You’ve spent hours toiling in your garage, but are you using your space as efficiently as possible? Here are just seven ways to remodel, revamp, and rejuvenate your workspace.
1. Replace Your Garage Doors
Are you still struggling with the garage doors that came with the house? Are they old, outdated, or supremely slow? Replace them with a sleek new model that also includes contemporary features like wireless keypads and remote locking capabilities.
We just built a house, and garage door openers were not included.
Remember, if you have two separate garage doors, places like Lowes and Home Depot want to charge you around $120 for the install per door on top of the price of each opener.
Craziness!
So keep that in mind when you are budging for them. My husband was not a happy camper when he found out.
2. Install Cabinets
Garage cabinets are a great way to get things off the floor. You can stick everything from tools to half-finished projects inside them, not only improving your workspace organization but also freeing up room to move.
We saw some stock cabinets at Home Depot that we plan on putting in our garage one day. They are meant for a pantry usually, but we think two would go great in the garage for tools and whatnot. We are notorious for having a junked-up garage, but it stops now!
3. Jazz Up Your Flooring
Say goodbye to that stained concrete that makes the entire place look messy and unkempt. Install something like epoxy, tile, or limestone instead.
You can even paint your floor with stripes or checkers to give it the feel of a real auto shop.
4. Let There Be Light
Florescent lights are critical to the modern garage, but did you know that you can save up to $100 a year by switching to compact fluorescent lights (CFLs)?
They’ll shine just as brightly as your regular halogen bulbs, but they’re much more energy-efficient and cost-effective.
5. Upgrade Your Workbench
If your workbench doesn’t have wheels, it’s time to add them. If it doesn’t include built-in shelves and compartments for holding your tools when not in use, it’s time to look at models that do. Your workbench is the life and soul of your garage, so find something worthy of the title.
Half of our garage will be used as a workshop. My husband is into woodworking these days with all my Pinterest finds. Against one wall, there will be the pantry type cabinets on the ends of the rolling workbench we saw at Home Depot. We are at Home Depot A LOT these days if you can’t tell.
6. Use Your Ceiling
All kinds of things can be attached to your ceiling to help you organize your garage and free up floor space. For example, hooks can hang little baskets of nails, and steel bars can hold plastic bins full of holiday decorations and sports equipment.
7. Write It Down
Does your garage have an area where you can jot down ideas in the middle of a project? Most don’t, and the ideas of their owners are lost forever. Make it a point of installing a few whiteboards, chalkboards, or bulletin boards around your garage, so inspiration never goes to waste. You can even make a chalkboard by spraying an old mirror with chalkboard paint.
These are just seven ways to revamp your musty garage. From spotless floors to effortless organization, you won’t even recognize your man-cave after you’ve taken all these tips to heart.
Hours in the garage can be so much more enjoyable with these ideas! Thanks for sharing!
Yes, it’s way better than trying to accomplish something in a huge mess. I’m proud to say our garage is finally clean!
These are some great suggestions. I was just thinking about our garage this morning. It definitely needs some organization so it works better for all. Thank you so much for sharing this
I know what you mean. Usually, our garage becomes a drop zone but thankfully we now can actually put our cars in it!
This is an excellent article. We will use these ideas in our next house where we hve a larger garage for a workspace.Thank you for sharing.
I want the exact same thing. I’ve told my wife that in our next house we need a little bit of land for a dedicated workshop.
Wow, these are some really good suggestions! Thanks for posting them. Now I just need my husband to clean up and get rid of all of the things he’s never going to use.
Sounds like a plan! Garages often become a storage place for random things. We need to stop that.
These are great ideas. I especially like the last one.
Could your garage use a pick me up?
I’d love to improve our garage! New doors, or adding the carriage style look to our current ones is one of the things on my list.
Changing up the style of the garage door is always a nice change! We just had ours painted to look like wood. Looks awesome!
Great Ideas! The garage is a very useful place as long as it’s organized. Thank you
That’s very true! The garage is a great storage area with some organization
Whiteboards are a genius idea!! There are so many times when it would be helpful to be able to jot down a measurement while working on a project, not to mention how helpful it would be to write down important stats at the very beginning of a project and be able to refer to it along the way. Thanks for this idea.
It’s always great to have somewhere to jot down a note when you are busy tinkering
I really like the black on the florr.
It’s a really easy way to spruce up your garage floor