A lot of us have mostly organized and clean homes, but when it comes to the garage, that’s where it seems to fall apart. Whether the garage’s mess is yours or your spouse’s is beside the point. Take advantage of being home a little more than we all anticipated and clean up that garage. To get you on track, continue reading our guide to spring cleaning your garage.
Start from scratch
If you can, we’d suggest taking everything (yes, everything) out of your garage because it’ll give you a clean slate to work with. Here are a couple of professional tips: once everything is out of the garage, organize all the items based on their uses. For example, lawn care items with other lawn care items, car maintenance items with car maintenance, and so on—this will only help you later. While you’re taking everything out, you’ll probably find some things you forgot you had. If you don’t need them, get rid of them. Plus, if you forgot you had those items, it should be relatively easy to say goodbye.
Perform some basic maintenance
Now that everything is out of the garage, take the opportunity to get some maintenance done. Get the broom out and clean the place up a bit. Maybe you can even consider switching up the flooring. While you’re at it, give the walls some fresh paint, change the light bulbs, and so on.
Organize by applications
Remember when we suggested organizing items with like items? This is where that suggestion comes in handy. Now that you can begin bringing items into the garage, your things are already organized because of the work you did beforehand. Now, if you just bring items back in with organization in mind, you’ll never lose something again.
Don’t forget about what goes in your garage
Now, too many people forget to spring clean and organize what goes in your garage––your car! We know, who would’ve guessed that you could actually fit your car in your garage? However, you should take this time to clean your car both inside and out. In addition, don’t neglect to do some basic maintenance; you may need an oil change, new brakes, new tires, and so on. Check out these high-quality and affordable tires in Greenville, SC.
We can’t deny that there’s an awful lot of work to do around the house once spring rolls around. We hope this guide to spring cleaning your garage helps you start spring off on the right foot this year.
