clean my garage and organize it

Its now the 2k5 holidays and my garage has gone back to being a bit cluttered again. The corner with the “unpacked boxes Egyptain pyramid” is the nastiest space hog. The organizing I did before did help. My friend and I did install a metal ceiling ladder (over a couple good beers). I traded him PC repair and maintanence labor (and the beers). We had Christmas things put away in these big green box with red lid tupperware containers. It was nice to hike up into our upper garage storage and find everything in a short time. The upper storage is staying relatively organized. I’m putting metal pre-fab shelves up there too to keep stuff off the floor. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to all. ;o) /ww

Ok my garage is clean and organized. I cheated. My cousin Tim did more of it then me. Put stuff out in the street with the sign Free by it. One of the first things they took was the sign….and the chair it was on.

I’ve purchased shelves for my garage. Big heavy duty metal shelves. Also, I explored the upper attic area we have. I feel a bit silly not using it. I mean the area is even finished off with plywood and its as big a medium sized storage unit. We haven’t been using the space because the access to the space is provided by a wooden pull down ladder thats broken. Bought a new lightweight, stronger ladder. Now I just need to install the ladder and put up the shelves. Plans are to throw all the seasonal (ie christmas, holiday, camping, etc.) stuff up in the attic. Anything thats a box will get put on shelves. Then let the sorting begin! I’d swear that I don’t even know whats in most of the boxes.

We just bought a condo, my first home purchase. Time to stop living out of boxes. As long as the mortgage is paid up, no one can make us move!;o)Initial thoughts…Hang 75 pound, 9 foot long SchwinTwin tandem. A classic but its a floor hogger. Hang it? Ask EG friend for drywall helpWhat is in all those boxes?goal is to park both cars insiderepair clearstory access ladder, budget $$$.get access to clearstory access ladder, move boxesMove all tools to common area, finallyEG suggested putting shelves on south wallGet foam to fix 4” section where garage door leaks when it rains :o(Put books for saving in bookcases, give away donate other books to libraryWhere to put the “fluff” on top of the boxes? Put everything into the alleyway to “see it” a’la the organizing TV show?Live in condo, cant do garage sale, offer to EG to help do sale at his house and help with majority of setup/hostingWeekly trash storage ideas? Good place for a stickup scentpod. Label the oversized trashcans and put bags inside so they aren’t wasted?