How To

Proper planning is a key to any successful project, and part of the planning process is developing a system of organization. This is particularly true for auto mechanics.

Keeping your house in order and looking nice is a job of sorts. When your home is organized, you feel less chaotic and more at peace. After all, you spend most of your life inside your home, and its organization is within your control. Here are ten simple and effective house organization ideas.

When society transformed from a daily commute and school drop-off to a work-from-home and virtual classroom setting, so many of us thought, “Oh yeah! I’m going to use that commute time to keep my house neat and clean!”

It’s easy to dismiss your garage as simply a place to park the car and throw stuff when you don’t know what else to do with it, but we all know you’re smart enough not to waste valuable square footage like that—right?

If you’re combing the internet for garage-building ideas, you’re probably not that guy who only passes through the garage to get in and out of the car. Nope—you’re the type that sees the garage as an extension of your home. And rightly so.

What can I turn my garage into? Is converting a garage a good idea? Can you convert a garage yourself? How many Hemsworths are there, really? These are all excellent questions—and Flow Wall has the answers in this ultimate list of garage conversion ideas.

It only takes one basketball to the face to realize your garage sports equipment storage situation is not working. Raise the white flag and send help! When balls come flying at you every time you pull something from the shelf, you have a problem on your hands.

If you’re Googling around wondering how to have a dust-proof garage, you must be pretty hardcore—that rare, elite kind of man cave dweller who cares about stuff like heavy-duty overhead storage, perfected garage lighting, and even garage dust control. (Now we’re really into the weeds.)

Your garage is supposed to be a shelter for your vehicle, right? So how in the world did it become this chaotic tangle of toys and tools and basketballs and bicycles? Now is the perfect time to redefine (and reorganize) your home garage storage potential with easy-to-install storage solutions.

These days, there’s a holiday for everything. You’ve got Hug Your Cat Day on June 4, World Smile Day on October 1, and National Brownie Day on December 8. Heck, there’s even a holiday dedicated to a great American tradition: the garage sale.

Sometimes, making the long trek to the mountains, lake, or desert to enjoy a good outdoor hobby can be enough for anyone to call it quits before even getting started.

If you’re like many homeowners, you rarely hang out in your garage. Instead, you dash in and out only when necessary, giving unwanted critters the side-eye along the way.

Storing climbing gear in the garage can quickly turn into a tangled web that feels impossible to organize. And when your storage situation gets really out of hand, you’re less likely to be getting out on those climbing adventures you had your heart set on in the first place.

If there’s one thing we know for certain, it’s that the RV life is the good life. Hitting the open road and knowing you’ve got all the comforts of home—ahhhhh, you can’t beat it. Naturally then, you want to do whatever it takes to keep your RV in great shape for as long as possible.

The garage is your territory. Whether you retreat there to fire up the power tools, jam on the drums, or tinker under the hood of your hot rod, it’s a place you want to be.

Whether you’re into tinkering under the hood of your car, building furniture, DIY projects, or anything else that requires a power tool, the facts are pretty straight-forward: Men who work with their hands need a home garage workbench.

Let’s face it: Sometimes there’s just nowhere to turn when you want to escape the chaos of everyday life. Whether you want a place of refuge from your partner’s reality TV shows, your kids’ squeals, or the dog’s whimpering, a man cave is almost always the most brilliant use of space for any garage.

Your secret’s out: You were basically always born to be a rock star, and now it’s time to make your dream happen. After all, you only live once, and these days, anyone can be anything with the help of YouTube and a great internet connection.

You’re a full-grown adult, and if life has taught you anything so far, it’s to make like a Boy Scout and always be prepared. Sure, that includes having a roommate call mid-date to get you out of a sketchy situation, but it also means having adequate food storage.