A Garage Storage Plan
Creates A Place for Everything
Utilizes Garage Storage Space

Homeowners! Create a Garage Storage Plan with a place for everything.

Utilize Storage Space in the 20% of your home known as The Garage.

The Garage often contains 20% or more of the floor space of the average home. However, it's use is seldom planned, fully utilized or finished.

Unlike other rooms in the American home, the garage, is usually an unplanned collection of .. carts .. hooks .. organizers .. pegboard .. shelves .. stands .. stuff on the garage floor .. etc.

Garage Planning

Treat the garage like any other room in your home. Plan It's Use. Create a Garage Storage plan. A Place for Everything * Keep Everything in Place. Creating a Garage Storage Plan is easier than you think.

Garage Storage Plan

A good garage storage plan consists of carefully utilizing Organizing Resources, implementing necessary Storage Improvements and committing to and implementing your Garage Storage Plan.

With these, you to can quickly transform your garage into safe, productive storage space for everything you want to store in it.

Creating A Garage Storage Plan

Take a ruler, 5 sheets of paper (8 1/2 x 11 is fine) and draw lines every 1/2". You will have a grid and each grid equals 4 feet. or, print out our sample Garage Storage Plan Grid.

As you plan storage for each area .. think about your items and which categories and storage zones they fit into. Think about the Storage Zones for each category of items.

Measure the width and length of your garage floor. Put those dimensions on your garage storage plan. Locate (with measure tape) any fixtures or construction intrusions that take up floor space, wall space or ceiling space. Place it all on your plan

If you are using your garage for parking cars, measure the size of your car in feet and inches. Add 6 feet to the width and 3 feet to the length. Multiplying the length by the width gives you the size of your parking space.

If you are parking more than one car, add up the parking space size for each car parking space. Deduct the total parking space area from the overall garage floor space.

The result is the garage floor space you have to place storage systems on.

For details, go to Garage Storage Space.

Draw this area on your garage storage plan. Take a high lighter pen and highlight the car parking spaces.

Now, look at the completed Take Inventory Form and decide what can best be stored in the unused Garage Floor Storage Space. Review the types of Garage Floor Storage Systems on your completed Inventory List. Decide which ones will best utilize storage space and protect the items you want to store.

The Garage Left Wall Space

Facing the garage from street, measure width and height and put dimensions on your Garage Storage Plan. Locate any fixtures, construction intrusions, windows or doors. Place them on your Plan.

Look at the completed Take Inventory Form and decide what can best be stored in the unused Left Wall Storage Space. Review the types of Garage Wall Storage Systems on your completed Inventory List. Decide which ones will best utilize storage space and protect the items you want to store.

The Garage Right Garage Wall Space

Facing the garage from street, measure width and height and put dimensions on your Garage Storage Plan. Locate any fixtures, construction intrusions, windows or doors. Place them on your Garage Storage Plan.

Look at the completed Take Inventory Form and decide what can best be stored in the unused garage wall storage space. Review the types of Garage Wall Storage Systems on your completed Inventory List. Decide which ones will best utilize the Right Wall Storage Space and protect the items you want to store.

The Garage End Garage Wall Space

Facing garage from street, locate any fixtures, construction intrusions, windows or doors. Place them on your Plan.

Look at the completed Take Inventory Form and decide what can best be stored on the unused End Wall Storage Space.

Review the types of Garage Wall storage Systems on your completed Inventory List.

Decide which ones will best utilize storage space and protect the items you want to store.

Facing garage from the street, locate any fixtures, construction intrusions, windows or doors. Place them on your Plan. Look at the completed Take Inventory Form and decide what can best be stored on the unused Garage Door Wall Storage Space.

Review the types of Garage Wall storage Systems on your completed Inventory List. Decide which ones will best utilize storage space and protect the items you want to store.

Garage Ceiling Space

Facing garage from the street, measure width and length of ceiling space. Measure height and deduct height of your vehicles. The difference is the amount of ceiling storage space.

Garage Planning Tips

	A basic premise in safely squeezing more into your garage is to free up floor space. If it's not in or on a storage system, it should be stored in or on one.
	A good rule of thumb for garage storage is to store items so that they are easy to store and easily retrieve.
	Keep simplicity and ease of use in mind as you create your garage storage plan.
	The less steps involved in returning an item, the more likely it will be returned to it's place.
	Regular inventory checks are a critical part of ensuring that stored items are safe and secure.
	Keeping Everything in It's Place will require commitment from you and all family members to return everything to it's place.

Before long, you will be able to enjoy the benefits of your garage storage plan. A safe, secure, organized and clutter free garage environment!

A Place for Everything! * Everything in Place!