
If pretty garages are your thing, check out these awesomely organized garages from around the web. While our garage is not much to look at in terms of pretty organizing solutions, it still manages to get the job done. This is what our garage looked like when we were finished: See that thing in the middle? That’s called the “floor”. Finally, we placed the kid’s outdoor toys in a bin by the door so they can get to them easily. Then, we placed items on shelves in the areas we use them. Sites like Bonanza, Offer Up, and Ebay may well come in handy to sell your items. Next, we hung all of our lawn tools along the wall. The easiest way to declutter your garage is by creating three different piles one pile is ‘keep,’ another is ‘sell,’ and the third is ‘donate.’ Once you’ve created these three piles, you can remove the ‘donate’ and ‘sell’ items from your garage. In order to declutter and organize the garage. And this garage was definitely a problem! But, the first step in recovery is to admit you have a problem. Honestly, I am embarrassed to even show you these photos. Here’s what my garage looked like before my husband and I began: Which means, I needed to completely empty my garage before I could begin the decluttering/organizing process. If you are familiar with the Shock Treatment Declutter Method, you’ll know I’m not a gal who likes to declutter a little at a time.

I help people declutter and organize their homes for a living for goodness sake! How did I (of all people) end up with a cluttered space? First of all, while I am a minimalist, my family is not. With a little (ok, a lot) of help from my husband, that’s just what I did. This week’s Garage and Attic Decluttering Checklist has us.

I knew I needed to declutter and organize the garage. It is Week 6 of the Declutter Challenge We have made it to the end of our physical decluttering and to celebrate, we are tackling our Cluttered Garage and Attic But make sure you pay as much attention to next week’s Mental Decluttering post. Your garage might simply be an area you want enough room to comfortably park your car, without dodging obstacles. Forget about being able to park a car in it. Create A Clear Vision For Your Space Before you even get started, you need to create a solid plan for what you want this space to be like. At one point, the clutter in our garage was so bad that we could hardly walk from one side to the other. In the interest of transparency, I feel I must come clean. Some might call it a “dirty little secret”. Ready to organize all your to-do's like a pro? Get Cozi.
