The garage is one of the places you toss stuff when company is about to arrive. And once out of sight, you often forget what’s missing … proving you probably didn’t need the stuff anyways. That’s why it’s a good idea to include cleaning out your garage as one of your annual cleaning/organizing projects. When … Read More
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Is Building a Garage Addition a Smart Investment?
Building a garage addition can be an expensive home addition. A garage addition might be cheaper than other home additions but the question is whether the value justifies the cost for space that will only be used to store cars and/or stuff. If you’re thinking about building a garage addition, here are some of the … Read More
Garage Workshop Does Double Duty
While garages are designed to hold cars, roughly half the time we use the garage for other things. Often we use the garage for storage so there isn’t enough room for the cars. Growing up in the northeast, we didn’t understand why three car garages were so popular. That is, until we moved to California. Then we had to … Read More
3 Great Garage Ideas that Work
If your garage getting out of hand, you’re not alone. Allstate says that a cluttered garage can even be a fire hazard. Although it’s often one of the biggest spaces of a house, it’s still fairly common to see a vehicle sitting in the driveway because the garage is just too full. That’s when you … Read More
DIY Garage Organization to Simplify Your Life
DIY garage organization isn’t an urban legend. It really is possible, no matter what you use your garage for. It doesn’t have to be bare except for a car and a gas can. Even if your garage houses your washer and dryer, a host of garden tools, kids’ toys, and holiday decorations, you can store … Read More
Home Renovations & Garage Door ROI
The home renovations covered in Remodeling’s Cost vs Value survey offer homeowners insight into the cost and resale value of specific home improvements. In this article from Newsday, about renovations that return good value, Overhead Doors, a manufacturer and exclusive distributor of their own garage door products, shares data from the Cost vs Value report. Homeowners … Read More
Garage Storage for Storing Tools, Gardening Supplies and Cars?
We all live differently, which means we use our homes differently so what do you store in your garage? Once upon a time as a new homeowner, I probably kept my car in the garage as there wasn’t much else besides a small push lawn mower. As the years slipped by, it seems like we … Read More
Garage Sales: Your Clutter, Another’s Treasure
Spring is popular for garage sales. We get to clean out what’s cluttering our homes – the garage, attic, basement and oops, don’t forget the dining room table. Garage sales offer the perfect opportunity to reward your de-cluttering efforts with a night on the town, a new outfit or maybe you want to add a … Read More
Garage Sale, Tag Sale & Cleaning out Clutter
Garages are a popular place to hide clutter, especially when guests are about to arrive. The problem is once you stuff things in the garage, you forget what went in there and somehow they’re forgotten. As Americans are prone to buying far more than we can use in a typical week, month or year, organizing … Read More
Garage Floors & Drainage
In theory a garage is for your car but very few people have room in their garage as they use it to store things and for activity centers that don’t fit in the house. You might have a ping pong table like my home in California where we don’t have basements. A homeowner handyman is … Read More
