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5 Tips to Organize Your Garage

Published: Sep 8, 2014 by Ashley Phipps · 593 words. · About 3 minutes to read this article. · 9 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads and sponsored posts · This blog uses cookies · See our privacy policy for more info Filed Under: Cleaning, Sponsored Post

This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Rubbermaid but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #FallFixUp  http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV

 

Fall has finally hit and I am antsy to de-clutter and deep clean and do all those things that most people do in the spring.  I have been giving the garbage people a run for their money with everything we have been able to toss, recycle or reuse in some way.  But besides just de-cluttering, I also love to organize!  And a garage is a spot that tends to get cluttered really quickly.  So today I am sharing our Top 5 Tips to Organize Your Garage.

5 Tips to Quickly Organize Your Garage  #organize #storage #garage

5 Tips to Organize Your Garage

 

Tip #1:  Toss or Giveaway What You Don't Need

I am a firm believer in de-cluttering and getting rid of things you no longer use or need.  If you can give it away, donate it, sell it, reuse it or recycle it, that's even better!  But some things can't be salvaged and it is ok to just throw them away.

 

Tip #2:  Everything Needs a Home

Your home or garage can not be organized if everything you own does not have a specific place.  So we make sure that everything that comes into our home has a place.  This makes cleaning up more simple and also leads to a more organized home.

 

Tip #3:  Shelves

Our garage it filled with amazing shelves and things are fairly organized out there and I just love it!  Shelves provide amazing places to put and store items, such as bins to hold things like seasonal decor, camping items or whatever else you might have in your garage!

Organize Pool Stuff

Tip #4:  Rubbermaid Bins

We like to keep things really organized so we don't just throw things onto our shelves.  We used to use regular cardboard moving boxes to hold and store our stuff, but after a few moves those became tattered and worn and we slowly worked on upgrading all of our boxes to plastic bins!  I particularly love these 18 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck totes from The Home Depot!  They are perfect for organizing seasonal items (like all of our pool stuff) or anything else we need to store.  Plus they fit perfectly onto our shelves!

Quickly Organize Scrap Wood  #organize #storage #wood #garage

Tip #5: Get Creative

Your storage solutions do not have to be expensive or cost a lot!  As long as sit organize what you have and helps to give everything a home, then it works!  I love our solution to quickly store scrap wood!  Yes I could have built a fancy container or spent a lot of money at a store to buy a bin specifically for scrap wood.  But this great 45 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck Trash Can is actually a perfect solution!

Scrap Wood Collage

Because we like to do a lot of DIY projects and projects that involve wood, we have a lot of scrap wood in our garage!  It was a mess, before we organized it!

Organize Wood

This trash can is skinny and fits perfectly into our garage and allows for a lot of storage space without being bulky or  too expensive.  And for us it is a great solution to store our scrap wood.  But whatever you are storing, just remember to get creative, use what you have and find solutions that work for your space!

Organize Scrap Wood

If you are looking to organize your garage (or any other space in your home) be sure to take advance of the low prices on Rubbermaid Roughneck storage totes and trash bins at The Home Depot!

Tips to Quickly Organize Your Garage  #organize #storage #garage

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Comments

  1. Tania // Run to Radiance

    September 08, 2014 at 10:27 pm

    These are awesome tips! Our garage is a disaster currently and I am going to pin this for reference when we do our garage clean out this fall!

    Reply
  2. Leanne

    September 08, 2014 at 11:57 pm

    I store my scrap wood like that too. We even moved it to another state like that. Love all your ideas!

    Reply
  3. Nancy @ Artsy Chicks Rule

    September 09, 2014 at 8:03 am

    We do something similar here with our scrap wood!! 🙂

    Nancy

    Reply
  4. Mary Beth @ Cupcakes and Crinoline

    September 09, 2014 at 8:38 am

    I'm working on organizing my garage right now ~ my house is small so it seems everything ends up down there ~ thanks for the wonderful and useful tips!

    Reply
  5. [email protected]

    September 09, 2014 at 8:53 am

    Great ideas, Ashley!! My scrap wood pile is almost identical to yours!

    Reply
  6. Melanie

    September 09, 2014 at 12:30 pm

    Great way to store scrap wood!

    Reply
    • Ashley Phipps

      September 09, 2014 at 11:27 pm

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  7. Layne

    September 09, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    Great tips - thanks!

    Reply
  8. Sweet

    April 22, 2015 at 6:47 am

    Good Job. So creative

    Reply

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