Garages have become the dumping ground for our homes. Many are so stuffed with clutter that there is no longer room even to park the car. By designing a zone system based on the activities we pursue on a daily, weekly and seasonal basis, we can free up enough room in our garage for everything that needs to be there — even the car."Garages should be organized into activity zones that make it very intuitive for everybody in the family," explains Marlene Hansen, of Organize & Maximize, LLC. A Phoenix-based professional organizer, Hansen asks her clients to think like a hardware store. "I tell them to picture how a hardware store is arranged, with like items grouped with like items," she says. This common-sense approach to organization makes it easy for people to find things when they need them, and put them back in the right place when they're done.
Choose a zone:
Garden Tools
Sporting Goods
Holiday Decorations
Automotive Supplies, Tools, Paint
Garbage
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