Your garage may be big, but you only have so much floor space. Even if your garage is extra-large and unusually empty and has a lot of available floor space, stacking everything on the floor isn’t the best storage plan, either. What’s the solution? Garage wall storage is often overlooked, but it's prime real estate for keeping items neat.
- Straighten Up with Slatwall Racks
- Secure Your Possessions with Wall-Mounted Cabinets
- Store Tools for Projects With a Workbench
Take a look at the different ways you can get all your storage off of your garage walls.
Straighten Up with a Slatwall System
It’s tough to give a one-size-fits-all solution for garage clutter, because what makes up the clutter is so different from person to person. That’s why a Slatwall system makes such a good solution. These are racks are installed on your garage wall that can hold a variety of accessories. There are shelves, hooks, and various types of racks, holders, and baskets. You can store a garden hose, add a bicycle holder, or fill a mesh basket with the kids’ outdoor toys and balls.
A Slatwall system is great because it allows you to contain all kinds of things you might be using or storing in the garage. It’s important to remember that, as Staysafe.org explains, garage clutter is a safety hazard. Piles of clutter on the garage floor are unstable and can fall. They can be a fire hazard. They can also contribute to trips and falls, especially items like garden hoses, bicycles, toys, tools with handles – all things that could easily be stored using Slatwall accessories.
Keep in mind that you can also move and replace these accessories. So, if you decide that you’d rather have the shelves on the other side of the wall organizer or if you decide you no longer need a large basket, but you could use a smaller one, just move them or switch them out.
Secure Your Possessions with Wall-Mounted Cabinets
Not everything can go on the wall, of course. Chances are that you have items that you want to store in the garage, but they’re expensive and you worry about their security. Or they’re delicate, and you don’t want to risk them being broken by being left out. You may even want to store items that are somewhat dangerous – like fertilizer or pest poison – without worrying that a child or pet might gain access to it.
When it comes to these types of storage needs, wall-mounted garage cabinets – that you may choose to have fitted with locks – are your best bet. When you already know what you need to store, you can choose cabinets customized for your exact needs, with sturdy shelves and strong doors to protect your things. Installing the cabinets on the wall instead of on the floor helps protect them – and your items inside – from pest infestations and from water should your garage flood.
Store Tools for Projects With a Workbench
You have a variety of things stored on your Slatwall garage wall organizer and other items in your wall-mounted garage cabinets, which leaves you with space to work in. If you have repair projects, creative projects, mechanical projects, or something else that seems conducive to being done in the garage, now you have the room you need to work on it. Is there something you can do to make the space even more conducive to your pet projects?
You can put in a garage workbench. This will give you a dedicated space for storing the tools and supplies you need for your specific projects, away from more general household tools and supplies. It will also give you the surface space you’ll need for almost any type of project. Because it’s a space specific to your particular pursuit, it will be easy to clean and keep organized, and like the cabinets and Slatwall system, you can customize it to your needs. The cost of the workbench will depend on your specifications – like the rest of a custom garage, several different factors go into the cost and yours may be different from someone else’s. The important thing is creating a space that works for you.
Conclusion
There are a number of different ways you can put your garage wall to use, including a Slatwall system, garage cabinets and workbenches. With the help of these items, you can declutter your garage and make it more useful to you.