Garage makeover

We moved into our new house about a year ago. With 4 boys, my husband’s tools and my old teaching stuff, our garage has had periods of relative organization but without shelving this is what it eventually looks like:

Without shelves there is really no way to keep things organized. I enrolled the help of my husband to make some shelves for all of our junk!  I needed shelves for the kids’ craft supplies, their outside toys, my tubs of school supplies and husband’s miscellaneous items and space to park riding toys and bikes and toys such as soccer balls and nerf guns. With the help of a you tube video this is what he built!

The project took 2 Saturdays and a couple trips to Home Depot and Lowes. The supplies included the following:

• 8 foot 2×4 (we used about 17), $3 each
• 3 particle boards $16 each (we have leftovers for future projects)
• screws: 3 1.2 in x 9 and 3 in x9, we used one box of each ($20)

Approximate cost: $130 plus tax

Now to keep it organized. And here is another picture with all of our toys and tubs.

Our next project is to actually consolidate what is in those tubs which will probably take another few weeks!

A bientot!