If you're fresh out of floor space to store things, hanging storage is an excellent option to consider. It will help you to make the most of all the room you have available, while still giving you plenty of room to work around your stored items.
Storing items by hanging them up helps if you prefer to have everything easily visible. A hanging system is very functional and versatile. They can be used to store many things, from clothing to bikes and tools in the garage, depending on the type of hanging system you purchase. Slat-wall systems are the newest type in a list that also includes multi-item hangers, standalone hooks and pegboards. You can find a system to suit every need you have.
If you decide to stack your folding chairs instead of hanging them up, they can be easily in the way and tripped over. You can hang them and put slipcovers over them, and this will keep the dust at bay and still keep them handy for the times you need them. You can use lawn and leaf bags or a cut-open old garment bag to cover them when you hang them. A slipcovering will help protect other items that you don't use as much, like luggage. Hanging clothes should always be clean and then hung in garment bags made of cloth, not plastic, so they can breathe.
A slat-wall hanging storage system is made from a grooved panel or panels that are installed onto the wall of your garage. You can hang many accessories like baskets, shelves and hooks into the grooves, and they will hold a wide variety of items. You may have seen this type of hanging system used in department stores, and their use in home garages is growing.
You can build a hanging system without spending a lot of money. You can hang objects by hammering nails into studs and using those nail heads as hooks. This is as simple as it gets. Most items that can be easily stored by hanging have a hole that will allow you to hang them up easily. If you're hanging up an item with a wooden handle and no holes, you can drill a hole so that it can be hung easily. You can also drill a smaller hole and run a cord through the wood, tie it, and then hang it up that way.
You can hammer two nails into a stud, spaced so that a handle will fit between them, and hang things like tools up in this way. Hang up tools carefully, so that the sharp ends of rakes or hoes don't brush against anyone when they walk by. They could fall if jostled, too, possibly causing injury.
If your garage isn't a finished building, you can use the studs to hang hooks or nails on. In addition, nailing clothespins to studs can give you space to hang up smaller items, like safety goggles. Longer hooks can be used as hanging storage for lumber, skis and rakes, because they keep them safely out of the way.