How do you know, it's time for a garage in order? Wonder if the people who are able to get cars in the narrow path in a sea of wall to wall boxes, tools, ladders, bags of fertilizer and Christmas decorations, garage als''der also known, is''to organize his time. If there in December and finally find the Halloween decorations ... Once again, it might be time to organize the garage. If the squirrel family is looking for new homes with more square feet ... It 'definitely time toorganizing the garage.
Step one
Take it all, repeat all, out of the garage. This includes everyone can, every bottle, every last nail. Sort things out in the driveway in three piles labeled: KEEP TRASH and give / sell. Make sure you get rid of what no longer use. If you have two kids, you really need eight bicycles? Donate to a charity because it is a good way to teach children to share their wealth with poor children. If you have a family heirloomThey love to throw a lot, find a new use for them. An old car can be painted grandfather built and converted into a bedroom for the display of stuffed animals, books and toys storage. Once everything is sorted, the process will move faster.
Step Two
The next step is a new coat of paint on interior surfaces. A light, metallic gray, for example, on walls and ceiling will brighten the area, paint a lighter color to create the illusion of more space. The floor cancover painted with a tough skin floor garage, or in thick vinyl / rubber sheet, in particular for garage floors, with two pieces of adhesive applied. Another option is modular floors garage floor tiles.
Step Three
Garages are meant for cars, but the space serves many other roles, including workshops, tool shed, car-care station for the whole year of storage space. The secret is to use the vertical space. Save as many points as possible from the ground the best way tobuild a garage in order.
A track mounted on the wall, screwed to the wall, is an ideal system. A track can be treated approximately 7 meters above the ground for long items such as brooms, shovels, rakes, hedge trimmers, electric, garden furniture and stairs installed. Another way is about 3 feet above the floor will be installed. This is a good place for hoses, sprayers, hand brush and dustpan.
Tracking systems can be equipped with hooks, shelves, drawers and baskets for hand tools,Garden Supplies, essential elements of cleaning. Designate a basket or drawer for woodworking tools such as hammers, pliers, wire clippers, jars of nails and screws. Absorption of metal can be taken for the waste, and another is used to keep salt on hand for cold winter mornings.
A pegboard with hooks and accessories are another good wall system. Each wall-storage method, the elements remain from the garage is a valuable organizational tool.
Open-frame walls are perfectlySites of small shelves. Bumps can have doors and windows with rarely used items such as lanterns, garden and other seasonal items are installed.
Step Four
Find an angle comfortable to use for a potting station. An ideal place would be overlooking the garden near a sunny window. Near a door is also a good location for easy transport in and out of heavy potted plants. A potting station must be connected near a water reservoir, or a garden hose with a longExternal pin or a four-liter metal watering can that can be easily transported. The area is busiest in spring and summer, but when the weather is cold, the range of house plants trend, light bulbs or planting and care are used as seeds.
Hang tin bucket to hold on walls or wire baskets garden twine, scissors and markers in plants. Larger items such as trimmers and pruners can be hung on hooks on the wall. Equipment such as rotary speaker can and wheelbarrowhang from hooks on the wall and held large bungee rope, filed with the mower under the ground. Containers on wheels, and galvanized metal or plastic, are ideal for storing bulky quantities of fertilizers, grass seeds and soil.
A potting station has a work surface. A table or desk is an option, another is a desktop device with no legs attached to the wall with a folding hinge. If the surface is not used against the wall, forget it, byWay.
Step Five
Create a wall unit for holiday decorations, bulk purchases of food, seasonal items and sports equipment. A long, long life is the perfect place for a picnic basket and cooler and fishing rods and equipment. Wall brackets, you can buy household items in bulk, such as mineral water, detergents, rolls of paper towel, and dry grocery. The replacement would be a metal cabinet with shelves. Another cabinet without shelves or laptopCabinet can be used to store golf bags.
Under the shelf (or in addition to the cabinet), is a painted chest in pine boxes perfect for balls, shoes and helmets. The equipment can be ordered by a family member or season. This is also a good location for bins for plastic, metal and glass, plus a basket of thread and yarn for the newspapers.
Bicycles can be hung on hooks on the wall stronger, or hanging on the hook in the ceiling.Another good site for the hook on a central support beam, a support beam that can accommodate two bicycles.
A separate cabinet or metal cabinet for holiday decorations are stored for each name of the season. Shelving is also an option if all stored in separate containers.
Finally, a place for everything and everything will be a daily source of pride and comfort in the place of your garage. There is no need to waste valuable time searching and not be found.Instead, you know exactly where to find what you need for work or play. Once organized, you can say goodbye to the confusion and hello to a more comfortable way of life .... and your car at the end no longer feels like an intruder in his house.
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