At our last home, we had nice storage shelfs, but spent most of the years just tossing thing on the shelves. In the last year, I ended up putting things in storage bins...and LABELED everything.
We also put up peg board on both ends of the shelves, so we could hang rakes, shovels, extension cords.
Try to group like items together. Right now I have all the garden chemicals in a crate. Kids outdoor items in several crates. Car miscellaneous in a crate. Paint cans stacked up together. Nails and fastners are in a plastic shoe box.
I don't know how bad your garage is, but taking things out and sweeping or hosing out the garage is a nice first step. As you bring things back in, put them together...but only put back in what you really need.
Is the garage your primary storage area? Are there other areas where the Christmas items could be stored? Back of a closet? Under stairs, ornaments in an old dresser drawer? I hope I at least have your brain thinking of new ways to store and organize.
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