Garage Storage Trends

• Behind closed doors – Open shelving is common in many garages, but more and more home owners are moving to garage storage systems with doors, cabinets, hooks, and drawers for ultimate organization.
• Specialty Garage Storage – The garage is the perfect place for items such as bikes, tools, golf clubs, fishing rods, and other recreational equipment. If you have it, there is a way to store it. Did you know that there are specialized racks to hang your bicycles so they are no longer under foot?

Garage Organization Tips from Carolina Closet

1. Give your garage a thorough cleaning. (You might even want to hold a garage sale to make a little extra money, but you could always drop of items that still have life to local thrift stores.)
2. Look at the garage space and think of the ways you would like to use it. Do you need a recycling center, a workbench, or maybe a gardening bench?
3. Call Carolina Closets to schedule a free in home consultation for one of the many home storage solutions Carolina Closets has to offer. Carolina Closets has many budget friendly options! Check out our garage storage special while it lasts!

“Safety Third” (a little tip of the hat to Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs – Learn more about Safety Third)

1. Store hazardous materials in original containers and put them on a high shelf or in locked garage cabinets to keep out of the hands and mouths of kids and pets.
2. Ladders left leaning up against a wall can be a real hazard too. They can fall, damaging your car or injuring a loved one. Lean it against the wall horizontally at floor level, or look into a garage wall storage system. (It works great for rakes and brooms too.)

Keep it Clean

1. Junk on the floor? Get it up and stored properly or get it out! For example, scattered kids’ toys cause tripping hazards for adults and health hazards for kids especially if they are in a location the child cannot easily reach or near hazardous chemicals. Use bins to help clear garage clutter.
2. Gardening tools should be stored vertically on hooks on the wall storage system so you can get to them when you need them.
3. Soak up spills with cat litter or sawdust. If it’s already soaked in, try oven cleaner. It needs to soak for 15 minutes, then scrub!
4. Look into install matting or rubber tiles. Not only do they look great, but they can extend the life of concrete floors.

It’s easy to control clutter if you remember that the four walls are four more floors. With the right garage cabinets and shelves, you can actually quadruple your storage space.

Call or fill out Carolina Closets’ contact form to get your free estimate today!

Setting aside time to organize your closet can save you time and money.

Here are some quick tips:

• If you haven’t worn it in a year or if it doesn’t fit, you can toss it (donate, if in good shape). If you just can’t bear to get rid of certain items right away, mark the hanger with some colored paper. When you do wear the outfit, remove the flag.
• Group certain clothing together – shirts with shirts, pants with pants, etc.
• Break up the chore of organizing into 20-30 minute time frames so you don’t wear yourself out or become frustrated.
• Non-clothing items need to be put away.

Now, some of you don’t have time, and others are just plain intimidated by your closet. That is where we step in to help.

Carolina Closets offers inexpensive closet design up to classy custom closets. Don’t let clutter cost you any more money. Call Carolina Closets to talk to a professional closet designer to get you organized today!