If you've never seen our garage before (and most of you probably haven't ;D) You'll just have to imagine what it looked like before it was cleaned, since I forgot to take pictures. ;) Just think of lots of fallen leaves, little twigs (from the trees), and some junk.

Here's the first side, where we park the car. I swept the whole garage out and scooped up lots of dirt, leaves, and twigs.

Then I organised our stuff. There wasn't much to toss, since we aren't junk collectors. ;) I cleaned the grill cart and the strollers, too. I took off the cup holders and snack trays (basically anything removable from the strollers!) and washed them. I also washed the canvas parts of the strollers with a soapy washcloth. They look so nice and clean that I decided to drape an old sheet over the strollers when they're sitting in the garage, so they don't get so dusty again. :D
Exciting, huh? ;) It's not especially thrilling (after all, there are still some spiderwebs out there!) but it's so much cleaner than it was, I just can't help peeking out there every now and then. ;) And now I won't need to clean the garage for another year! ;) (Don't worry... I clean my house more frequently than the garage ;D)
So what's next? Will I finally get motivated to vacuum out the car? I sure hope so! It's been even longer since that's been properly cleaned!
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I shudder to think of
I shudder to think of cleaning out our garage. We have a teeny tiny little one car garage that is currently used mostly for storage, which completely rules out parking a car in there. :) We should follow your example and get it cleaned up. There is a ton of stuff we could get rid of out there. We'd have to have a garage sale afterward!
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Well, our garage might be more full if it didn't get water on the floor during heavy rains... so I really hesitate to store much out there (I try to find the higher level dry spots! lol).
Our basement is the same way: all we really have down there is a sump pump and a washer and dryer (up on blocks :D). I suppose if nothing else, it helps keep down the clutter and junk!
You should have a garage sale! Spring is a good time... you can plan ahead :D Or, what I've heard is even better: selling things online. Not that I've done it myself...
Wow!
I thought your garage looked great before! When I was in it I thought to myself, would it ever be nice to have a clutter free garage like yours! :) Now about our garage, it is storage space for the business and lets just say it is full! :) I really need to go out and organize it better to make more space and get rid of the things we don't need or use. :)
~Tanya
Oh, that is SO funny!!!
Because I had wanted to clean the garage before you guys came, and didn't have time. ;) I was embarrassed when you saw how dirty the floor was!! lol
Well, like I told Ashleigh above, our garage might not be so clutter-free if it were a better place to store things ;)
That
is funny!! You are a wonderful housekeeper and hostess!!~Tanya
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