Garages : Organize your garage for the very last time If your garage is overwhelmed by your family's collection of bikes, sports equipment, tools, ladders and other assorted gadgets, it could be time to call Canadian Garage Outfitters. Author : Daina Feick Published on : 3/31/2008 11:46:51 PM Co-owned and operated by business partners and long-time friends, Rene Poulin and Wayne Schneider, Kitchener-based Canadian Garage Outfitters specializes in reclaiming and revitalizing garage space, helping homeowners to access their belongings easily and get their cars back into the garage … once and for all. "We'll clean your garage, fix the floors and walls, paint, supply and install garage organizing equipment to get things off the floor, reorganize and remodel, add or create better lighting … it's like a garage overhaul, " explains Poulin. And for homeowners whose garbage cans, golf clubs, lawn mowers, snow blowers, toys and toboggans have taken over this part of the home, the process may resemble an ‘extreme makeover' – one that allows them to tidy up and finally take control of their surroundings. "For family members, the garage is usually their main entrance into their home," adds Schneider. Among the garage organizing products and services offered by this hands-on, hardworking duo are wall-mounted systems to keep belongings visible and accessible, sleek and flexible modular-designed storage cabinets, overhead storage systems (ideal for seasonal decorations, luggage and coolers) to utilize untapped ceiling space and lift systems with a single rope control that make it easy and safe to raise and lower family bicycles. For larger projects, Canadian Garage Outfitters will install drywall, durable poly-vinyl garage mats (available in a variety of patterns and colours), hobby centres and butcher block countertops.  All jobs include a thorough, thoughtful approach based on customer input. Minimum disruption to the homeowner is also an important part of the package. "Depending on the type of job and under normal conditions, we're usually done within one to four days," confirms Poulin.  "Installing a small system sometimes only needs half a day." In addition, Poulin and Schneider also specialize in reorganizing and revitalizing workshops, sheds, laundry rooms and closets. "If you've done every other room in your house," states Schneider, "now might be the time to look at redoing your garage."