I have a funny story to share with you. At least I think it is funny. I was organizing a woman’s garage yesterday and her 16 year old boy was helping me by lifting things and putting boxes on high shelves. I came across a large canvas bag tied with rope at the top. I handed it to him and asked him if he knew what was inside.
He said he didn’t and when he couldn’t get the rope undone he peered into the bag and said, “It smells, it smells like old people”. After about 2 seconds he said, “Oh you don’t smell”. I laughed so hard. To him I would be old.

As a professional organizer I want to share a couple of tips about organizing a garage.

•Go through every box and label all boxes you are going to store in the garage.
•Label on a piece of paper and write with a permanent marker in large letters so it can be read at a glance from a distance. I don’t suggest writing on the container because items change from time to time in the containers.
•Designate zones or areas for the different items stored in the garage. Such as a zone for sports equipment, gardening tools, gardening fertilizers, camping supplies, holiday decorations, painting supplies, car supplies and carpenter tools.
•Organize the garage at least twice a year to keep it from becoming a disaster area.

It is nice to use the garage to park cars in and have enough room to store items so they can be used and accessed when needed.
Do you have a favorite garage tip that has solved a problem you have had?