Is your garage used for cars or junk?

[Froley1]

Right now our detached garage is full of stuff because of moving----
we are going to turn it into a studio for my wife

Froley

[jammin012]

depends on if you consider the car junk.

[galaxee]

no garage, but we're selling a number of items we don't use. someone else probably has a better use for it than letting it lay around in storage.

when we finally do have a garage, it will be DH's workshop area so there will be have to be room for cars and tools.

[qbee42]

We have a two car detached garage, which contains two cars and lots of other stuff. The garage was built to hold more than just cars. It is a salt box type of structure. The extra space is used for the current season's equipment: mowers and such in the summer, snow blowers in the winter. Several bicycles reside there year round. The garage has a finished upstairs which is used for storage: some junk, boat sails in the winter, camping gear, sporting goods, that type of thing.

We have a lot of other space for serious pack-rat junk storage. There is the basement, which is accessible from the lower grade level entrance, or through an outside Bilco door and steps, or from inside using the front stairs. The attic is off of the third level, and is accessible from the back stairs. Large tools are in our boat shop, which is attached to the back of the building, and the shop has a lower storage level which almost has head room, but still provides another 1,000 square feet of storage for off season equipment. The rest of our stuff is crammed into numerous closets, walk in closets, and unused rooms.

I think the answer to your question is yes, people have too much stuff.

Tom

[dogfriend]

Originally Posted by Godiva

After I retire....my garage will be so clean!

You should have a garage sale. Then all your "stuff" can be recycled by another teacher so it can take up space in her/his garage.

Our garage is half car / half tools and junk. My GF's Avalon takes up one half; my table saw, band saw, jointer, etc. take up the other half. My Prius gets the carport. The Sequestered SUV™ sits in the driveway, now joined by my GF's motorhome (did I mention that she is insane?).

[rxcrider]

My garage is reserved for projects, tools, toys and also serves as a dumping ground on the rare occasion that my wife empties out her van.

[tripp]

We've only a 1.5 car garage. It houses an aquatic, wind-powered, racing machine in the main. We also have a climbing wall, lots of stuff we need to sell, garden maintenance tools, and various other odds and sods.

[FL_Prius_Driver]

Strangely, I have room for the car, but I have a lot of "JunK" in transition. There are a lot of things like brass faucets and 'sort of working' lawnmowers that can be recycled. I do not want to add to a landfill. I do not want to force the car outdoors. I do not want a garage full of junk. I try not to think about it too hard.

The really good aspect is that I will not buy something big (e.g. lawn mower) until I make room first. I have not been buying much.

[realale]

Our garage was built in 1923. It probably holds a Model A just fine. A modern car, not so much. I doubt even the Prius will fit.

It's just an over-sized garden shed at this point. Eventually, we plan to knock it down, and get a little more green space in our backyard.