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What should I keep in my garage?
Garage Storage Items So you just bought a new house, and for the first time ever, you have a Garage! You might be relishing the new storage space, but you also might be unsure about what to store in it. Aside from your car? Maybe some lawn chairs? Your roof rack? What else goes in a garage?...
What should I put in storage?
Moving from one home to another is a highly transitional period in life – an interim stage in which you’ll need to decide what to do with the various furniture pieces you own, the number of household appliances and all the personal belongings you’ve accumulated through the years. Once you’ve...
What should you not put in storage?
List of Items Not to Put in Storage Knowing what things to put in Storage will help you come up with a storage solution that works best for you when you’re moving to another home. But you should also be careful when planning to rent a storage unit for your storage needs simply because there are...
Where do I start to organize my home?
Ready to start organizing your home, but don't know how to begin? There's no right way to organize your home. Whatever strategy you choose just has to work with your lifestyle, habits, and tastes. But there are a few tried-and-true strategies that can enhance the effectiveness of any system. From...
Ultimate List of Garage Storage Ideas & Solutions
Are you considering a garage makeover and looking for ideas? If your Garage is full of everything (except your car), we think it might be time to consider a garage overhaul. A garage should not be used as a dumping ground for whatever doesn't fit inside your house. We recommend installing garage...
Coolest Conversion Ideas for Your Garage
If you're not using your garage, you could be throwing away a great space. As people sell their cars or decide to park on the street, the garage often stands empty and useless. Garages, however, have a lot of potential and instantly add about 400 square feet of room to your home. Since the walls...
How to Smartly Remodel Your Garage into an Office
How many times has the following scenario happened to you? You come home from a long day at the office, and you didn't get nearly enough work done. Your briefcase is overflowing and you know you have at least a few hours' worth of work to do before bedtime. You walk in the door and are nearly...
How to Choose the Perfect Garage Door
When designing your dream home, you've imagined nearly every room from top to bottom. You know exactly what color you're going to paint the downstairs bathroom, and you know just the perfect light fixture that will hang in your foyer. Every cabinet handle has been chosen, and every paint color has...
Best Interior Design Ideas for Your Garage
For many people, the garage serves two purposes: house the cars and store boxes and other odds and ends. When Halloween is over and New Year's has passed, holiday decorations go back in boxes and into the garage until next year. What you may not realise is that you're not truly utilising your...
5 Top Companies that Started in a Garage
A lot can happen inside the average Garage. It’s where homeowners park their precious cars, keeping them safe and sound within insulated walls. A garage can also double as a little workshop for those who love DIY projects. As the garage is situated a little further from the main house...
The Secrets to Successful a Garage Sale
Garage sales are the perfect opportunity to make a profit while getting rid of stuff you no longer need. When spring is in the air, the pressure to spring clean can be made up for the fact that you’ll find lots of items that can be put to good use by other people. Old toys, old clothes, unused...
How to Keep Your Garage Safe
A Garage may often feel like a secure place for your car, your belongings and your handiwork projects. Despite its ability to keep your valuables safe, it’s equally important that your garage is a safe place for you to function in. Many homeowners may not be aware of the many risks a garage...
Garage Air Conditioning Ideas: Air Conditioning Your Garage
Garages can be a whole lot more than just Storage for all your old stuff. From Garage bands to garage offices, to all the DIY and handiwork that your garage is perfect for, there’s no reason you wouldn’t want a little breezy comfort in there on a hot summer’s day. But keep in mind, it’s not as...
3 Steps to Creating a Home Gym in your Garage
It’s been a few months since you decided that your new year’s resolution would be to go to the gym more often. Let’s face it, there’s a reason this resolution doesn’t work out for any of us. Gyms are expensive, overcrowded, and just way too much effort. Your Garage on the other hand, is less than...
Have you Considered a Charity Garage Sale?
We love helping to organise the chaos of a garage as much as anyone, but the easiest way to tidy or organise any mess is to get rid of it! As you dive into the disarray in your garage, remember that your trash can be someone else’s treasure. Take your next spring clean a step further and don't...
Guide to the Underground Garage
When you think of an underground Garage, a massive shopping center parking lot where a chase with complete strangers over who finds the next empty space probably comes to mind. Or, you assume that only the likes of Batman would have an underground garage to protect the legendary batmobile....
The Dangers of a Messy Garage
It is time to reclaim your messy Garage, or in other words, your vortex of disarray. Resist falling in with the hoarders of the world! Instead of looking at the garage as a dark, dusty slab, see the space as a blank canvas with potential for optimal organisation, where danger and catastrophe have...
Attached vs. Detached – Finding the Garage Type for You
The Garage is as much a part of your home as the driveway or the porch. So, it’s only logical that you’d put some thought into the type of garage you’d want to have in order to please all the family. There are two main types of garages, the attached type and the detached type, and here is all you...
8 Tips for Keeping Your Garage Safe & Secure
Did you know that all it takes for a burglar to break into many garages is 6 seconds and a wire hanger?Believe it or not, these burglars can be wily enough to find out how your garage works, what’s worth stealing in the garage, and how much time it could take them to break in and steal...