Decluttering 101: Cleaning the Garage

 

DECLUTTERING 101: A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE

GARAGE DAY:

Cleaning out the garage is never fun. But every year I clean it out anyway. This takes me a weekend because there is so much to go through. I do use the 3 box method: Keep, throw away and donate.

But that’s just the first step. Check out the rest of the steps:

1.      Pull everything out (cabinets included) & place in Keep, throw away or donate designated areas.
2.       Clean entire garage.
3.       Put Keep items back in its designated place.
4.       Haul away to trash or donation center.
5.       Put my car back in garage with room to spare.

                                                                Stuff everywhere!

                                                                    Move all outside

                                                            Clean and Spacious

                                                And there is plenty of room for the car!

There are a few steps in between you can add and some prep steps to make it more fun like getting music set up and making sure you have lots of water and sustenance for a long day.

But all the efforts are worth it because it feels great to know where everything is again and I have lots of room to walk around. I especially love that everything is up on shelves and off the floor. There are a still a few things I still have to do like label containers and purge a few unnecessary duplicate items but all in all I’m done with the garage. And that feels great!