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It’s not unusual anymore to walk into someone’s garage and find shoe shelves, a Peloton bike, or even a pull-out couch for guests. Everyone seems to be tapping into the space’s hidden potential, especially those of us who don’t actually need to park a car inside. But what if your garage still needs to be its hardworking self—the place where you stow camping gear, holiday decorations, and rakes of all shapes and sizes? The Container Store sees you.
The company will be launching a number of updates to its Elfa garage storage system this spring, bringing us the Garage+ collection. The new additions will include fully enclosed cabinets with optional casters, magnetic LED lighting, a heavy-duty workbench, full-extension soft-close drawers, and shelves that can handle 100 pounds per linear foot. The products are essentially souped-up versions of the Container Store’s regular garage organization components, and now you can more easily mount spare tires on the wall, elevate heavy golf bags off the ground, and stash awkwardly shaped tools inside steel cabinets.
According to professional organizer Samantha Pregenzer, who specializes in tidying up garages (she’s transformed hundreds of them), there are five types of products she always looks for when decluttering a space: clear bins, wall-mounted shelves, utility hooks, a pegboard system, and overhead racks. Once you’ve got the basics down (aka the cabinet kits and shelf brackets), here are a few genius accessories to shop that’ll actually help you keep things neat.
Garage+ Elfa Closet Rod, The Container Store ($14)
Garage+ Elfa Shallow Garage Drawer Set, The Container Store ($56)
Garage+ Elfa Track Square Mesh Storage Bag, The Container Store ($35)
Garage+ Elfa Track Straight Hook, The Container Store ($13)
