Storage systems can transform garage

For most homeowners, the garage is the black hole of their home’s universe. Unwanted items from all other areas of the house are pulled in, stacked and forgotten — until one day you open the door, look in and realize you can’t see from one side to the other.

If this sounds familiar to you, a garage storage system could transform your dark abyss into an attractive, orderly space that you might even enjoy spending time in.

Getting started

The art of storing things in your garage is first and foremost an organizational issue. The reason most garages look so bad is that there isn’t anywhere to put anything short of stacking it against the wall. By introducing a number of efficient storage solutions, you can transform the state of your garage overnight. Cabinets are a simple storage solution for organizing a garage. Cabinetry

Cabinet-based garage storage systems are the most popular place to start. Cabinets serve several purposes. First, they have shelves, which provide a home for your tools, paints, camping equipment and other belongings. And because everything has a place, it will be easier to keep the garage clean as long as you take the time to put things back where you found them. The other big benefit

of installing cabinetry in your garage is that cabinets have doors. You’d be amazed how improved your garage looks when you’re able to hide your mess behind a thin piece of particle board, wood or stainless steel.

Overhead-storage

The second area that is too-often overlooked in developing a garage-storage system is right above you. Taking advantage of all that unused overhead storage space also can work wonders when it comes to organizing your black hole. Hanging baskets, also referred to as loft storage, can be installed from one end of your garage ceiling to the other, providing tons of space for coolers, luggage and outdoor gear. Worried that your garage door might get in the way? Don’t. There are even overhead garage storage systems built specifically to make use of that dead space between your garage door and the ceiling.

Large-object systems

Another innovative product is a pulley system for larger items such as bicycles, canoes and even truck toppers and larger boats. Overhead hooks have long been a favorite of professional garage organizers. These pulley systems expand on that idea and make it much easier for the homeowner to raise or lower the stored object with the use of a rope and pulley.