What's on your walls? Neat storage ideas!
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Victorymike18
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With some great inspiration from this forum, I decided to tackle one wall of my garage that was really bothering me.
Total materials cost would be about $130. Here's a very rough list:
Fifteen 2x4x10'
Seven 2x3x8'
Box of 2.5" coarse thread screws.
Box of (I think 5") masonry screws for attaching the 2x4 uprights to the cinder-block wall.
Two sheets of 5/8" Plywood, but used a little less than 1.5 sheets.
I also had a good variety of coarse thread screws from previous projects, a miter saw, and other applicable tools.
Having two drills was very helpful. One for drilling pilot holes, and the other with a #2 philips bit for driving screws.
Here's a before picture. There's an engine on a stand, backup generator, and light-duty shelf for car parts, and a plethora of ****... (the white cone on the sledge hammer is a bag for applying tile grout).
Here's a picture after I cleared out the stuff:
And here is a picture of the final product:
The primary purpose of the build was to make very strong storage shelves for heavy parts that can't go on the plastic shelves. I also needed a place for my toolboxes, and a small workspace (for now). Upper shelf is for stuff that doesn't get used often. Shelf above the toolboxes (made from 2x3) is for lighter stuff such as packing supplies, lightbulbs, etc.
The "counter top" is 16" deep. It made the build easier, and leaves room for working on the car. It also allowed me to get three cuts from the plywood.
I'll probably build two columns of drawers under the window section, and maybe face the open section with sliding (or hinged) doors.
I can take more detailed pictures if desired.
Total materials cost would be about $130. Here's a very rough list:
Fifteen 2x4x10'
Seven 2x3x8'
Box of 2.5" coarse thread screws.
Box of (I think 5") masonry screws for attaching the 2x4 uprights to the cinder-block wall.
Two sheets of 5/8" Plywood, but used a little less than 1.5 sheets.
I also had a good variety of coarse thread screws from previous projects, a miter saw, and other applicable tools.
Having two drills was very helpful. One for drilling pilot holes, and the other with a #2 philips bit for driving screws.
Here's a before picture. There's an engine on a stand, backup generator, and light-duty shelf for car parts, and a plethora of ****... (the white cone on the sledge hammer is a bag for applying tile grout).
Here's a picture after I cleared out the stuff:
And here is a picture of the final product:
The primary purpose of the build was to make very strong storage shelves for heavy parts that can't go on the plastic shelves. I also needed a place for my toolboxes, and a small workspace (for now). Upper shelf is for stuff that doesn't get used often. Shelf above the toolboxes (made from 2x3) is for lighter stuff such as packing supplies, lightbulbs, etc.
The "counter top" is 16" deep. It made the build easier, and leaves room for working on the car. It also allowed me to get three cuts from the plywood.
I'll probably build two columns of drawers under the window section, and maybe face the open section with sliding (or hinged) doors.
I can take more detailed pictures if desired.
jmh21586
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Nice job. Good organizing makes a huge diference.
weatmaster
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Built a cabinet for spray paints. Thinking I should've built it a little bigger. Had more cans than I thought. Amazing how much I had in every nook and cranny. A cabinet like this might actually save me money. Won't be buying paint that I already have.
Really nice idea
Here are some of my 'creations'. I love the tape measure holder. It works perfectly! The screwdriver rack works okay but I need to make a lower guide hole "shelf".
Thanks! I just finished using this idea. Its my first project to organize my garage, and its location is temporary. Here's a picture of the finished product, it ended up being 13" long, with 12 holes spaced 1" apart. (4) spaces for 1/4" extensions and (8) for 3/8". I can drill out a hole or two for 1/2" extensions if I wanted in the future.
Also in the background you can see the setup I have for my sockets. I helped my dad build this years ago, and I have yet to see a setup that is more convenient for quick access and easy organization.
Sidekick
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I have gotten 40 of these containers from friends and they fit the color theme of my shop- red/black. I use them for bulk storage of nuts bolts and some fittings that don't fit in my trays.
Lined up on a shelf in my storage room attached to my garage. No dust- no rust
I made these over the weekend. I saw someone did the same using PVC pipe and caps, but I had these tubes with end caps I had actually thrown in the garbage, and remembered and dug them out. Worked perfect.
I cut them down and used velcro to attach to the side of my cabinet. Remove them with ease if needed and no screws in the cabinet!
I cut them down and used velcro to attach to the side of my cabinet. Remove them with ease if needed and no screws in the cabinet!
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I guess this may classify for this thread...I have a small closet in the shop that just collected my garden tools (until I talk the wife into a shed). So I saw plans for a freestanding garden tool rack and thought heck I will just build one inside the closet. So I did. Cost FREE with scraps laying around. Lets see, its made of some MDF, some OSB, so cherry cabinet pieces, some 1x2 scrap, and trim nails 
Trim nailed some scrap trim to the walls
Cut the boards to fit, clamped together, drilled all the holes
Added some tools
The long slot on the right I am just going to use for some pvc and small pipe I have laying around. Ignore the cabinets there, they are just sitting on the floor, need to hang them in the shop
Trim nailed some scrap trim to the walls
Cut the boards to fit, clamped together, drilled all the holes
Added some tools
The long slot on the right I am just going to use for some pvc and small pipe I have laying around. Ignore the cabinets there, they are just sitting on the floor, need to hang them in the shop
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Sidekick
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Keep 'em coming! My ideas:
Nothing earth shattering here, but the 2X4 across the wall allows me to hang multiple items. L-brackets directly into the block let me hang my el cheapo saw horses. Hook in the floor joist for the creeper. Although not perfect and needing some work, fishing rods are in the LH corner clipped into broom hangers.
Everyone keeps cans of extra house paint, but you really don't need it often. So, I jacked it up via these hangers. To prevent sag in one board, I added a rib under it. I really like these.
I can tell you a story about a squirrel, a four car garage , and paint stored on a rack like this- it ended quite badly. The sqirrel knocked over a paint can and when the refrigerator fan turned on- the four car garage and home were toast. Do not store any flamable conainers more than 3 feet above the floor. If accidently knocked off they pose a fire hazzard when any spark is available.
lowbucktruck
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Sidekick... good point! But you forgot to mention the potential concussion from a falling can of paint.
OP
scottybaccus
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WoW! You guys have been busy! I guess i should look in on my own threads more than twice a year...
Back up for more. Don't stop now.
Back up for more. Don't stop now.
Lawson4450
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Top side holds spray bottles and shop towels
Bottom has the Funnel holder and drain system for my drain pan.
i will stealing this idea and oh yeah I have all those adams products as well so i will be able to hang all mine as well lol
This is great execution. My only suggestion would be to put doors on BOTH sides. That way the "mess" inside is covered but you keep the flexibility of access from either room.
Cheers,
LWW
not finished yet, still need to paint the stand cleat and make a cover plate for the winch. i can lower the tablesaw and bolt it to the stand ready to go in less than 15 minutes. dont use it often enough to waste the floor space.
ben
e-tek
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Just ran across this Attic Closet from the DIY website....great idea, but I'm guessing it's for warmer climates (damn you again Californian's!!). If you did this here, it'd be cold-storage. Maybe a good idea for a meat-locker....until summer comes
Just ran across this Attic Closet from the DIY website....great idea, but I'm guessing it's for warmer climates (damn you again Californian's!!). If you did this here, it'd be cold-storage. Maybe a good idea for a meat-locker....until summer comes
Ok. THAT is freakin' cool! It uses a garage door opener to power the pulley mechanism but an electric winch would make that a perfect solution and would probably not cost anymore and could handle heavier loads. Mind the load bearing capacity of your trusses though... Since I already have a clay tile roof, I would probably build an A frame on top of a load bearing wall to support the mechanism rather than use my trusses.
I'd also want to make sure it sealed tightly around the opening when closed. No sense letting the little bit of heat escape in our relatively mild California climate...
Here's the DIYnetwork link for anyone who's both curious and lazy...
http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/how-to-install-an-attic-drop-down-closet/index.html#step5
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Hide the home mechanical equipment.
I added a sliding storage rack in front of the air conditioner air handler to act as "wall" space. The handler takes up a large corner of the garage and I tried to make the most of it. It ended up being a great place to store low profile stuff like paints, waxes, and lubes. I also have my larger nut/bolt bins mounted on there. One half is stationary, while the other has casters to let it roll towards the side wall gaining access to the A/C unit for filter changes and other servicing.
I added a sliding storage rack in front of the air conditioner air handler to act as "wall" space. The handler takes up a large corner of the garage and I tried to make the most of it. It ended up being a great place to store low profile stuff like paints, waxes, and lubes. I also have my larger nut/bolt bins mounted on there. One half is stationary, while the other has casters to let it roll towards the side wall gaining access to the A/C unit for filter changes and other servicing.
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/\ Excellent job!
pcgold
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Here's something I've been thinking about doing in a storage room in our basement that I want to turn into an office. It's quite a long room, so we could still use a portion of the end of it as storage:
http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Hidden-Door-Bookshelf
http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Hidden-Door-Bookshelf
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what are saying.SpeedwayRyan
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Folds up and out of the way:
Crazy...just today at lunch I was reading the newest Car Craft, and then I come on here after work and see the exact same garage in an old post that I saw in the magazine, just a few hours later (the writer's guild sign caught my eye, and I remembered the part in the article about the garage being renovated during the strike -- then I saw the ceramic tile and fold-up tables).
Congrats on being in the magazine -- to make things even more strange, I had a letter published in the same issue of CC. Weird stuff!
e-tek
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BRILLIANT - JUST BRILLIANT! What a great idea and excecution, esp the wheels-in-track set up. Now that's something many of of can incorporate.
WELCOME TO GJ! You'll find Jack is somewhat of a celebrity in these parts....so much so that I'm pretty sure Ryan (site owner) is going to use that same shot in the new GJ masthead!!
Bob Heine
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My house isn't huge (1,680 sf) but it has a decent size 3-car garage (700 sf) and small workshop (220 sf). My last garage had open shelving and everything stored on the shelves got filthy when I worked on projects. HD used to carry Mills Pride cabinets and they were pretty cheap. I filled the back wall with upper and lower cabinets and used half of them to store my wife's "precious stuff" and the other half to store my "****."
Mills Pride sold two plain white melamine covered 30"x30" doors for about $12. I made some simple and shallow 1"x8" framed 15"x30" boxes to hang on the wall and mounted the doors with some cheap European hinges.
The 7.25" deep cabinets hold all kinds of stuff, up to gallon paint cans. I drilled 1/4" holes in the side walls to support shelves. Hides a lot of ugly.
I was happy with the first set of 8 cabinets but still had more stuff to put away. An additional 1"x8" cabinet 27"x35" went under the window and two 1"x10" 42"x30" went next to those. The top of the taller cabinets line up with the top of the other cabinets. When I upgrade my compressor to a 60-gallon 5hp Eaton horizontal (54”x22”x40”), it will fit right under the cabinets where the current compressor is located (60"x42").
The 9.25" deep cabinets are deep enough to hold magazines and catalogs.
Mills Pride sold two plain white melamine covered 30"x30" doors for about $12. I made some simple and shallow 1"x8" framed 15"x30" boxes to hang on the wall and mounted the doors with some cheap European hinges.
The 7.25" deep cabinets hold all kinds of stuff, up to gallon paint cans. I drilled 1/4" holes in the side walls to support shelves. Hides a lot of ugly.
I was happy with the first set of 8 cabinets but still had more stuff to put away. An additional 1"x8" cabinet 27"x35" went under the window and two 1"x10" 42"x30" went next to those. The top of the taller cabinets line up with the top of the other cabinets. When I upgrade my compressor to a 60-gallon 5hp Eaton horizontal (54”x22”x40”), it will fit right under the cabinets where the current compressor is located (60"x42").
The 9.25" deep cabinets are deep enough to hold magazines and catalogs.
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Bob Heine
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The door into the house is at the other side of the garage and that's where the kitchen overflow is located. Wife hates electronics so the stereo system is in the garage over the water heater and is wired into the house and controlled with an rf remote. Long as the stereo was in there, added surround sound to the garage along with a TV, VCR/DVD and 400 CD changer. Emergency ice maker, freezer, popcorn microwave and mini-fridge fill out the corner.
The corner cabinet was perfect for the electronics and some interior renovation in the kitchen put the intercom master on the other side of the wall. Couple of short wires and low voltage plates and the systems are connected. A switched outlet in the corner cabinet makes it easy to turn the system on and off (along with the muffin fan at the back of the cabinet to keep it cool).
The corner cabinet was perfect for the electronics and some interior renovation in the kitchen put the intercom master on the other side of the wall. Couple of short wires and low voltage plates and the systems are connected. A switched outlet in the corner cabinet makes it easy to turn the system on and off (along with the muffin fan at the back of the cabinet to keep it cool).
Bob Heine
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The attic space above the main part of the house is accessible in the garage with a pull-down ladder. The attic space above the garage had no access so I added this second drop-down ladder. Insulated above the garage and during some termite repairs ten years ago, insulated the outside walls as well. Put new garage doors in (old ones didn't meet hurricane code) and insulated them as well. Six inches of insulation got covered with 5/8" plywood and all the interior pieces and exterior trim from my Corvette project got stored in the garage section of the attic (main section is seasonal clothing and decorations).
At one point I had those plastic shelf units in the garage but they just collected "precious stuff" that should have been moved to the attic (or thrift store). Took the shelves apart and installed 2x4 braces in the attic rafters. To keep the shelves from falling off the braces, I cut some short pieces of dowel and screwed them into the braces.
I keep any of the heavy items like starters next to the front wall of the garage. The space is not pretty but very handy for storing things that aren't needed right now.
At one point I had those plastic shelf units in the garage but they just collected "precious stuff" that should have been moved to the attic (or thrift store). Took the shelves apart and installed 2x4 braces in the attic rafters. To keep the shelves from falling off the braces, I cut some short pieces of dowel and screwed them into the braces.
I keep any of the heavy items like starters next to the front wall of the garage. The space is not pretty but very handy for storing things that aren't needed right now.
That sounds about the perfect size to me!
FL_Javelin
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Great ideas all. My best idea is pretty simple, wire shelves with tubs for storage, works great. Of course, they need to be color coordinated
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santagary
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I keep "solvents" like these in my garage...never know when one might need to clean a paint brush...Always hated the tie wraps being everywhere.
Combined the car and other (modest) hobby:
Great Scotch...in my garage we call it "solvent"....wouldn't want to have liquor in our garages...now would we??
(can be changed to any brand, as long as the bottle comes packed this way).
Thom
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I keep "solvents" like these in my garage...never know when one might need to clean a paint brush...
Reminds me of this quote by W. C. Fields
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The attic space above the main part of the house is accessible in the garage with a pull-down ladder. The attic space above the garage had no access so I added this second drop-down ladder. Insulated above the garage and during some termite repairs ten years ago, insulated the outside walls as well. Put new garage doors in (old ones didn't meet hurricane code) and insulated them as well. Six inches of insulation got covered with 5/8" plywood and all the interior pieces and exterior trim from my Corvette project got stored in the garage section of the attic (main section is seasonal clothing and decorations).
At one point I had those plastic shelf units in the garage but they just collected "precious stuff" that should have been moved to the attic (or thrift store). Took the shelves apart and installed 2x4 braces in the attic rafters. To keep the shelves from falling off the braces, I cut some short pieces of dowel and screwed them into the braces.
I keep any of the heavy items like starters next to the front wall of the garage. The space is not pretty but very handy for storing things that aren't needed right now.
Nice use of space...Love your avitar
jmh21586
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Did some updating to my cabinets. Made the doors themselves into cabinets.
See my sig line for more pics. (my garage thread)
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Call me the Breeze
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Did some updating to my cabinets. Made the doors themselves into cabinets.
See my sig line for more pics. (my garage thread)
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That turned out great, I need to do something similar, How deep are the shelves behind the doors? if you don't mind me askin
Bob Heine
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The avatar is to remind me to get back to work on the car. That picture is almost 30 years old. Corvette ownership is an incurable but usually not life-threatening disease.Nice use of space...Love your avitar
matty d
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nice!
yevangelis
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someone elses idea
GUYS please stop quoting multiple pictures, its ridiculous when scrolling down
jmh21586
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Thanks.
The supply cabinet is 2x10. The nut and bolt cabinet is 2x8. The paint cabinet is 2x4. All doors are 2x4.It's amazing how much more storage you can get by just adding another 4" in depth by making the doors into shelves.
Call me the Breeze
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Thanks.
It's amazing how much more storage you can get by just adding another 4" in depth by making the doors into shelves.
Thanks, and once again, nice job!