My garage is full of clutter, where do I start to clear it?

Here's what I do. Take absolutely everything out! Use either your hose or a pressure washer, (depends on how dirty it is) to clean the floor. I use soap on mine too. Let it dry out for a couple of hours while you go through things and decide what to use, sell, give away or throw away. Then take advantage of shelves, and wire baskets to put things on and in. You can easily make shelves out of cement blocks and old lumber. Use hooks on the walls (they even have hooks for bikes). I hope this can get you started.

Don't feel bad, mine is cluttered too, but I can still get one car in the garage. Here are a ton of helpful links!

https://cutediyprojects.com/organizing-ideas/35-diy-garage-storage-ideas-to-help-you-reinvent-your-garage-on-a-budget/

https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-easily-organize-a-garage-2648059

https://www.home-storage-solutions-101.com/organize-your-garage.html

https://www.thisoldhouse.com/ideas/read-you-organize-your-garage

http://www.prevention.com/health/declutter-your-garage-and-lose-weight

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mallorymcinnis/show-your-garage-who-is-in-charge

https://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/organizing/declutter-garage

First, get rid of whatever you haven't used in the past year or so-- divide into 3 categories: (1) to keep, (2) to sell, (3) to donate or give away.

Then take what you have left and either store it on shelves in the garage or hang it from the ceiling with hooks. HINT: Many of the things people have in their garage they use once or less a year. For those things, you should either consider renting from a rental dept. of the home improvement store or borrow from friends rather than buying and then having to store.

Start at one side of the garage by the garage door. Have three bins or boxes nearby, one for garbage, one for give away and one for this needs to be somewhere else. Decide what should go where ahead of time for different classes of tools, like hand tools, saws, grinders, sanders, etc. make sure that any accessories for each tools end up nearby that tool or in labeled small containers so they can be found. Have shelving that you can put larger tools on and wind up the cords so they stay neat and don't end up getting twisted up with others. I use upper kitchen cabinets on the walls to store a lot of things, even large pots that don't store well in the kitchen. You can keep things organized if you have enough shelves, bins etc. to use. Get holders for small hand tools like screwdrivers, wrenches, hammers etc. and put on wall. Hang larger things like rakes, shovels, weed whackers, blowers etc. on the walls. We use the really big nails and drill bigger holes in wood handles. We also have spots for things where we hang extra circular saw blades on nails. It is amazing what you can hang on a wall. If you have a work bench, get some of those storage things with all the drawers in it and store all the little screws, etc. in it. We have two of them, one for hobby and one for repairs, etc. It may take a while to get everything in its place, but you can do it! You may have to be a little brutal on what to get rid of, but there are usually things that just can't be used again, other things that may be too rusty to use, broken things that haven't been fixed in a few years. You may be surprised what you can get rid of.

Make an organized space for them- check it out https://www.hometalk.com/diy/organize/garage/easy-basement-or-garage-shelving-13475487

Before you start, sit down with a blank piece of paper and write down everything in the garage that you use at least once a year, any other items that you want to keep and why.

Give it to a friend. While you are making a nice big dinner for the friend, have the friend go into the garage and box up everything else not on the list before you re-enter the garage.

Live as normal for a week without looking in any of the closed boxes.

If you have not missed anything is in the closed boxes, it shows that you do not need it.

Next take the closed boxes without opening them, and take them to a thrift store or charity donation centre.

This of course is a simplified version of the process, the point being there is likely stuff in your garage that you have never used, will never use, and no longer need, - stuff you will probably not even remember you had.

Bins are really nice...we have an attic above with stairs coming down from the ceiling and find great storage there