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Originally Posted by 2016 Versa
What do you do with all your other junk? Leave it in the driveway? I thought garages were for all the junk you didn't have anywhere else to put it. At least that's how it is around my house. My single car garage is 16'x28' and I've barely got enough room in it to park a Ford Escort station wagon a car that's what maybe 6'x15'?
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I bought a fairly large first house that included a 2 car garage. In that garage I fit 2 cars, a motorcycle, workbench, folding 4'x8' trailer, 4 bicycles, air compressor, a futon, a ping pong table... optimizing wall and ceiling space is a must.
Christmas decorations went in the attic above the garage, which wasn't easy to access, but not a big deal once a year.
The other vehicles I own lived at my parents house, or occasionally parked on the street.
Now I've got a 3 car garage, and 3 cars in it including my wife's friend that is staying here until she finds a job. Still working on organizing tools and optimizing wall space, but it's coming along nicely.
I haven't resorted to this, but a friend of mine has, and it's an elegant solution to a problem:
I mount bikes to the ceiling with J hooks in the ceiling joists:
