| Many people have a garage that is completely junked | | | | Start off by finding the biggest and easiest items |
| out. There are boxes and things stacked to the | | | | that you can get rid of. These would be the larger |
| ceiling and the floor is covered with items. At some | | | | things that you might need to get rid of that are |
| point many want to eventually clean out the garage | | | | taking up the most space. Try using something like |
| and make it look nicer. If you want to do this, there | | | | Craigslist to get rid of these so that you don't just |
| are some tips that you need to keep in mind. | | | | have to throw them away. We got rid of an older |
| I went through this as my very large garage was so | | | | washer and dryer this way. |
| full of stuff that neither car could park inside. This | | | | Organize yourself seasonally. There are probably |
| wasn't much of a problem in the summer, but it sure | | | | things in the garage that you don't use all year long. |
| was in the winter! Not only did the cars get all | | | | Try to at least have a winter section and a summer |
| covered in snow, but the plow couldn't do much of | | | | section. One part of your garage will be mainly for |
| the driveway, leading to additional work for me. | | | | storage of the items that are not in season at the |
| The first thing that you are going to need to do is to | | | | present time. |
| open up some space so that you have an area to | | | | If you do have things that you need to throw away, |
| work in. This will be some floor space or table space | | | | there are a few options. You can get a truck and |
| that will let you go through boxes and start getting | | | | take this to the dump. You also have the option of |
| organized. You might have to move some boxes to | | | | gradually taking out this trash each week until the pile |
| your attic or another part of the house at first to | | | | goes away. Get some sort of organizational system |
| get room to be able to move around. | | | | for your whole garage. This will make it easier to |
| We had no open space easily available so we waited | | | | stay organized longer once you have finished up your |
| for a warm weekend with no rain or snow forecast | | | | project. The goal is to prevent the garage from |
| and moved many items outside to make temporary | | | | becoming messy again. |
| space for organizing. This worked very well. | | | | |