5 Expert Tips to Maximize Your Garage Storage

5 Expert Tips to Maximize Your Garage Storage

It’s Garage Season! Here are 5 tips to maximize storage in a garage: UTILIZE VERTICAL SPACE. Look up! Install shelves, hooks, and pegboards on the walls to store items such as tools, sports equipment, and gardening supplies. This will free up valuable floor space and...
Move over ‘Spring Cleaning’ and make way for the ‘Fall Edit’

Move over ‘Spring Cleaning’ and make way for the ‘Fall Edit’

Move over ‘Spring Cleaning’ and make way for the ‘Fall Edit’. Don’t get us wrong, spring cleaning has its place – and we’re big fans over here – but it’s time to get proactive. Not to mention, we can’t think of a better way to set you up for the fall and...
How to Organize Your Garage

How to Organize Your Garage

“My garage is a hot mess and I can’t take it anymore…please help!” All winter clients have been clamoring to have us work on their garages and we’ve had to say, “Not yet. It’s too cold.”  I love the changing seasons of the northeast, except when the season...
Going Beyond Just Staging for Photos

Going Beyond Just Staging for Photos

You can find plenty of tips on how to stage and prepare your home for sale online. Experts agree that in home staging it’s hugely important to “declutter, de-personalize, and neutralize” your visible spaces because buyers look first at the photos online and make...
Organizing Your Garage

Organizing Your Garage

Today, at Smartly Organized we’re talking garages. The original purpose of a garage was simply to be a ‘housing for a motor vehicle.’ Essentially, a box big enough for your car. Spaces were rough, unfinished, and generally unattractive. Over time garages have become...