The garage often becomes the dumping ground for everything you don’t want, need, or are afraid to throw away. But if you ever plan to park your car in there, you need to make sure everything is off the floor and out of the way. To help you organize your garage, the garage door contractor team at Automatic Garage Door Repair Service in Rochester offers these five great tips that will get you started:

Get started, Make A List: Often the biggest challenge is trying to get started. You see a mountain of mess and think there’s no way to tackle it. But don’t think about the garage as a one-time task; look at it as a project that has a beginning, middle, and an end. Write down a list of what your goals are for your project and start working on number one. This way, once you complete each phase, you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment.

Take Out Your Trash: Before you begin reorganizing, you need to see what needs to be saved, and what’s essentially trash. So take everything out of your garage and begin distributing the items into piles. Make a keep pile, toss pile, and donate pile. Once you see what's in your keep pile, you’ll have a realistic view of what needs to fit back inside of the garage. Also, because the garage is empty, you now have a clean space to visualize where things can go.

Pile it up: Get things off the floor and vertically stack things. There’s a lot of wasted space near the ceiling that you can utilize.

Hang it up: Purchase some heavy-duty hooks and holders from a hardware store. Use the holders for things with handles, like rakes, brooms, sports equipment, etcetera. Use the hooks for larger items like a weed-eater, leaf blower, your bikes, and even your lawnmower.

Hide it away: Forget the shelves and opt for storing things in cabinets that close. Because you can close cabinet doors, you’re able to hide away mess when it eventually becomes cluttered again. Cabinets also eliminate the “drop-off” place that happens with shelves--the place people end up dumping things as they pass by).

For over 35 years, Automatic Garage Door Repair Service has been providing clients with garage door services in the Rochester, NY area. From garage door installation to broken garage door repairs, this team of experts can get the job done. Call (585) 663-1180 or visit their website to learn more.