Our Garage Shelving project - Page 4

Teens&Tots · 04-11-2008, 07:06:18 AM

I love the fact that you painted them - WOW - we have great shelving in the garage and the basement, but no paint - I'm jealous...

Tip for those with small garages - consider putting loft storage - if you put a support bar on the wall and then sit shelving and use chain for the front part of the shelf - it's GREAT - you can park the front of your car under it - in my old neighborhood we did it and then about 6 other neighbors did too - we have it here as well - it saves A TON of floor space - just make sure you don't put stuff up there that you use regularly....fyi

nrpeace17 · 04-11-2008, 02:05:10 PM

Originally Posted by tinabuggy

wow love your shelves and stockpile. I'm from FL also but I can't stockpile that much. Where do you shop to get your deals? I mostly shop Publix, walgreens and CVS. Can't wait to hear back from you

Publix, WalMart, Winn-Dixie, Albertsons, Walgreens..and wherever the best deals are ;)

gr8Idea · 04-12-2008, 07:05:02 AM

Now THAT is a thing of beauty!

latamama · 04-12-2008, 08:46:14 AM

I am also going to show these pics to my DH and see if he will build it lol. Awesome job... what's in the totes below?..... I'm nosey hehehe

nrpeace17 · 04-15-2008, 03:22:44 AM

I should make you guess, lol. The red and green ones....
Christmas stuff!! The blue ones contain more seasonal stuff.

jenjacobs · 04-15-2008, 03:30:05 AM

Great job - they look awesome. I'm also impressed it cost about $100 for everything. DH is super handy and there were $10/$50 Lowes qs in the paper this weekend. Mmmm....

austinmomto2 · 04-15-2008, 03:38:14 AM

They're beautiful!!!! We have a two car garage that barely fits our cars and we don't have anything else in there.

Your husband did an outstanding job!!!!

heyaheather · 04-15-2008, 04:08:06 AM

I showed DH just the last one. He said that they were bigger than our house!! LOL, so I guess that means he's not going to do anything! Oh well, can't blame a girl for trying.

DH and I built some shelves similar to these in our shed for storage, but they are overflowing. I tidy things, then DH stacks in front of and around. I tidy things, DH stacks...you get the picture! I actually want to extend the shelves we have now...we probably have enough wood to do it. Hmmmm... Seeing this and having nice weather today is really lighting a fire under me!

Thanks for sharing the great project!

jonah-bonah · 04-15-2008, 05:21:25 PM

That looks amazing!!! I showed it to DH hoping to inspire him....he said "whatever!" LOL I guess it's wishful thinking for me...

pennywatcher · 06-30-2008, 01:22:33 AM

So do you want to give us the break down of the materials and a blueprint for how to build it? :-)

I'm guessing it's 8 ft tall and 16 ft wide? 1/2 inch ply wood for the shelves?

I'm curious about the paint. Did you prime? Did you use oil- or water-based?