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Get Your Custom Garage in Order Before the New Year

Darria Deatherage • Dec 09, 2022

If your garage has become the default place for offloading junk in your home, you are not alone. It can be easy to forget that you used to use the space for working on projects, but there’s no reason you can’t whip the area back into shape in the new year.

With a few clever tricks and some overhauling, you can turn even the most stubbornly cluttered custom garage back into the inviting space it once was.

If you’re ready to get your custom garage back in order, you should:

Make a detailed inventory.
Purge junk and start fresh.
Repatriate items that don’t belong.
Overhaul your storage options.
Stick to a regular schedule.

Let’s dive into each of these steps and see how you can make even the most unruly custom garage better resemble its former self.

Make a Detailed Inventory

The best way to start any renovation project is to make a full accounting of everything you have. You’d be surprised by just how many curios you might have hidden away in a corner that you’d forgotten all about.

When you’re trying to whip an area of your home into shape, every square inch counts, and it is easier to start from scratch than to try to make minor changes that will be difficult to stick to when you’re stuck in your original conception of the area.

Purge Junk and Start Fresh

As you can see from some of the ideas that the staff at Better Homes & Gardens have curated, there’s no shortage of ways to overhaul your custom garage. But whatever template you end up going with (or even if you chart your own path), the best way to start is with a blank slate.

Try to apply the Marie Kondo method wherever possible. If you haven’t used something in months and have no sentimental attachment to it, feel free to either toss or sell it. You could end up freeing entire shelving units’ worth of space this way.

Repatriate Items That Don’t Belong

Once you’ve started working on your custom garage, you’ll probably be shocked by just how many things are being stored there that simply don’t belong. From old clothes to valuables, fragile items, and more, garages can become a hodgepodge of misplaced storage.

Moving items into other parts of the house can protect them from the elements common in any garage. Of course, if you don't have room in the house and you also don't want to store something in the garage any longer, it might be time to let it go altogether.

Overhaul Your Storage Options

One of the best parts about having a custom garage is that you get to set all of the rules and decide where everything will go. There’s no reason for you to stick to ideas of convention or fitting in, so feel free to get creative with your storage solutions.

You could make use of wall racks, for instance, or even use some of your ceiling space to put away unwieldy items like ladders or high-reach light bulb changers. Remember: what you say goes, and you get to decide how everything ends up here.

Stick to a Regular Schedule

Once you’ve cleared out the whole area, purged as much junk as possible, cleared out items that don’t belong, and given the place a full makeover, it’s time to set up a cleaning schedule so that it doesn’t get overrun ever again.

By sticking to a simple upkeep routine, you’ll have a much easier time keeping things looking the way you want them to. After all, it’s much easier to do some light cleaning and rearranging every once in a while as opposed to doing massive overhauls every few months.

Conclusion

If getting your custom garage in order ahead of the new year feels like a daunting task, you are far from alone. But by following these simple to implement and easy to follow tips, you’ll be able to get your garage back where it once was - and keep it that way.