A small garage is a very common problem faced by thousands of people all over the world. It isn’t ideal, but it isn’t as fatal as it may seem. It is human nature to survive, adapt, improvise, and overcome. In this article, we will show you a variety of ways to maximize the utility of your small garage and turn it into the best little garage it can be! So, without further ado, get out your garage floor plans, and let’s get started!
1. Make The Most Of Your Wall Space
A lot of our tips will involve your garage walls, and this is the first stop on that long road. Just because the garage is small doesn’t mean you can’t keep things there. You just have to find the space. Enter walls. Walls are your best friend, as are brackets and shelves and hooks. There is a lot of space on your walls that you can use to mount hooks and wire shelves.
This creates space for things you can put away on these shelves and brackets — power tools, camping gear, maybe a book or two. Whatever frees up some space will be a blessing for you, so take what you can get.
2. Get Yourself Some Ceiling Storage Racks
Have you ever looked at the overhead storage racks on trains? Those would be mighty helpful for you to store stuff that you seldom use – boxes of holiday decorations, old trophies, and souvenirs, the list goes on. With a few ceiling storage racks installed, you will have a lot of space to play around.
You can make them yourself if you are good with your tools. They aren’t too difficult to design, and you can find a lot of handy guides online, suppose you’re feeling up to the challenge! After all, it makes for a fun afternoon activity!
3. Hang Up Your Bicycles
This might seem absurd at first, but it’s quite efficient! You might have bikes for various purposes – exercise, kids, short commutes – it’s incredibly useful to have a bicycle at hand when you need one, but they take up a lot of space. You can’t stand them up in the garage, and you can’t leave them out – they might get ruined by the rain or, worse, stolen!
Hanging them from your walls and ceilings is an easy way to deal with the space problem. They can hang out without getting the floor muddy or stealing space from your car and other things you keep on the garage floor. Just don’t hang them up where you can’t get them down easily.
4. Store All Your Sports Equipment Here
There are rarely any objects as weirdly shaped as sports equipment. Finding a suitable storage space for helmets, pads, boots, and other such paraphernalia is a daunting task. The good news is that you can always make something for them. Either build or create a cubby system where you can store all your sports gear, so it’s ready for game day.
You know where this is going, don’t you? Exactly. Mount them all on the walls and make room for everything else you might have to keep on the floor of the garage.
5. Find A Tool Tower For Your Gardening Implements
If you have a garden, you need to take care of it. That means having a lot of tools at hand – rakes, shovels, leaf blowers, watering cans – the list goes on. Most people leave them on the floor or stand them up against the wall – where they can fall and cause some damage. That’s not something we want, so we’ll – you guessed it – put them up on the wall.
The best way to do this is to get your hands on a tool tower. These things are easy to find at any home improvement store. This single investment will make sure all your tools with long handles won’t ever get stepped on and cause an accident.
6. Clean Regularly
We all know what it’s like not to clean a space for a few years and then face the uphill battle of doing so and losing part of your soul in the process. Don’t do that to your garage. The more you let things fester, the more space you take up by things you don’t need. That’s why you need to give it a thorough cleaning every month or so.
Make it a point to clean, and either throw away or recycle items you either don’t find yourself using a lot or don’t see the use for anymore. Be economical with your space. The more you clean, the less time it will take the next time, and so on.
Conclusion
Just because you lucked into a home with a small garage doesn’t mean you’re cursed. It just means you have to get creative. By investing some brainpower, you can create a lot of space in your little garage and make yourself feel like the bonafide king of the world. Of course, this also means a lot of extra work, but that comes with being a homeowner.
There are many more ways to maximize the space in your garage, and it all depends on how inventive and crafty you can be. So, go try out some things! You might just surprise yourself!
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