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Do you need to keep your car parked outside on the driveway because you garage is so full of clutter, so dirty and messy that you are hardly able to get in there yourself? This room is designed to store your cars or trucks and is not really designed for any other purpose so you know that it is well past time for a garage cleanup.

Come up with a plan of action if it has been a long time since you attempted a garage cleanup last. A lot of clutter will have found its way in there and it will have become a dumping ground for things that you can’t find a good place for within the home. For example, all your gardening stuff, your Christmas decorations, unused pieces of furniture, “essential” pieces that you found at a local sale, or your chemicals and cleaners.

Make sure that you donate unused pieces of furniture to charity and get someone to pick them up right away. These are first on your list when it comes to a garage cleanup as there is no point in storing them in your garage, just because you don’t have enough room in the house or they clash with your decorating style.

When you have purged the larger items that are in your way during your garage cleanup, you will be able to move round and put all the other items into separate and distinct categories. The largest category would be for trash, but there will be other piles for recreation, holiday or Christmas stuff, garden tools and chemicals and finally memorabilia.

Once you have sorted out the items that will be thrown away as opposed to retained, consider putting up special racks or cabinets on each of the three walls in your garage. This will help you to categorize and compartmentalize very effectively.

Once you’re able to see the floors of your room as items are moved, you will find that you have to spend time cleaning the floors of grime, oil stains and chemical spills during your garage cleanup. This is a difficult and unpleasant task, especially when stains are ingrained. In the future, place absorbent mats where ever these problems might occur.

Try and avoid having to endure a garage cleanup in future by thoughtfully placing all items that you want to store away. On the floor, place absorbent mats beneath the cars and anywhere stored items might spill. These mats are specifically designed to absorb up to a gallon of liquid at any time and are extremely durable. They may be washed, dried and replaced and will save you having to get down on your hands and knees to try and scrub up those stubborn oil stains.

Your driveway needs to be reserved for visitors who are much more likely to come around for the weekend barbecue in the future, if your family cars are parked in the garage where they should be. In this way, a garage cleanup can have extra positive effect.