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6 garage ideas to maximize space

An often-overlooked area, your garage has great storage potential. Even with limited floor space, there’s plenty you can do to maximize the area around the walls. Whether it’s seasonal clothing and decorations, sports and gardening equipment or recycling, we’ve got a storage solution to keep your stuff organized and free up space in your home.

In a garage are black BROR open and closed storage cabinets. On the shelves are boxes and bottles. Underneath are recycling bins.
In a garage are black BROR open and closed storage cabinets. On the shelves are boxes and bottles. Underneath are recycling bins.

When it’s so last season

No one wants seasonal stuff like holiday decorations hanging around the house. The garage can be a great place to put it all; by using boxes to store it, your stuff is kept clean, tidy and out of sight. Just don’t forget to label everything so you know where to find it again.

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Inside an open garage, a large black BROR shelving unit is stacked with numerous different sized boxes and containers.
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Create a gardening station

Transform an empty corner into a nook for your gardening equipment. Hang your garden hose and tools on the wall, use a tray to leave your dirty workboots, put your supplies into boxes and store on wall shelves. You can limit the mess inside your home by using a trolley to pot plants and a bin for compost.

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Boxes are stacked on a OMAR shelving unit and gardening tools are hung on the walls. Beside, is a cart with soil and plants.
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A place to put your preserves

Harvest what the garden gives you, then store it in a dedicated pantry. Use glass jars, boxes and containers to put your jams, pickles and preserves, then label it and store it on shelves in your garage. The garage is also a convenient place to unload your groceries before entering the house.

A BROR shelving unit with jars of preserves sits next to recycling boxes, reusable shopping bags and a broom on wall hooks.

Sports storage for the whole family

Hooks and shelving give sports clothing, bags or protective padding a place to air out. Use racks on the walls for helmets, skateboards or ski poles, then use bins for balls. Section off an area for the kids to keep their stuff tidy and their sports clothes in an easy to reach place.

Different sports equipment hang from MULIG and PINNING racks on the walls. IVAR boxes with balls are underneath.
There is an OMAR shelving unit with a yoga mat, jackets and shoes. Tennis rackets and skateboards are hooked to the wall.

Build your own workshop

Create a space in your garage to do carpentry or other creative projects. Paint a wall and add hooks to hang your tools or paintbrushes, then add a well-placed spotlight so you can clearly see your handy work. Use open shelving with boxes to keep smaller items like nails and screws.

A black BROR cabinet sits next to a work station with wood shavings on the floor and a DALFRED stool in front.

An effortless recycling system

Keep the majority of your recycling out of the house by having a designated recycling area in your garage. Put the recyclable materials into larger labeled containers and add extra shelving, bins and boxes to store other things that you don’t need in your living space, like cleaning products.

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Closed black BROR cabinets are mounted onto the wall. HÅLLBAR recycling boxes are underneath next to a KNODD compost bin.
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