Garage Organizing:
Brooms, Snow Shovels, and Maintenance Supplies

When garage organizing, brooms and shovels and other tall items can easily become a tangled mess if you start simply leaning them up against the wall. And cleaning and maintenance supplies benefit from having a designated space as well.

For Tall Items

To organize brooms and other tall items, one simple and highly effective way to keep them neat and tidy is to purchase or build a wall rack with hooks or spaces to hang each item. Once you have hung the rack, try out several configurations of how you'll hang the items to determine the best fit, and then label each hook if necessary.

Another great option is using a free-standing upright organizer designed to hold rakes, shovels, floor squeegees, long arms for washing windows or painting, and related tools.

You can hang dustbins on nearby hooks or on the wall rack as well, and keep them within easy reach.

For Cleaning Supplies

Store buckets and cleaning supplies on shelves either above or near your brooms and shovels area...to keep organizing simple and effective.

And as you're organizing your maintenance supplies, go through them and see which ones you actually use. You don't actually need seven kinds of cleansers, as much as the commercials might try to convince you otherwise. Getting rid of things you aren't using is one of the easiest ways to keep your home and garage from getting overwhelming; the less stuff you have, the less time, energy, and organizing bins it takes to organize it.

I especially like to store cleaning supplies in those plastic caddies with handles, so you can take everything with you all at once. The caddy keeps everything in its place, so you can grab what you need easily.

Paper towels, garbage bags, and other paper or plastic products can be stored in waterproof bins or enclosed shelving, cabinets, or cupboards.

When garage organizing, make sure to keep chemicals, such as pesticides, car fluids, cleaners, and ice melt well out of the reach of children and pets.



And when you're ready, move on to Organizing Your Garage: Camping and Fishing Gear.

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