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November 1, 2024
Is your garage a chaotic collection of tools, sports equipment, and forgotten boxes, making it impossible to traverse without tiptoeing around clutter? A disorganized garage can not only be…
April 9, 2024
Over half of all single-family homes in the U.S. have garages, and 65% of newly-built homes are built with two-car garages. Oddly enough, more people use them for storage than parking! A nationwide homeowner study found
December 28, 2022
The time for spring cleaning is just around the corner. And this year, after you’ve finished dusting your blinds and scrubbing your baseboards, make a plan to venture into some of the more overlooked areas of your house
April 1, 2022
The modern garage has clean lines and plenty of open space. Walking through it, you see nothing but a few focal points: your sports car, your home gym, your workbench. Where’s all the stuff? It’s hidden behind closed do
March 4, 2022
Is your garage on the small side? The average two-car garage is actually rather small at just 18 by 20 feet. If your garage is average to small, there’s still plenty of opportunity for built-in storage. Here are some big
March 4, 2022
What would inspire you to clean out your garage? Maybe you need space to park your new car. Maybe you want a place to work on all of those little projects on your to-do list. Or maybe you’re just tired of all the clutter
March 4, 2022
Do you have a detached garage? For many homeowners, it’s a dream to have a spacious, organized detached garage for storing vehicles, motorcycles, bikes, tools, toys, outdoor gear, and everything else. But without proper
March 4, 2022
How organized is your garage? Is it totally neat and tidy or is it a dumping ground for clutter? For most homeowners, the biggest problem with the garage is a lack of useful storage options. Without proper storage featu
March 4, 2022
Almost half of all U.S. garages desperately need makeovers. A survey found that 47% of homeowners can’t even park in their garages due to clutter! American garages are messy, disorganized, and full of old and broken bel
March 4, 2022
There’s a 50/50 chance that your garage needs a major spring cleaning. How do we know? Research shows 50% of all U.S. homeowners call their garage the most cluttered room in the house. This spring, give your garage organ
July 20, 2021
Simple Basement Enhancements to Make Before Listing Your Home Are you putting your home on the market soon? If so, now’s the perfect time to do some simple things to improve its value and attract interested buyers. And i
July 16, 2021
Is your garage wow-ing the neighbors for all the wrong reasons? If it’s cluttered and dirty, it’s a bit embarrassing for anyone to see it! But the whole neighborhood gets a glimpse every time your garage door opens. Gara
April 29, 2021
Is your garage sparkling clean and ready for spring? If not, read on! And don’t worry, your messy garage is perfectly normal. The National Association of Professional Organizers did a study that showed 50% of homeowner
January 26, 2021
Are you getting the most out of your basement? Or does it have unused space that could become a beautiful, functional new room in your home? Most American homes have between 652 and 850 square feet of basement space that
December 8, 2020
Can you guess how much the average person spends on their holiday decorations? Would you guess $250? $500? It’s way more than that. The average person spends $1,050 on holiday decorations like ornaments, wreaths, figurin
July 2, 2020
There’s valuable storage space hiding in your garage, and we’d like to help you put it to good use. Add custom storage to your garage and you’ll clear your house of clutter, stay more organized, and get the most out of y
June 11, 2020
If you’re ready to remodel your West Chester garage, take a look at this stunning before and after from Diplomat Closet Design.
November 22, 2019
Take a drive through Pennsylvania’s Main Line and you’ll see beautiful homes lining every street. The area’s original 19th and early 20th-century home designs are some of the architectural wonders of the East Coast. From
October 23, 2019
If you’re like most people, your garage is basically a big, cluttered box. Although the average U.S. garage is 288 to 392 square feet, most people don’t take full advantage of it as an organizational and living space. An
June 17, 2016
How do you feel when you walk into your garage? Do you feel good, like everything has its place? Or do you feel like you are taking your life in your hands as you make your way through the items that are strewn across t
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Garages absorb everything a house cannot hold, tools, sports gear, seasonal decorations, the bikes nobody wants to store indoors. The result is usually a room that cannot fit a car. These articles cover how we reclaim that square footage with wall-mounted cabinetry, overhead storage and durable work surfaces that survive temperature swings and dirty hands.
Garage builds have different constraints from interior closets: moisture, dust, uneven floors and the need to keep everything off the slab. We plan around those realities, mounting cabinetry to the wall, sealing edges and choosing finishes that wipe clean.
Read these before you buy freestanding shelving. A wall-hung system built to your bay dimensions almost always stores more and leaves the floor open.
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