Tag: Storage

Storing the ladder on a ceiling rack is a perfect idea, so long as you have a step ladder to get it down. You can hang the step ladder on ...
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Shelves vs Cabinets If you are planning to organize your garage you may be wondering if you should get shelves or cabinets. There are certainly arguments to be made for ...
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Fall is often a great season for clearing out the garage and organizing. It’s generally less wet than spring and cool enough to do manual work. Also it’s the time ...
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One main principle for garage organizing is: “Keep things off the floor!” There are many good reasons for that. Just two are:: Cement (the material of most garage floors) is ...
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Can't we all just clean the garage as a family? It's not impossible, but it does take some work to get spouses and kids on the same garage-cleaning page. Learn ...
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Do you also find it annoying when you have to move one thing to get at another? The ladder is in the way of the hardware drawers, or the kayak ...
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In the summer, we keep our antique pickup truck in the garage. I the winter, the commuter Chevy gets that spot. So in the winter, we put the truck in ...
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The Best Art of Storage/Delta Ladder Hook One thing I've found about ladder hooks is that a lot of them have quality issues with the rubber or plastic coating. The ...
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We spent over 50 hours researching these garage organization products. Learn how to store kayaks, bikes, lawn mowers, fishing poles, and wheelbarrows. When it comes to stopping your de-cluttering momentum ...
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Oftentimes, one member of the family (usually an adult) gets a bee in their bonnet to clean up the garage. This leads to a dictate to the older children that ...
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First it was the book, and now we have the Netflix series. Marie Kondo’s KonMari method of tidying up is everywhere. I see an article about her and her methods ...
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Here's some motivation to get stuff off your garage floor; light your garage; clean your garage; control your garage's temperature; make your garage more secure; make your garage more beautiful; ...
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We went into fantastic detail on each of these ways we found to store our family's bicycles. Check out that article here. Below are our top picks for the best ...
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We have a "Do Not Buy" rating on almost every ceiling pulley we've examined. After writing the Bike Storage article, we found two well-engineered ceiling pulleys. The Floatherhoist BA1 has ...
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If you are using at least 180 tennis balls on the court, it's time for a wheeled cage to carry them around. Tennis Sports Ball Organizers Quick Link Reference Deep ...
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We updated out 20+ year old generator with one that's a lot quieter. But I still wanted it out of the garage, where it took up way too much space ...
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Don't Choose a Family Bike Storage Method Before Reading This Some bike storage methods won't work if your bike has the wrong sized tires for the bike organizer. Fenders and disc ...
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If you're carrying the balls from the garage to the field and back, you might like this mesh bag ball carrier. It stores fine on a shelf or hanging from ...
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Why I Like the Basketball Butler The Basketball Butler is the best on-court ball storage solution. It gets the balls off the court, but they're still nearby, ready for play ...
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The best storage systems get garage items neatly off the floor. One of the nicest ways to do that is a "slatwall" system. This allows you to move your storage ...
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If you are going to go through the trouble of installing shelves in your garage you should really get the ones that will last the longest and hold the most ...
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Alert!  Read This Before Buying FastTrack! Rubbermaid FastTrack hooks don't attach to the garage wall. They attach to the Rubbermaid FastTrack rail. The beauty of this system is that you ...
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Like most suburban kids, at least when I was growing up, one of my jobs around the house was to mow the lawn. This was back in the day, before ...
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If you're like most people there is at least a smattering of poison and hazardous material in your garage. Most people give little thought to the potentially dangerous nature of ...
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I'm looking at installing a slatwall garage organization system. Each vendor's slat wall hardware is proprietary. I'm researching all vendors before deciding.  I need to hang yard tools, power equipment and ...
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My ladder is currently sitting horizontally across the wall. This ladder is both bulky and heavy. It is taking up the real estate where a slatwall or utility hooks could ...
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I have 4 hose reels and at least 450 ft. of rubber-vinyl hose. It clogs up my basement every winter. I want the summer yard equipment off of my basement ...
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The other day I was talking to a friend who does construction for a living. He was having problems with his eyesight. He told me that five times over his career, ...
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Storing sports balls can waste a lot of garage space. Round things don't like to be stacked. Sports ball bags are portable but not secure. Cages are secure and portable, ...
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If you've maximized your wall space (read about some of the best ways to do that here) or just don’t have a lot, you may be looking to your ceiling ...
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Is the formaldehyde in a garage storage pegboard dangerous to breathe? Yes, but only if you cut the board, or you allow it to deteriorate. The inner fibers carry the ...
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I was helping my mother by reorganizing her garage for her. As with any garage there was a random assortment of things some of which were quite heavy.  I wanted ...
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