We have a 1050 SF three car garage. We've never parked any of our three paid-for vehicles in it.
Let's see what's inside:
- All of the library book sale signs (12-14 A-frames), which are used quarterly to raise money for the library.
- The 12' canopy used for the book sales.
- Supplies for a civic group that meets 8x/year. I do the hospitality, so eight totes of supplies, plus 4 coffee urns in bags.
- Supplies for our city's annual Community Service Day.
- Signs and banners for our annual neighborhood food drive. (We use the book sale canopy for this.)
- Sixteen matching wooden folding chairs, all purchased second hand. Used for all kinds of gatherings.
- A motley collection (6?) of assorted folding camping chairs.
- Four six-foot folding tables
- Four four-foot folding tables
- Two folding tables for camping
- Upright freezer
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Two pantries
- 8' Workbench
- Table saw
- Tile saw
- Shop vac
- Lots of built-in cabinets for tools.
- A tall rollaway tool box
- A wooden machinist's tool cabinet
- Lots of tools. Lots.
- DH is a painting contractor. All his supplies, including tons of dropcloths, sprayer, brushes, rollers, etc.
- A 5 hp compressor with a 30 gallon tank.
- 30 gallons of paint for our house's exterior. Been in there since last summer, ahem.
- Camping supplies are on a suspended overhead platform
- So is our luggage
- And my giant canning pots and pressure cooker.
- About 8 boxes of random stuff I acquired when my parents passed away, including my mother's china.
- Two cases of pancake syrup for an upcoming community breakfast.
- Pack-n-play, car seat, table seat, 'cause grandbaby. (All via NextDoor)
....you get the idea.
Notice there's no gardening stuff listed. I can't stand the smell of the gas mower, so all of that stuff is in a shed in the side yard.
We leave our cars parked in the driveway. There is a fair amount of mail and petty theft in our neighborhood. (The downside of being close to transit, alas.) We want it to look like someone's always home.
Oh, and we're a four adult family with three cars. I'm retired and DH walks to work, so it's rare that the driveway's empty.
I forget, what was the question?