Hey, guys I was planning on redoing my garage lay out to get all my shiznit organized.(I know 10 gal of shiznit in a 5 gal bucket) What kind of ideas do you have I am will ing to remove shelves and what ever else might give me more room. I will be building a shed to put my quads in so that will give me 19 ft. by 5 ft. but mainly I want to make the garage to not look and feel so cluttered.
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oh yeah and where's waldo???
IMHO the first improvement and the greatest would be to remove the grossly oversized chebby bow tie! J/k :D
I just want to have a garage next to my house again! :(
I figured that would be the first thing lol. but it's like a man curtain hiding my . hehehe
I'd be interested in knowing why there is a ring gear hanging from the trac lights.
it my old gear and I don't want to toss it, actually it is handing from a chain that use to hold my other light
I want a Garage. :(
And that Hooters Application isn't very functional way up there. :rollin:
I know I was going to put it on a pulley but never got around to doing that, great first project idea, by the way my wife bought that for me, so far her s have been the only ones to fill out the application. hehehe
Start by determining what you NEED in your garage. Then either toss or sell the rest. I'm bad about not throwing things out thinking I might need it some day. Then it usually sits and moved around several times. Should've thrown it out to start with.
I want a garage too! And that Hooters application sign is hysterical!
i would say I use atleast 95% of the stuff in the garage I use or it would be in the garbage or the attic. I think when I get the shed I will have a lot more room to deal with. come on guys I need some ideas, I want to do this before it snows................:screwy:
my idea = garage sale
Simple things like all the stickers and numerous posters make a room feel more busy/"cluttered" than it normally would. Easiest way to make a place seem roomier, even if it's small, is to get rid of anything that is not functional in any way and perhaps add mirrors to the walls (from craigslist, swap meets, or wherever for cheap/free) to give it the illusion of being more open. Functionally though, the walls are good for hanging things or placing organized storage drawers/shelves in front of/on.
Start at one side and just ask yourself - when will I use this again, why do I have this, should I have this here, etc. Work your way around to the opposite wall and you'll have a good plan for cleaning things up a bit.
Nicer and more consistent cabinetry also helps. Materials can be gathered for cheap or free that can be stored outdoors until you feel like building something - if you wish to.
It's still cleaner and more functional for projects than a lot of garages I see. I don't think I'd feel like anything's roomy enough unless at least 600 square feet - I hope I can find something over 700 (24x30) in the near future as I've already too many things and plans to fit into a normal 20x20 to 24x24 garage. 1000 square feet would be able to house anything I could think of wanting to do in a residential environment (plus separate shed for lawn/gardening), but I digress. Unless you upgrade to larger spaces, you can't get too many hobbies or skills - otherwise you won't have anywhere to store all the new toys that these utilize.
First, join garagejournal.com. The forums are unreal, from budget makeovers to super-high-dollar builds and everything in between. If you can't find good ideas there, they can't be found.
Here are some pictures of my last garage. It went bye bye in my divorce, but it was worth it, trust me...
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2/grizzly_011/DSC01052.jpg)
Those tall Craftsman cabinets were really nice. They are not real deep so they don't take up too much floor space, but they hold a lot of shiznit. When you close the doors, everything looks neat and clean.
I did the floor in the front of the garage with U-Coat-It epoxy. It reflected light really well, was tough as hell and cleaned up perfectly...
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2/grizzly_011/DSC01063.jpg)
In the back, I did the floor in tiles from floorjunkies.com. The stuff looks like Racedeck but costs less than $2.00 a square foot. The quality was pretty good. It held up really well, but you can't weld on it...ask me how I know...
The lower cabinets were scavenged from a dumpster at a medical research facility. I painted them red to match my Craftsman stuff. Again, you can hide a lot of clutter in there. The upper cabinets came from Ikea...
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2/grizzly_011/DSC00629.jpg)
For counter tops, I used epoxy tops like we had in chemistry lab in high school - indestructible...
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2/grizzly_011/DSC00851.jpg)
A few other things to think about... You could build a little compressor shed and move the compressor outside, Not only will you gain floor space, it'll also cut way down on the noise...Air hose reels and extension cord winders are very convenient to use and will clean up some clutter...Flat screen tvs are cheap now and take up far less room than tube tvs. I got mine with a built in dvd. It was great for watching instructional videos while I was actually working on something...the banners and stuff are cool, but they make things feel more cluttered than they actually are.
A couple more gratuitous shots. Hope I've given you some ideas you can use.
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2/grizzly_011/DSC00628.jpg)
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2/grizzly_011/DSC00631.jpg)
Yeah, except most peoples' garages today at 400 square feet, 576 if you're lucky, have a 8-9 foot height, and they have more hardware than they can store in them nicely. A garage dedicated to just car work would be nice but it rarely happens. I do like The Garage Journal though - lots of good information and ideas but sadly, a large chunk of info on there is not from budgets that a lot of people can pull from. This isn't to say I know the op's situation but in general and my own experiences, people don't have the luxury (or care) of spending much on their (small in comparison) garages and ideas on how to clean up a garage WITHOUT spending money I assume is the goal. It'd be my goal at least, short of having something that's like 36'x36' in size with section dedicated to a 4 post car lift and a 10-12' ceiling.
what is that where they shoot hot rod tv???? holy shiznit that is one big garage, I think with all the tools I have that would accommodate me well.
Get Cheap Shelves, More cabinets, Someone said Compressor room outside of Garage: I agree, Put the Quads AND parts and specific tools in new shed.
Love the hooters thing. LMAO.
I tried for years myself, but never found a way to re-organize what I already had. I have 1440 sq feet now, and I'm just cutting it in organizing stuff. I think I need a separate storage building for building supplies now..
I could put you guys to shame. I will take some pictures of my garage when I get home. You will all be scratching your head saying "how the hell does he do anything in there".
I was looking at 347thunders pictures saying "wow, thats not bad". That should give you a clue. PS, I live in TX, where we don't have basp00gets, and I have lofted ceilings, so I don't have an attic either.
Dude, he wants to straighten out the garage, not sell it :punchballs:
In my new house, my garage is 400 square feet with an 8 foot ceiling, just like you said. When I bought the house, the garage was an absolute mess. I just finished gutting it, running a 100 amp subpanel, wiring it and insulating. I'm actually hoping to hang the drywall this weekend. Even at 400 square feet, though, I'm planning it to be just as clean and organized as the last garage. Regardless of the size of your shop, you can still tidy up and put your shiznit away. A clean, well lit, organized garage space actually makes you want to go out there and work on your project. There's no tripping over junk, searching for tools or laying in dirt and grease. It's just a better experience all around. I realize that it's a different experience than working in my last garage (1,000 sqft). What I was trying to convey was not the size of the garage, but how I stored and organized things. The OP asked for ideas on transforming his garage and how to go about decluttering.
You really want to see how to organize small spaces? check this guy out...
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55006&highlight=gauge+garage
It's alright but still roomy. The last garage I was in was "20x20" (actually like 19' wide and shallow wall to wall and with some 18" shelves in the back, I had to bring the Tbird in diagonal to work on it), with stairs going up 3 feet to the house, taking up more room. I considered it a 1.5 car garage. There was no room to do anything. The car in the above thread is much smaller than our foxes so he's got plenty of room to wrench of things.
The simple extra 2 feet on either side really do make a huge difference - that's gaining 2 feet of storage along a wall for cabinets and whatnot - a TON of storage.
He really should give us a shot of the entire garage - it'd tell more. I still think that the useless clutter such as the stickers are making it seem worse than it is though. The worst offenders are the ones with a 6' layer of that gets thrown into a garage over years, making it impossible to enter the room. My dad's one of those as he wants to save everything, including things I think he'll never use again. I refuse to ever go over there to work on any vehicle ever again as climbing over/through it (after "cleaning" up a narrow path) to find some tool in cabinets that aren't organized is a huge waste of time and you get injured easily :p