Spring Cleaning Round-Up: Organizing Your Garage

Today I am so excited to be participating in a Spring Cleaning Round-Up - a series of posts centered around spring cleaning and organization from a handful of other mommy/lifestyle bloggers like myself.  Be sure to check out the rest of the posts in this series (links below), as these girls continue to amaze me and I'm sure they have some fabulous ideas!

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If our neighborhood gave an award for the most organized garage, I'm certain my husband would be a finalist.  I mean, garage organization is his jam.  And I'm happy that it is because organization has a special place in my heart, as well.  Anyway, when Sara asked for bloggers interested in collaborating on a spring cleaning post, I knew right away what to write about--garage organization--with the help of my handy hubs, of course!


My (his?) number one tip to an organized garage is this: shelves and hooks galore!  Get things off the floor!!  Hang things.  Utilize the wall space.  Make use of the overhead space.  Get a pegboard.  The more you hang, the less that clutters the garage floor, which is key to an organized garage.  We are lucky in that we have a spacious three-car garage, but these tips apply even more to smaller garages!

I've compiled some of our (his?) favorite garage organizing solutions and some photos of how we use them!


SafeRacks 4x4 Overhead Garage Storage Rack
HyLoft 45x15-Inch Slat Wall Shelf
ClosetMaid Shelf Track 4-Drawer Kit
Hang-It Yourself Home Organization 30-Piece
Steel Garage Shelving Unit (similar)
Suncast Resin Wicker 22-Gallon Storage Seat*
Suncast Resin Wicker 99-Gallon Storage Deck Box*
25-Pound Stainless Steel Hook
SafeRacks 4x8 Overhead Garage Storage Rack

*Technically we don't use those wicker storage boxes in our garage.  We have one on our deck and one on our patio and they are amazing solutions to storing even more outdoor toys.























And remember to check out the other posts in this series.  I can guarantee you will be blown away by their tips and they might just give you the motivation you need to start your spring cleaning!




One final thing--we're giving away four Mrs. Meyers variety gift buckets valued at $37 each.  We use a few of these products in our house and they smell heavenly.  Enter to win via the Rafflecopter below and good luck!

20 comments:

  1. Very nice, I love all the hanging storage especially. We installed some floating shelves over our garage door and it's been WONDERFUL having stuff out of the way and dang-near out of sight. Now if only we could get the bikes hung.. Great tips!! :)

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  2. Love how you guys utilize all the wall space. We have some things hanging but this gives me ideas to hang more items. Our garage defeintely needs a fresh organization and cleaning for Spring.

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  3. Wow!! Are you serious with this?! Amazing! I want to give your husband an award!! Can I hire him to come do our garage?

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  4. WE have the overhead racks and they are such a space saver! Your husband would definitely win an award!

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  5. Umm our husbands must be kindred spirits because my hubby is the exaxt same way! We new house garage is still a work in progress for him. But it was the first "room" to be completely unpacked. He has his tools. Etc where he wants them. It's crazy. Your garage is crazy organized and I love it!!

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  6. And now I want to buy every hook and drawer system to organize my garage! this is awesome! Our garage is still a mess from moving but it's definitely on the "list" of things to get done.

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  7. LOVE this post! We have a townhouse and we're kind of lacking in storage space - and we only have a one car garage. Lots of stuff needs to be stored in our garage, but we obviously need to fit a car in there as well. We have those exact steel shelving units you linked to, but otherwise our garage is a bit of a disaster. I am showing this post to Tim tonight in hopes of getting him to organize ours like yours! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  8. Wow, your garage is amazing!!! I think our husbands would get along perfectly!

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  9. Our garage right now can be described no other way than a HOT MESS. I partially blame it on renting and mostly blame it on laziness. Love this inspiration - I'll make sure to reference it tonight to my hubby! haha

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  10. Ok I am beyond jealous of your organized garage! We only have a one car garage but we do have some shelving. Our problem is we have too much stuff! I wish your husband could come here and motivate my husband!

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  11. Finalist? He's the winner! Seriously...most organized garage in the neighborhood! Every time we're over I think about how badly we need that hanging drawer set for all the "miscellaneous" kid stuff we have floating around the garage. Adding it to my amazon wish list!

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  12. I often find that our garage and basement is the mess of all messes. Because it's not a space that we use daily, it's easy to get messy and out of control fast. I love these tips and when we tackle the garage later this month, I can promise that you will be my reference guide.

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  13. That is IMPRESSIVE! Our garage is a mess right now. Toys, bikes and baby gear for 4 kids takes up a lot of space. I really need a system like yours!

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  14. I have garage storage envy ;) I want pegboards in all the rooms of my house haha.

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  15. This is so freaking amazing - ours is currently the catch all & a complete disaster! ;)

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  16. I think my dad would have a crush on Craig if I showed him this :) Amazing! I love it!

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  17. I bought garage hooks a year ago and they are still sitting in their original packaging! And our stuff still lines the floor of the garage. You guys are an inspiration!
    Evelina @ Fortunate House

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  18. Can you send your husband over to my house?! Our garage is on our To-Do list this spring/summer...ugh..still so much crap just randomly all over from moving! I'm a sucker for a good peg board so I'm secretly excited to get one up and hang all our tools!

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  19. Sending this post to my husband! He's wanting to clean up and re-organize our garage. He will love this!!

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  20. I am so impressed with your garage! We need so much more storage in ours and this gave me some good ideas, thanks!!

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