Garage cabinet help please.

[RoyBell]

Looking for some input on layout. 3 car garage, but it is very shallow, approx 21' deep. Looking for suggestions on New Age Pro vs Bold cabinets. I like that the Bold are only 18" vs 24. Currently the house has basic 24" cabinets and they are very deep (uppers and lockers both). I was leaning towards the Bolds because the extra 6" in front of the vehicles would be very helpful. However, you lose some height and storage space....

Windows start 24" off the ground. Not sure I want to put cabinets in front of them because you see them from the outside (unless I tint?)

Little bit of everything garage now. Carpentry, mechanic, storage. 2 cars and 2 cycles fit.

Do I fill the left and bottom of the garage with locker cabinets and build out some type of work bench on the right side by the cycles? Or do uppers and lowers in front of the cars? I feel space is limited to work in front of the cars and a bench there isn't useful unless I pull the cars out. Any input would be helpful.

 

[RoyBell]

Leaning towards this setup in Bold. Dismantling sets and getting add-ons brings the entire cost to $6,500 with tax and some extras- Lights, extra shelves, ceiling shelf. Cabinets alone are approx $5800. I like the Pros, but the cost would have been well over $11K for the same setup. For basic storage and minimal working on stuff, that's a lot of money. A dedicated detached garage is in the near future so I will need to do this all over again in a few years anyways.

 

[LXCam]

I’ll make one suggestion. I’d go with one full height 2ft deep cabinet center of the cars and only upper cabinets spanning that wall. That would mitigate an expensive oopsi pulling in too deep.

Everything else I’d stick with 2ft deep and I wouldn’t cover a window either.

 

[tarmy]

I am this guy…

 

[Snapped-off]

I am this guy…

How deep are your hanging cabinets?

 

[tarmy]

18 and 24 in the second pic. The third pic is my other shop/garage and those are 30…deeper garage there. Both have table saws stored under them.

 

[RoyBell]

18 and 24 in the second pic. The third pic is my other shop/garage and those are 30…deeper garage there. Both have table saws stored under them.

If I had the space, deeper would be nice. At 21' deep, I don't. Looking at the Pros again, looks like the cabinets are 36" wide (not 30). That's an extra 3" of door length I need to clear as well. Right now my current 30" wide cabinets, I can't open the doors with the cars in. My M550i is 196" long. Add 24" for cabinet depth and you are already over 18' of space taken up. Need some room for walking behind the cars to the other bay. 18" deep would at least allow me to use the cabinets and open them without removing the cars.

 

[66Caprice]

Is there room outside of the garage wall to do a bump out in the wall? Basically cut hole in the wall install a header beam accross opening and then reframe a cabinet built in that would be flush with the inside wall leaving you with the full 21 foot depth of you're garage.

 

[RoyBell]

Is there room outside of the garage wall to do a bump out in the wall? Basically cut hole in the wall install a header beam accross opening and then reframe a cabinet built in that would be flush with the inside wall leaving you with the full 21 foot depth of you're garage.

That's a really good idea. Unfortunately there are cabinets and a coat closet on the opposite wall. The garage also overhangs the house by about 8 feet as well.

 

[joco]

I have both, the Bold series in the attached garage and the Pro series in the shop. There‘s no comparison between the 2, Pro series is by far the better cabinets. Yes they’re bigger but built a hell of a lot better.

 

[pbon]

I have both as well, but mostly Pro. The Pro are heavier gauge and welded. The Bold are thin gauge and bolt together. Bold are fine for light duty use and I have a couple because I needed the thinner depth in one area of the garage.

For the OP, I would look into making cabinets. You can contour to the wall, have thin lower and thicker upper, build around windows and really maximize use of the limited space available. They don’t have to be fancy — paint and trim can hide a lot. If you cannot do basic carpentry, you might be able to hire someone who can.

 

[Joe Reed]

If I had the space, deeper would be nice. At 21' deep, I don't. Looking at the Pros again, looks like the cabinets are 36" wide (not 30). That's an extra 3" of door length I need to clear as well. Right now my current 30" wide cabinets, I can't open the doors with the cars in. My M550i is 196" long. Add 24" for cabinet depth and you are already over 18' of space taken up. Need some room for walking behind the cars to the other bay. 18" deep would at least allow me to use the cabinets and open them without removing the cars.

I have a typical small 2 car garage and faced the same issue of wanting access to the cabinets without moving the car. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on cabinets so I made simple plywood boxes with sliding doors. These are only 16" deep. I sized them so those cheap plastic drawer units at Wally World would fit inside. The sliding doors allow easy, full access without worrying about banging up the car. One cabinet has 4 of those drawer units. The other houses stuff like circular saw, reciprocal saw, shop towels, repair manuals, etc. If you wanted you could easily make cabinets as tall as you want....but it would probably be better to stack shorter cabinets since the 1/4" plywood doors would likely be too flexible if you made cabinets 6' tall.

Here's a pic. I left a gap between the cabinets to allow the car door to open but that gap ended up getting some shelves for more storage...