Noticed a poster for a garage makeover workshop. Bad idea.

I was at the hardware store and saw a big poster on their community wall about a garage organization workshop. They said you could turn a messy space into a tidy one in just a weekend. I tried that last year. Followed a similar plan, bought all the bins and shelves. Two months later, it was a disaster again. The problem is they don't teach how to keep it clean. Just putting stuff away isn't enough. You need a system you'll actually use. Now I ignore those quick fix ads.

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wesley80811d ago

Bet they forgot to mention the follow-up class on how to live with a pack-rat family. My shelves just became a fancy backdrop for new piles of junk. Those plastic bins are now just expensive, labeled containers of chaos.

grace56511d agoMost Upvoted

Read a piece once that said organizing with pack-rats is like shoveling snow during a blizzard. @wesley808, your labeled bins becoming fancy backdrops for junk is exactly what they meant. The whole system falls apart if not everyone follows along, so it just becomes a place to put new piles. I heard some people try regular clean-up times to fight the clutter, but that needs everyone to care. Honestly, it sounds good on paper but rarely works in a busy home.