Back to home improvement projects. One of the big goals we had in our Spring and Summer Plans post was to really straighten out our garage situation. When we started, it was cluttered, loaded with spiders and insects and needed to be cleaned as well as repainted. So far this summer, we managed only a few minor garage related projects: relocating our baby strollers, bug proofing the garage windows and adding a pegboard above the workbench. We’re aiming to get as much stuff off the floor as possible and to that end we’ve been heavily using hooks for organization. We’re hoping that if we DO get all of our junk off the floor, there’s a good chance there will be less places for insects to hide.
I wanted to show you one of the ways we’re using inexpensive hooks from the hardware store to de-clutter. Normally, we’d hang stuff from them, but they can also be used to restrain objects against the wall.
Like this ladder for example:
Instead of putting the entire weight of the ladder onto the bracket, the ladder rests on the concrete foundation below it and the bracket just keeps it from falling over.
Bye bye spider eggs.
We also used this wall anchor approach with our last baby stroller. This baby stroller is a double seat model, it’s a bit heavier than the other two and there’s no simple place to hang it on the wall. So I decided to anchor it to the wall by one of its wheels.
The other thing we mounted this week was the saw horses. Since I mostly use these guys for spray painting, they can stay in the garage.
With most of the clean up completed, we’re waiting for a good day to get some painting done in here. Lisa wants the door to the house painted black and we’d love to apply a fresh coat of epoxy paint to the floor.
