Organization in the Garage

If there is one area of my house that is still a disaster, it would be my garage.  Definitely not a space I’m proud of yet.

So, I’ll start this one with a disclaimer. This is not going to be a pretty post.  But, it’s a practical one.  Getting organized in the basement was one of our topic choices with Lowes this month, so I opted to get some organization going in my garage, which is technically my basement. It’s the worst spot left in my house that needs some TLC and I haven’t gotten around to beautifying that space yet.  One of these days, I’ll tackle it and get it really completely organized and looking better too.  My plan is to take everything out of there, go through the boxes that are still left from when I moved in that I haven’t completely gone through yet (you know how that is, right?).  I know most of that stuff will be going to Goodwill and then my garage walls will be much cleaner and clear of clutter.  Once I take everything out of there, I’m going to paint all the walls and cinderblock with nice white paint to brighten it up and make it feel cleaner.  But, in the meantime, I at least got a little bit of organization going in the garage.

But, it’s not pretty yet, just a warning!  Most bloggers try to share only pretty stuff, but here you get real too.  As much as I love pretty pics, real life takes over sometimes and that is where my garage is at the moment. Real and ugly!

This corner right by where I park my car had a left over pallet that has been sitting here since I moved in.  I hauled it to the trash pick up spot in my front yard and someone magically hauled it off before the trash truck got there.  So glad someone got it, because I really  had no use for it.  I know lots of DIY projects have revolved around pallets, but I’m just not really a pallet girl.  Once I cleaned out that area and swept up all the leaves, I moved down the metal shelves that I found ages ago at a yardsale.  You can never have too many shelves, can you?

I went to Lowe and picked up some garage organizing tools and came home and got busy.  In less than an hour, I had all of the pieces mounted up on the studs.  Now I have lots more storage options to get my tools off the floor and up on the wall.  I love that about organizing!  This whole space will look so much better with just paint added.

I nailed the pegboard directly onto the studs and added a few hooks on there. I can use this for many things and add more hooks later.  That metal shelving I’ll eventually paint, once I get around to painting my cinderblock walls too

To the right of the pegboard, I added this other piece from Lowes.  By the way, I found all of these organizing tools in the Home Organization section at Lowes. They have lots to choose from for all your organizing needs.  This little rack holds my rakes and brooms up off the floor.  Nice!

So that’s one spot that is a little more organized now.  Not pretty yet, but better than before.

Next I moved on to my hand tools and garden tools.  I bought a set of 2 rack systems from Lowes called Rubbermaid Fast Track.  The box came with two 32” rail system pieces, that screw into the studs.  Then the cover slides over to hide all the screws and the big hooks just snap over the rail system to hold bigger things up off the ground.  You can see I have 2 hooks for each rail.

My weedeater hangs from one and my nail guns from another one.

This is great for getting those tools off a flat surface and taking advantage of vertical space.

On the other rail system, I added my blower and step stool and my cordless drill.

These are out of the way now too and I love that.

One more piece that I picked up at Lowes is this heavy duty metal shelving system.  It comes in a box and goes together really easy.  I love how sturdy it is and I used it to store all my paint cans and paint supplies, which are plentiful around here.  I always, always have lots of paint around the house.

So, I hope this gives you some ideas on how to get your garage or basement organized with some useful tools from Lowes home organization section.  I will be working on this garage at some point and making it even better.  I have some nice built in cabinets in here and they are still filled with all my renovation supplies.  This is the last area I have to tackle in this house and I’ll get to it eventually.  In the meantime, I’m at least a little more organized in here.

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Disclosure: As a Lowes Creative blogger, I am sent gift cards to spend on projects and to blog about them. This post is sponsored by Lowes, but all ideas and projects are my own.