Because we have a lot of stuff, and because the children are generally not good at keeping their rooms clean, we have decided to keep the toys in the garage. The children will bring toys in to play, and return them when they are done playing. So far this has been successful.
I also moved several shelves that we have to the middle of the garage, in between my workbench and the kids toys. I put tarps on the back of the shelves to hopefully limit the amount of sawdust that gets on things.
A box wall is on the side closest to the garage door to create some isolation between the toy area and the garage door.
