10 DIY Hacks to Help Keep Your Garage From Looking Like a Bomb Shelter

by N/A, 10 years ago | 2 min read

If we're being honest with ourselves, most of our garages look like absolute hell. They're cluttered, dirty, filled with embarrassingly old junk, and just in overall disarray.

If there's a time to take cleaning them seriously, it's now. And that's a good thing, because we've got 10 simple organizational hacks to help you turn that bomb shelter into a place you won't be embarrassed for people to see.

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1. Not enough storage space on the ground?

Attach ceiling rivets to stow away those things that just don't have a proper place.

2. Don't paralyze yourself for next year.

Attach wheels to your storage cupboards and make moving things around exponentially easier.

3. Maybe the reason your garage is cluttered, is because you don't have anywhere to put things.

Install sliding wall cabinets to consolidate on floor space. They're cheap and super easy to assemble.

4. No place for all that damn tape?

Build your own makeshift tape-holder with a hacksaw blade, and never lose a roll again.

5. Ladders taking up an inordinate amount of space in your garage?

Again people, ceilings - they're crucial. Install hanger-mounts and stop tripping over it for good.

6. Having trouble keeping miscellaneous items separate?

Organize them with a simple labeled crate.

7. We know, recycling bins take up way too much space.

Economize with these ingenious 2x4 wall mounts.

8. Never sprain your ankle on a ball again...

Organize them efficiently with a bungie chord ball-rack.

9. Always losing track of those tiny tool bits?

Keep them from getting misplaced with a simple magnet strip mount.

10. Stop throwing away your peanut butter containers this instant.

Instead, use them for keeping those random, yet essential small items from winding up in the wrong place. Oh and save some space while doing it!