I got a Home Depot gift card for Christmas to be used towards garage shelving. With [195] out of the way, we had a great opportunity to clear off one side of the garage and get some shelves built.
Vanessa and I emptied out most of the garage, and shoved everything else to the opposite side the night before installation was to begin. Here’s what things looked like Saturday morning before we started. I’m still using the hanging shelves back there, but they’ve been moved. If you’re interested, they seem to retail for about $65 at Home Depot (although I got the grey one on Craigslist for $40).
The shelves I ended up getting can probably be found in the closet organization aisle of any Home Depot in the country. I picked up 36 square feet of storage space for under $70 out the door. This was (4) 8ft X 1ft shelves, (1) bag of support brackets (the diagonals under the shelves – a pack of 12), and a bag of anchors (something like 48 in there) to secure the rear of the shelves to the walls. All the hardware was included – drill bit (though we used a different one, since going into cinder blocks), nails, screws, anchors, clips, etc.. I was fairly impressed.
All in all, I’m really happy with these. We set them high enough up that I can park my “rollie” tool chest, “crash cart” and even an engine on a stand underneath them, while retaining the ability to park my kitty litter totes (which are mostly full of car parts, of course) on the top row without interfering with the garage door.
This project was a long time coming and I love how it turned out. It’s so easy to get to stuff now.
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