Are your garage floors in Orlando serving as your storage unit? Is there no room for your cars? As the weather gets chillier, you may find it suitable to finally improve your garage’s organization. Here are our five top secrets to make it easy.

• Assess what you have accumulated. Can you sell those old worn-out tools you never use? What about donating those five bags of baby clothes to a local shelter? Make sure you properly dispose of used computers, electronics, and paint cans. Do a Google search to learn the location of your community’s designated hazardous waste disposal and recycling center. Decide what else you can trash or keep. Your object is to clear out your garage.

• Make the most of your space with vertical storage. Consider buying deep shelving units and transferring the items you are keeping accordingly. For a neater look, storage cabinets with doors can’t be beat. Your accumulated items will be out of sight.

• Store items with a similar function together. For example, place fertilizers, pesticides, and other garden and lawn-related products on one shelf. Products you use for your car’s maintenance could be placed on a different shelf.

• Think about other storage options. Consider wall storage systems that allow you to hang bikes, as well as larger tools like rakes and shovels, near your garage doors. On your way out of your garage, you can access what you need for whatever outdoor activities you plan to do.

• Seasonality matters when organizing. Keep seasonal items in an overhead storage system that can hold larger items and containers. Use clear bins so you can easily identify where your items are. Make sure that the placement of your overhead storage system does not interfere with the operation of your garage doors.

Once you have completed your garage’s organization, do a quarterly review of it. Have your organizational needs changed? Could additional shelving or cabinets fit on your garage floors in Orlando to provide more storage?  Do you need to change the location of certain items for easier access? Are there items that are not located where you originally placed them?

Have you recently improved your garage’s organization? Leave a comment and let us know what else you did that might help others with this project.