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Garage organizing

We have Professional Organizers. There are entire stores devoted to organization; check out The Container Store in Framingham/Natick on Route 9 sometime. IKEA is an organizer's (cheap) dream, while custom shelves and closets abound from companies that specialize in providing creative ways to manage your stuff.

As George Carlin says:

That's all your house is: a place to keep your stuff. If you didn't have so much stuff, you wouldn't need a house. You could just walk around all the time.

A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it. You can see that when you're taking off in an airplane. You look down, you see everybody's got a little pile of stuff. All the little piles of stuff.

So let's talk about your "garage stuff" today. Today we have a guest blogger, Rick Scully from NuvoGarage. He's going to talk about how to organize the stuff in your garage. Many homes in the greater Boston/New England area either don't have a garage, or they have an old-fashioned carriage stall that has been converted into a car-holding garage.

But how many of you actually pahk your cah in the gahrage? Is the Yankee-inspired clutter so great that your kids are lucky to squeeze a plasma car or a bike in there? Or, if you have a conventional garage, do you get maximum use out of it? Read on and learn more...




"My garage is a mess. I’d like to tidy it up but I just don’t know where or how to get started"
Rick Scully, President, NuvoGarage Inc.

• Ah …this is a problem that faces many home owners as they begin to think about the annual spring cleanup. It’s a perfect time then, for a brief discussion about how to take control of your garage space and make it a safe, practical, tidy and clean environment in which to store and organize the many things required to maintain your home and garden.

The most difficult task is one that actually requires no “physical” effort. It’s a “mental” exercise, because you need to decide what you longer need or use. Be ruthless here and avoid the trap that “I may use or need this someday”. Try following these rules:

If it can’t be used, or has no value, toss it.
If you no longer need it, or plan to use it, give it away or sell it.
If you need it and use it, keep it.

• Try and get everything off of the floor and on to the walls or ceiling;


• Organize by season, purpose and occasion;


• Think about how frequently, or when, you use things.

Next year at this time, or perhaps even sooner at the next typical time to clean up (Thanksgiving), think of how much time you’ll be able to dedicate to doing something else. Your garage will have been organized and you’ll have less clutter as you’ll find that once your things have a place, you’ll return them to their space after you use them. Hmmm…more time and less clutter. And, you’ll feel better about your garage, maybe even “garage proud”.

NuvoGarage Inc. is a privately owned full service firm based in Ontario that specializes in interior garage design and organization. We take care of all of the required work from removal of junk, hazardous chemicals and reusable items, to custom design and transformation of your garage.

To find a garage organizer in the Boston area, please look here.

Posted by Melanie Zoltan
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