Don't get rid of those old filing cabinets that you no longer use for papers. Instead, use them as the perfect deep-drawer garage storage solution.

If squeezing file storage into an apartment, loft or condo, Buycks recommends the Lateral 2 Drawers Filing Cabinet Wood/Gray ($115.99, target.com).

Lateral cabinets are wider (36 to 42 inches) and allow files to be stored either front to back or side to side in the drawers.

Lateral file cabinets hold their files in a side-to-side organization, having wide but often shallow drawers. These take up more wall space but don’t require a lot of clearance in front to fully ...