Garage Organization Project

Last week we decided it was about time we bit the bullet and put some money into buying some shelving for the garage to better store all our stuff, particularly the storage totes holding holiday decor and whatnot. We made plans to do it this weekend and as it neared I got more and more excited. Seriously, I don’t think anything excites me more than getting organized.

Friday after work we headed to Menards and dropped almost $300 on shelving – 1 really large metal unit, 1 smaller unit, and shelving that mounts to the ceiling. When we got home we decided we’d just put together the free-standing shelving so we could organize it on Saturday but once we got going we were motivated to just do it all right then and there.

Here’s what it looked like before.

Before

And here’s what it looked like about two hours later.

After - Day 1

Joe wasn’t entirely happy with the results, so we went to Menards on Saturday and got another shelving unit, so this is what it looks like now (sans bikes as we need to reconfigure them).

After - Day 2

I’m so happy that I can finally get to my decorations without having to ask Joe to move four boxes to get to one. I can get everything myself, plus all the extra home stuff (like fabric softener, toilet paper, and paper towels) are within easy reach as well. I can’t believe we waited so long to do this.

Unfortunately the left side of the garage is a total mess now with all the empty boxes from the shelving, extra drywall from the last remodel, and moulding that no longer have a place on the right side, so we’re going to have to work on that side next weekend. We’re debating whether or not we’re going to keep and use the ceiling storage or not, so that hasn’t been taken out of the box yet.

This morning when I checked the Menards ad I saw that the two big shelving units we had just purchased were on sale for $30 less plus an additional $20 rebate, so we went back and they gave us back the difference for the sale price ($60 total) in merchandise credit and we can get another $40 back via the rebate so that’s pretty cool. The credit never expires so next time we need something for the home we’ll just go to Menards instead of Home Depot or Lowes which is fine by me as I’ve noticed Menards typically has better prices anyway.