There are two types of garages in this country. The first has plenty of room for two cars, gardening equipment and seasonal items. The other type has all the same equipment stored in it but no room for a car much less two. The difference, while not always apparent, is usually a judicious use of shelves for home use and an ability to organize the things that go on them. Garage storage racks can be as simple as wooden shelves affixed to each wall or metal lockers with doors that close and keep all of the material out of sight.
If you would like to avoid the disorganized appearance of a garage and have a place to park you car in doors, you need little more than shelves for home and garage use and a plan to use them. Look at the layout of your garage and see what can best be used for shelving and where to put it. How is it that you use your garage? Does it double as a wood working shop, is it the center for yard and garden work, or is it just the repository for anything and everything that has outgrown its usefulness in your home?
Tier Wall Shelf
Measure the floor space that is available. Now determine how much of that space you will need to park your car in and then have room to move around them. If size is an issue at this point there are shelves for home garage use available that actually hang from the rafters and never touch the floor. With this type of shelving in place you can still have all the floor space for car parking that keeps your cars under the storage area. The shelves can either be of chrome wire or rubber coated wire and not take up a lot of space.
If actual floor space is not a critical issue there are floor mounted heavy duty shelves for home garages available. These shelves come in three to five tiers high and can hold up to 1200 pounds shelf on the three tier models or 700 pounds per shelf on the five tier models. Do not fill all your available wall space with shelves. A garden tool organizer can be a wise use of floor space and remember to keep a place for your lawn mower. Planning is the first step but it must be followed by putting your equipment back in the planned spaces when not in use.