How to Re Organize a Garage on a Budget

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Discover the items that you are just storing in your garage for a rainy day like a big desk

   For example: cardboard can be used to protect a wood finish from scaring.
   
   This allows quickly constructed shelves to be stacked on top of a stored desk.
   
   Or, a stored washer and dryer pair can be stacked with the dryer on top, once you build a 2"x6" frame to support the dryer above the washer control panel.
   
   This also makes a nice storage space between the two.
   
   Remember to secure the dryer to the wall to make sure it cannot fall on anyone! ,, This may be particularly useful for those who are both gardeners and dog owners, for instance. ,,, Your best storage ideas will defeat gravity in some way.
   
   Here are some examples: , (Upper wood strip is "2 X 4" and lower wood strip is "1 X 4".
   
   This provides clearance between the upper and lower layers), ,,,,, All of these were constructed from scrap or $3 lumber save the chest of drawers which was $14. ,, I found that interior house paint stores well under a work table.
   
   An oilcloth tablecloth drapes down to hide the paint containers and a shop vac.
   
   I mounted a drill press on that same wipeable oil-cloth covered table
   - just bolted right through the cloth. ,,
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   Step 2: or a lightly used washer and dryer pair.

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   Step 3: Sell the stored items if

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   Step 4: while you survey the piles

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   Step 5: it is clear that they should go.

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   Step 6: Make the stored items a part of your organizational system using quickly constructed wood or cardboard "compatibility devices."

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   Step 7: Move the stored items into the most constructive place for them to be (least in the way).

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   Step 8: Sort your piles

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   Step 9: recycling

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    Step 10: or dedicating to specific purpose any duplicate items you discover.

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    Step 11: Size up the piles.

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    Step 12: Size up empty storage areas.

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    Step 13: Make more storage areas

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    Step 14: recognizing that gravity tends to smear things out.

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    Step 15: Clone: Reverse tiered garden tool storage.

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    Step 16: Ponder: Windsurfer and ladder storage

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    Step 17: Copy: Weed eater and electric cord storage

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    Step 18: Think off the floor: Bicycle storage can hang from the wall or ceiling with hooks.

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    Step 19: Covet: Empty fruit box wall mounted closet chest of drawers.

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    Step 20: Evaluate your budget.

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    Step 21: Find a place for each category of stuff that matches the spaces you can create

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    Step 22: with these examples in mind.

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    Step 23: Consider visual appeal.

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    Step 24: Consider how frequently an item is used.

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    Step 25: Good luck and be safe.

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