not have adequate space in the yard, or if the weather forecast indicates that leaving things outside may be a bad idea.
2 - Enlist some assistance from friends or family.
Your family is usually the best place to go, because you are probably not the only responsible person for the clutter in the garage. Now is an excellent time to teach your children about organizing skills. They will learn to be more invested in keeping the space organized if they helped with the process in the first place. Organizing projects are generally much easier and much quicker when you enlist the assistance of other people, especially motivated young people like your children. If all else fails and you cannot enlist help from your family or friends, consider bringing in a professional organizer to help you out.
3 - Get started early on in the day, because most garage organization projects take longer than anyone originally imagines.
Getting an early start will allow you to avoid working late into the night. Getting started early will also give you a solid head start while it is nice and cool outside.
4 - Work from the outside in.
Open the garage door up and start in whatever corner is closest to your driveway, then work toward the home. Handle each and every item that you see, and make a decision right then and there about whether it will stay or go. Keeping everything and avoiding having to make decisions is how you got into this particular mess in the first place, so only keep the items that you really value in your life. Keep a pile near the street of items that you want to throw away, and bag or box them up to be thrown away later.
5 - Group the things you'll keep by their category.
Place items in your stage area based on their category rather than simply making a single keep pile. Going back through things a second time is a complete waste, so categorize everything the first time around and you will save yourself a lot of hassle in the process.
6 - Add tools for storage.
Once your garage is emptied, add storage tools like free standing shelving units, built in shelving, wall mounted shelving, peg boards, closed cabinets and so on. Research your available options and pricing and determine which is the best system before you install anything because each has its own pros and cons.
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Originally posted 2009-01-20 05:52:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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