Olioboard Inspiration – Spring Cleaning Your Garage this Season

 Entry #2152, March 29, 2013

Today we continue Stagetecture’s feature. ‘Olioboard Inspiration‘. Last week you enjoyed Liah AIAmin’s   – ‘A Fresh Take on your Easter Home’ and this week I bring you Madeline Jones a member of the Facebook Olioboard Fan Room. I asked her to tackle one of the most forgotten rooms of your home – your garage! See how she helps you organize your spring garage and have room for all the great activities you and your family have in store this season.

Although the garage is a great place to store everyday items and seasonal items, it can sometimes turn into a collection of odds and ends that turn into clutter.

In prepping the garage for spring cleaning and organizing, start by getting rid of things that are no longer needed or used.  If you haven’t used something in more than a year, consider letting it go.

Garage organization ideas:

1. Inexpensive shelving can be purchased from places like IKEA or built in cabinets and shelving can be installed.

2. Anything that is unsightly can be placed on shelves inside cabinets. Less frequently used things such as holiday decorations can also go in a cabinet.

3.  Daily necessities as well as the recycling bin should go on shelving closest to the door to the house or on shelving that does not have any doors for easier access.

4. Containers make everything look so much neater and less cluttered. Decorative types of boxes can be used, which look nice.  When storing heavier items, containers with lockable sides and sturdy handles might be more secure. They are easy to take off the shelves and put back too.  Do not forget to label the containers or use clear containers so that the items inside can be seen!

5. A shoe tray near the door can be especially handy when removing wet or muddy shoes.  If room next to the door is minimal, shoes can also be stored on open shelving.

6.  All chemicals and sprays can remain inside a cabinet in order to avoid spillage.  Just make sure that there is some ventilation if they are placed in a cabinet.

7.   Store sport equipment on a cart.  Larger sticks like hockey or lacrosse sticks might need a larger area.

8.   Large hooks that screw into the ceiling can be used to store bicycles and that also gets them off the floor and saves space.

Even if you cannot spend a lot of money, tucking things into their own zones and finding a “home” for items will free up space. Any amount of organization will make it easier and less time consuming to find and put away items.

I am a middle school science teacher with a passion for interior decorating.  I have found a interior decorating to be a fabulous hobby.  I love renovating my home and helping friends decorate and DIY.  Olioboard.com has been a fun way to explore design and wonderful décor and to get new ideas.  I love using it to create rooms, to support other designers and learn new things.  The designers behind Olioboard Fan Room on Facebook are terrific, supportive and helpful too. 

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