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Roundup: 10 Clever Ways To Straighten Up A Disheveled Garage

by on Mar 26, 2014

Garages can be a blessing and a curse. It’s nice to have the space to store everything, but what happens when you store everything??? Things get messy, that’s what. Here are ten projects to help you kick the clutter and keep things looking organized!       

Garage bins overheadAlpha Rubicon

1. Hang bins overhead for more availabke floor space. via Alpha Rubicon 

rain gutters as shelves The Family Handyman

2. Rain gutters suddenly have a new (and awesome) use. via The Family Handyman 

paint station2 Little Superheroes

3. Create a station for all your paint supplies complete with a removable cart! via 2 Little Superheroes 

magnet tool stripBetter Homes & Gardens

4. Attract all the metal bits and keep them in one place with this magnet strip! via BHG 

tool organizationMartha Stewart

5. Pure genius. Hang all the major tools on one wall and then trace the outlines of each! via Martha Stewart 

hardware in muffin tinsFamily Handyman

6. I lost my marbles when I saw this. Keep hardware in large muffin tins! via The Family Handyman 

diy bike rackThe Great Indoors

7. This DIY bike rack cost less than $2 to make! It was built for indoor use, but the same rack could be used in a garage! via The Great Indoors 

Several shoe racks in the garage with lots of shoes on top of them.Sunny Side Up

8.  Keep all shoes neatly organized! via Sunny Side Up

garage wall of hooksDana Gallagher for Country Living

9. A wall of hooks for anything and everything! via Country Living 

pegboard storage C.R.A.F.T.

10. Build a wall of pegboard with hooks where you can hang all your tools, mops, and brooms! via C.R.A.F.T. 

What other great organization ideas have you seen floating around the internet???

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  1. A drawer with plastic flatware container.  Another drawer with similar container, father away from cooking area, for less used things like meat injectors, large and small meat skewers, rubber bands and cooking string, tiny light bulbs (flash lights and more)  honey dipper, MY screwdriver (different ends in handle) MUST be put back, unlike his!  Odd screws and such.