A garage can feel like a safe place to stash almost anything. It keeps clutter out of the house, hides the holiday decorations, and gives that expensive new gadget somewhere to live until spring. Unfortunately, an unheated garage can also expose your belongings to freezing temperatures, moisture, and temperature swings that cause trouble long after winter ends.
The sneaky part? Some items tolerate the cold just fine, while others can suffer damage without looking any different until you try to use them. A few also create safety hazards that have nothing to do with whether they still work. Before your garage turns into a seasonal storage experiment, move these seven things somewhere more suitable.
