According to a Wall Street Journal Survey, 89% of homeowners would like to improve their garage.  If you are one of the 89% and don’t know where to start or what to do to make your garage space more usable, follow these tips.

Toss the Junk

If your garage has become the dumping ground for items that have nowhere to live, it’s time to assess the need for these items.  24% of homeowners are embarrassed to leave their garage doors open, according to Impulse Research.

Go through your things and decide what you need, what you can donate and what needs to go in the garbage.

Install Cabinetry or Shelves

One you have determined the items that you are keeping, using cabinets or free-standing shelves to organize the items will help prevent clutter. 

Custom cabinetry can grow with your needs and hides away items you don’t need every day.

Shelving can provide an easy-access space to organize items and keep them in reach for quick use and quick clean-up.

Use the Walls for Storage

Gladiator GearTrack® Channels and the Gladiator® Wall System provide a great way to store items that are hard to organize, such as sports equipment, shovels, rakes, hoses, etc.  These storage systems have several accessories to choose from that will help organize even the most awkward items.  A variety of baskets and hooks are available to help get items up off the floor and within easy reach.

Take Advantage of Overhead Space

The space over your vehicles or cabinetry should not go to waste.  Using overhead shelving takes advantage of vertical space to provide even more storage.  Overhead shelves come as a stationary shelf or an adjustable shelf, making access to items even easier.

However, using overhead storage for seasonal or infrequently used items is best.

Create More Parking

Double your parking space and/or clear the floor with a vehicle lift.  Vehicle lifts are useful to store cars that are only driven during certain times of the year.  However, vehicle lifts can also be used to store boats, jet skis, snowmobiles, and even all-terrain vehicles.

Upgrade the Floor

Nothing makes the garage space more undesirable than dusty, dirty, dingy, pitted concrete.  A garage floor coating will not only make the area look better it will also protect the floor from further damage and make cleaning it much easier. 

Hire an Experienced Company – Like Garage Store

Garage Store is a designer and installer of custom garage organization solutions and concrete coating systems. We are proud to be the approved Gladiator Garage Works designer and installer for Illinois. We offer full service insured professional in-house contractors for drywall, painting, organization installs and concrete coating systems. 

Love Your Garage

Stop wasting all that space and make the garage usable.  Schedule a free estimate with our team to find out how you can make your garage great.