Good enough for who it's for
I've known for quite a while now that my garage is a hot mess. There is stuff just thrown all over the place and though it came with some built in shelving units at the back of the space, I either don't have it organized well, or it just isn't enough room. It's also possible I just have too much stuff, but let's not go down that road...
After a fair amount of coaxing from @mrsbozz, I decided it might be time to build some more shelves in the garage. I did some searching via Google and I found a simple plan for some shelves to put against one of the other walls of the garage. I went out and spent about $70(USD) on the materials I thought I would need and headed home.
Unfortunately, that's where things kind of stalled. With a mini family reunion over the Fourth of July Holiday, and some other obligations, I wasn't really sure when I was going to be able to throw everything together. Thankfully, I got a bit of time on Thursday afternoon and though it was hotter than hell out, I started to get to work on my shelves.
The first task was getting the shelves built. Since I don't have a table saw, I had to do everything with my miter saw and hope that I made my measurements consistent across all of my boards. With all of my cuts done, I started putting them together. I ended up being short on 2x4's, but thankfully, I had some extra laying around, so I was able to get the shelves completed without having to buy more wood.
I made three of these that you see in the photo above. They actually came together pretty well and my cuts didn't appear to be off by too much. If anything, most errors were caused by the warped boards versus anything I did wrong. If you are familiar with the big box lumber yards like Lowe's or Home Depot, you have likely also heard the many jokes about how none of their lumber is very straight.
With the frames made for the shelves, it was time to cut the OSB for the tops of them.
Like I said, I don't have a table saw, so I had to break out my circular saw to do the job.
I've also got this straight edge I bought a long time ago that makes cutting boards like this with a circular saw much easier. You just fasten it in place, then you run the saw tight against it across the length of your cut. It usually gives me a better cut than trying to free hand it.
So I made my cuts, and started putting the decking on the shelves, and that's when I realized I wasn't going to have enough wood to cover the full lenght of the shelves. I had some other OSB laying around the garage, but it was quite a bit thicker than the other stuff, so it would have looked pretty funny.
Which meant I needed to head to the hardware store for some more wood. Unfortunately, I had other obligations, so I had to call it a day and leave the project for another day.
I picked up the sheet of wood on Friday, but I wasn't able to get back to it until Sunday when the family festivities were over and everyone was on their way home. While @mrsbozz cleaned out the trailer, I made the final cuts on the shelves and put the last pieces of decking in place. Then I had her help me assemble the whole thing. Despite what you might think, it's quite heavy.
We put it together upside down so that it would be easier to attach the shelves. If we had tried to do it right side up, it likely would have taken three people to get the job done. It actually turned out pretty well and though it isn't perfect, I am still pretty proud of it.
We moved it into place, and then I had to take off to do some other things before I could start putting stuff back on it.
If you look really closely in the front right corner, you will see that the legs weren't even and I had to add a small piece of wood "sistered" to the leg to make it level. I think part of it has to do with the slope of the garage floor towards the central drain, but I also think the wood was just funking after I attached everything. I know the four boards for the legs were as close to the same length as you could possibly get.
There was a board running horizontal along the wall, so I ran some screws through the shelves and into that board to make it a bit more secure as well.
This is a closer look at what I had do with the leg to make it more level. I'm not happy about it, but I guess if that is the only issue I had, then I did pretty good!
After spending three hours out in the woods with my buddy working on another project, I was finally able to come home and put everything away. I still have way too much crap, but it has already made a huge difference in how much space there is in the garage. I even added a couple cleats at the end of the shelves that I can hang my saw horses on as well as some stadium chairs that we have.
As the title suggests, it's not perfect, but it's good enough for who it's for. My next job will be clearing off those other shelves along the back wall, getting rid of the stuff I don't need, and reorganizing the stuff that I keep. I've also got some junk in the front of the garage between the new shelves and the door that I have to sort through as well.
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I like the title. Thats how I feel about my projects as well.
Looks good! As long as it gets the job done thats the important thing.
There is something very satisfying about organizing and cleaning a space.
Thanks! Some people might argue it's a bad attitude to have, but I'm just being realistic! I am really happy with how it came together despite the flaws!
Some home builds are worth spending extra time on and making them perfect, usually for aesthetic reasons. Other items you just need them to do a job o spending more time then necessary to make them perfect is kind of a waste of time. I feel like garage shelves fall into the second category. That being said, your shelves did look good 👍
Yes, I would agree with that, and thank you!
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Nice job on the shelves! That sucks about the one leg, but if it works that's all that matters.
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Thank you! Yes, I made it work. I think since I anchored it to the wall it would have been fine. I could have just shimmed it or something too.
it's interesting that instead of using ready-made metal shelves you built your own with bravo wood
I wanted something that was going to be a bit more durable. Plus this way I could fit it to my space.
Good job on DIY shelving. I went a simpler route, bought both shelving and tiles and installed them myself:
Thanks. My garage isn't that fancy though.
Nothing really fancy about my garage, I spent about a thousand dollars on the storage cabinets and about as much on the tiles, labor was my own so that was free. And I spent maybe 50 bucks on drywall compound and texturing roll to texture the walls and used the remaining house walls paint that the new home manufacturer left us... Oh and the new home didn't have an option for the garage door opener, so I bought that for around two hundred bucks and installed myself...
Yeah, I definitely wouldn't be spending that much on my garage. I get use it too much and get it too dirty to do something like that. My neighbor uses his as a hang out space versus an actual garage and in that case it makes sense to me.
I also do my weight lifting workouts in my garage, so I like it clean :)
You are so much more motivated than me. I recently just went a bought these because I was too lazy to construct my own :D
https://www.samsclub.com/ip/members-mark-6-tier-nsf-heavy-duty-wire-shelving/14970773868
I thought about buying some, but I just wanted something a bit more sturdy. Thank you!
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Even though I create my own original content daily
The one's doing the downvoting are the biggest farmers and scammers on Hive 😂 😂
Hive is done
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Sometimes we say this phrase too when we do something for ourselves and it is not 100% perfect 😂
But this shelf looks great and heavy, 👌 it will last for quite a while and serves perfectly! I would be more than happy with it! That little addition on the leg is what makes it unique and shows how we can have good ideas to cover the little imperfections 😉
Thank you! I really did try my best and I thought sure I had it all perfect. If you put a level on it the shelves are actually just about dead center even though they don't look like it.
Nice! That reminds me of shelving my Dad made for his garage. He would always make things like that versus buying, if he could.
Based on what I am seeing it really saved me a bit of money and it feels more solid than the racks my brother in law just bought for his garage.
Looks solid
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Wow! Really nice. I'm impressed and I'll bet you feel really good about doing that :)
Thank you!
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That looks pretty substantial. We did some tidying in our shed the other day as it was getting hard to get the mower in and out. Some my store of wood had to go, but now we can get the door wide open and actually move around in there. I have shelves, but need to clear out more stuff I will never use.
You know in a few months you are going to need that wood now! Thank you, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
It course I will 😁 Some of it's been there for many years.
I think everyone has a stack of wood like that.
Yeah, that big box store wood is a trip for sure. You spend a good deal of time finding stuff that isn't warped. You did a good job. Had some shelves like that in my old house in the basement and garage. They are strudy as hell and hold a lot of stuff for sure. You are much like me in the area of needing to clean up the garage. Mine is still a work in progress. Stopped my work due to the heat.
Thank you! The heat has been miserable!
oh yeah. Heat has been nuts. Just glad the AC is working. (fingers crossed)
I'm with you there!