A well-fitted-out garage or garden shed can provide useful additional storage that will lighten the load on space in the house. Make sure these areas are well secured, particularly if used for tools. A small lean-to conservatory could act as a utility room, taking overspill from a small kitchen.
Garage storage
Most garage, unless they fit your car like a glove, allow space for overspill storage from the house. A system of special roof hooks can take stored timber and boards horizontal at roof level. Giant wall hooks allow you to hang ladders, bicycles, and other large items out of the way off the ground. A series of shelves can take bottled jams, wines and wine-making equipment, as well as car accesories and DIY tools.
Use any available floor space for a large freezer or a work bench. If the garage is attached to the house and space is tight in the kitchen consider installing a washing machine and tumble dryer in the garage too.
Hooks, clips and adjustable shelves can turn a garage into a useful and efficient storage area.
Using a garden shed
A shed provides useful additional storage space and, if it has good-sized windows, can be used as a workshop. If you want a shed you can work in remember to choose one with the door positioned door is best when the shed is to be used for storage only as this provides spaces for a waist level shelving unit at one side and hooks to take mower, garden chairs and long-handled tools at the other. If space is very tight a 1m (3ft) square shed with double doors will provide shallow, easy to get at storage space.Finding space in a conservatory
By glazing over a passageway down the side of a house, or building a small lean-to conservatory around the back door, space protected from the weather becomes available to house laundry equipment or a freezer. Shelves on the house wall could take flower vases and jugs. You could also add a coat and wellie rack (see Hinges And Hooks for details of hooks).
Thanks for reading Outdoors. Please share...!
