Garage Shelves

[Great-Kazoo]

Oh, just my opinion, but they're garage shelves, not bookcases in your library. I sure wouldn't sweat details like making sure they're square or pretty. 2x4's and plywood and screws, crude, quick and tough. Function over form.

You're welcome to come by, I can give you lots of ideas from the stuff I've built.

Wait till he goes to level them. Or square them up and realizes how out of square the garage is.

[rondog]

Wait till he goes to level them. Or square them up and realizes how out of square the garage is.

Ay-yup yup yup.

Here's some old photos of my garage overheads. The crap on them has changed around many times, some's gone, more's been added, but it kinda shows what I'm talking about. It's a mess, but a constantly changing mess. These photos are about 10 years old.

All my 24" overheads along the walls are built with 2"x2" perforated steel angle, because I had a bunch of it. But they could be made out of pine 2x2's even easier, and be just as strong. And far cheaper.

The "loft". There's more stuff up there now than you can believe, including an entire, intact 1956 CJ5 front axle, with brakes on it. And the entire windshield assembly, fenders, grill, radiator, soft top, 10 jerry cans, half of a Harley dresser, and more. And there's another shelf up there you can't see.





Shelf over/above the garage door. Use that dead space!



24" L-shaped shelves along 2 walls.



All down that wall over the workbench.



Along the other wall too.

[Great-Kazoo]

Ay-yup yup yup.

Here's some old photos of my garage overheads. The crap on them has changed around many times, some's gone, more's been added, but it kinda shows what I'm talking about. It's a mess, but a constantly changing mess. These photos are about 10 years old.

All my 24" overheads along the walls are built with 2"x2" perforated steel angle, because I had a bunch of it. But they could be made out of pine 2x2's even easier, and be just as strong. And far cheaper.

The "loft". There's more stuff up there now than you can believe, including an entire, intact 1956 CJ5 front axle, with brakes on it. And the entire windshield assembly, fenders, grill, radiator, soft top, 10 jerry cans, half of a Harley dresser, and more. And there's another shelf up there you can't see.





Shelf over/above the garage door. Use that dead space!



24" L-shaped shelves along 2 walls.



All down that wall over the workbench.



Along the other wall too.

Looks like our 3 car shop. Outside of the gorilla racks, everything is on wheels. All the misc items, is why we have out buildings.

[Sharpienads]

Wait till he goes to level them. Or square them up and realizes how out of square the garage is.

This is a really good point. You don't realize how out of square your house is until you make something slightly more square and realize it doesn't fit like it should because you assumed your walls were square. Point is, I wouldn't worry too much about making the shelves perfectly square. I would just cut all my boards to length, measure and mark where your boards should be, and start screwing.