A garage with space for everything

Elise Steffensen and her family live in Tromsø. They recently converted their old carport into a super-practical garage for an active family, with space for sports equipment, tools, garden tools – and, of course, the car. This is how the family's garage came about and their thoughts behind the project. 

“We’re an active family. So, we needed storage space for sports equipment, in addition to normal storage for garden tools, we also needed a workbench and lots of storage space for tools. This means our garage is now also a workroom where we can do carpentry jobs and the like,” says Elise, explaining what they wanted from their new garage.

Easily to hand for DIY

The garage has been fitted with storing boards and a workbench along the short wall. The boards accommodate hooks and holders for large and small tools, making everything well-arranged and easily accessible when they need it. There are plenty of gliding mesh drawers under the bench that will hold masses of stuff and stand up to rough treatment. The space above has been fitted with bracket posts to hold materials and timber securely in place, and deep shelves for seasonal storage.

Everything in its place

The long wall has been equipped to the full with storage products chosen for their specific purpose, such as wire shelf baskets with edges to keep things in place, deep wire shelves for large objects and holders for bikes, garden hose and other sports equipment. Wire shelves are ideal for a garage, as they can bear a lot of weight, and any soil and dirt will simply drop through the shelf and can then be easily swept or washed away. The wire shelf baskets have been divided into sections for further organisation and system.

Simple installation

The system used in this garage is Elfa’s top-hung Click-in system, which is based on a top track, which is the only component screwed to the wall. Together with hang standards and brackets, this forms the backbone of the system, which can be expanded with gliding drawers, shelves, and accessories designed for specific items. So the solution can be customized to suit your needs and wishes. The best thing is that you can easily alter and add to the system whenever you want. You can start with a very basic solution and add to it little by little.

When asked what the family thinks of their new garage, there is little room for doubt:
“We LOVE our garage now! It’s so tidy and smart in here. But most of all it’s really practical and fits our needs for storage in our garage.”

Read more about Elfa’s smart and space saving storage system for garage and storage