I will input my info later.

 

Mine is a mess at the moment. Kind of a staging area for a number of projects.

The only way to actually WORK in a garage or shop is the "a place for everything and everything in it's place" approach.

 

Mine is fairly neat and I try to make places for stuff. I move things I am not using out and have a couple of storage buildings and a basement in an old house full of shelves for that "too good to throw" type of thing. This site would pick up a lot of traffic if it had an easy way to post picks similar to the Hobart site.

 

We post pics in our user galleries, you can find out how in the user gallery forum. This site has more traffic than it can handle at times and more traffic than most sites.

 

I go from sort of neat to to much, shtuff , back and forth all the time. right now I am at kind of neat.

 

My barn is a truly scary place.

Most often have to move carpentry supplies and tools aside to make room for vehicular surgery. That's after I toss aside the electrical supplies that rest on top of the plumbing supplies.

Did I mention I need more shelves? Did I mention I need more barns?

And to think I used to live on a boat...

Oldbones

 

Not that it has to do with cleanliness but.
One of natures laws is as follows---The amont of stuff we have will be in direct proportion to the amount of space we don't.

 

My shop isnt very big, ant it's not set up to fit a vehicle.
I cleaned everything a month ago and h ave been making a real effort to keep things clean...built shelves, threw alot out, made space for everything......
..then three bikes moved in...and skateboards..and hockey equipment..and lawn furnature..

*sigh* i give up...

 

Hhhmmmmm where do I start. Well like Oldbones I have numerous trades residing in my garage: Electrician, plumber, carpenter, lawn maintenace, small engine repair, etc...... it is also a staging area for evertything. If I could remove all the carpentry stuff: Table saw, radial arm saw, joiner, router table plus a good cabinet full of sanders, saws, and supplies I would pick up a ot of space. The two crafts really don't mix well and I wish I had a separate shop for woodworking. I can't stand to through perfectly good stuff away so it piles up with no place to put it. I need more space.

Do not allow empty space to show your wife WILL fill it for you!!!!!

 

ANOTHER WIFE STORY ...

I'm a pretty tidy person around the house, at work and in my truck. However, I had little organized piles of things around my 2-car garage and I knew where everything was at. My wife kept getting on my #@%$@%$ about cleaning it up, but next weekend always sounded like a better time for me.

One Saturday I went out of town and when I got back, the garage was spotless. My wife cleaned the %$#%$# out of it.

I know she didn't throw anything away, but now I can't find a %$#%$# thing. I blew my chance before, and let me tell you brother ... I have spent more time looking for things than I would have spent putting things away.

Live and learn I guess ...

Skigalini

 

Been there done that BUT I always check the garbage can to be safe. Must be a women thing.

 

WOMEN ... CAN'T LIVE WITH EM ... CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT EM ! However, my truck is the one thing that I can drive every day (sometimes several times a day) and never get tired of it.

 

Good advice. Always check the garbage can. I need to do that more often.

 

WOMEN ... CAN'T LIVE WITH EM ... CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT EM !
or
WOMEN..CAN'T LIVE WITH EM ...CAN'T SHOOT EM!

 

I try to keep it clean but it's hard to when you have as many projects as i've got going. Just cleaned it out a couple of days ago to hang some of those 400 watt bay lights and now i've already got 5 vehicles back in it. Will it ever end? I hope not!!