How to Build Garage Shelving - Easy, Cheap and Fast!
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- Опубликовано: 5 янв 2016
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Garage shelving has never been easier or faster to build! Simple building hack simplifies garage shelving. Full tutorial and lots more tips here: www.ana-white.com/2016/01/free... 
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Most folks don't have a pocket hole jig to attach the cleats, and a good one is $100. To get past this, attach the cleats before you mount the 2x4's on the wall. This way you can do it from the back of the 2x4 and not have to drill pocket holes. Works great....
Great idea. I would have just fastened screws on an angle but like your idea way better!
How do you attach the cleats before mounting? To make the front part you have to be able to screw the front part to the back part to attach the legs. Wouldn't the cleats be in the way?
@@punisher6 not easy to do
@@ET-ri4dt true. I've worked in construction for many years. Even before the use of nail guns. We use to hand nail everything and when we nail on an angle 2 boards together we call it "toenailing". "Toenailing with screws" can be a pain in the neck! Happy building
I think you Just save me a bit of cash - but now how will I justify buying a pocket-hole jig??? :p
Y’all are great. Creating strong, easy and affordable builds while also offering the plans for free?? This channel is for the people for sure. You guys rock, and I speak for many by saying, we appreciate you!
Thank you and we appreciate you too!
Did these in a few hours. 4 yrs post posting, you're still helping people (like us)! We have reclaimed our garage space. THANK YOU so very much.
My 16 y.o. son and I just did this project this weekend. We followed the video verbatim and our shelves turned out perfect! Thank you so much!!!
Don't forget to account for the slope of your garage floor!! If you're doing it on the side like this project, maybe not a big deal, but if you're doing it at the back wall, it's worth taking a look and making an appropriate adjustment when you tack the outside rail to the inside rail
Ana, brilliant!!! I'm going to use this idea in a shop I'm retrofitting. Absolutely perfect and efficient, the best I've seen so far!
My son and I used your method to build some much needed shelving in our garage. Cannot thank you enough for making the process so easy!
I'm so happy to hear that, way to go!
Hi Ana. I live in the north east of England and have just spent the day following your plans for garage shelving. Need to finish tomorrow. Your ideas are excellent and I can't wait to get the job done and Tidy the mess in my garage. You're right.. The shelving is really strong and will accommodate lots of gear. Hope your home is coming along too! You live in a fabulous part of the world!
Rob...
Thanks for a nice, easy to listen and watch video. Soooo much nicer than loud music getting in the way and not full of personal conversation.
One tip for future viewers - you can increase the load bearing capacity by adding 2x4 legs under each shelf, behind the outside legs and against the wall, down to the floor.
That way the screws aren't supporting all the weight in shear.
Good point. Some people load immense amounts of weight on some garage shelves or it just is added to year by year until its immensely heavy.
Good idea.
I can’t get this modification in my old brain! But I’m one of those people to load it to the max. Can u plz word it more clearly for a dumb & un-mechanically inclined old lady ‘plzzz’🙃
isnt that what the studs are doing? whats the difference?
@@susanslagle9441 What I mean is to put 2x4 pieces vertically from the bottom of the shelf above down to the shelf below. For the bottom shelf, put the 2x4 beneath the shelf all the way to the floor. Instead of just screwing the legs to the horizontal 2x4s, put more 2x4 pieces between those horizontal pieces. Look at the 1:45 point in the video, where they're about to remove the screws holding the outside horizontal pieces to the pieces attached to the wall. At each place where the legs are, there's a gap between the legs and the wall. Cutting 2x4 pieces to fit in there and attach them to the legs in front and to the wall in the back. It makes the project longer and a little more expensive, but it will hold a lot more weight.
That. Was. M A G I C ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I rewatched that front frame magic like 3 times, brought all my family to the computer and made them watch it. They all think I'm crazy, probably a little. But THAT WAS GENIUS!
👍Great project idea & great video.👍 I built a very similar set(8ft x 18in) a couple months ago. The only thing I did differently was place pieces of 2 x 4 on the inside of the legs to provide additional support.
Ana, I built a shelving unit 16 ft long, using your method. Probably overdid the supports and screws. Man is it strong. And it gives us Sooooo much more room for our supplies, etc. Thank you so much for taking the time to help us.
that idea with the second board slightly screwed into the 2x4 on the wall was BRILLIANT thank you!
So did you build one?
Thank you so much for your video. After watching your video it looks so easy I decided to follow your instructions and first time of my life I ever built shelves. It was so easy to do. Now I think I am going to build outdoor sectionals sofa that you have posted in RUclips. Again thank you so much for your help!
Yay, that's great Samuel!
Nice
Thank you for the inspiration. Made 3 of these tonight and finishing my 4th one tomorrow.
Eddie
How much did it cost and where did you buy your material from? Thank you in advance.
Ana, My son and I built one of your bed designs last winter. Turned out very well. They love it. Possible suggestion on the shelves. Use 3 2x4 for the shelfs rather than plywood. Less expensive overall. We made them modular, so they can be moved or reconfigured. Thank you, Kevin
Just made my own shelves for my shed using this method, I am very happy how they turned out and how sturdy they are.
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! I have tied shelving into studs many times, but your tip of lining up the outer section (level!) is brilliant. It saved so much time, by not balancing, juggling, and doing other unplanned acrobatics - which was especially helpful since I was the only one involved in this project. My garage is in great order with plenty of room to hit the other projects on my list. Thanks again!
Awesome!
we did our shelving like this a week ago - SO SIMPLE - thank you Ana
I’ve been using this method for years.... works great ! As for load, the shelves are really heavy duty whether using OSB or plywood. I.normally use 4x8 sheets ripped 16” or 24” depending on the shelf width. I have normally used two #8 screws at the front posts as shown in the video. For even heavier loads you could use 2x6 horizontal members with three screws at each post or simply use more posts set closer together. Great system
Worked like a charm. I made mine 20” deep and 12’ long. I have 4 levels with enough room for storage totes on each shelf. Thank you for the simple plan that was easy to execute.
Really amazed at the "trick" to get the outside of the shelves / framing done! Love the idea and the help.
That was THE MOST EASIEST shelving build I have ever watched! Love it!
My husband used your tutorial and just built fantastic shelves! Thank you so much!!
I just wanted to say thank you for your video. I saw this last night and today I built a pretty substantial shelving unit in our utility room based on your ideas. So simple and easy. Thanks.
I've been around for a few years, this technique I've never seen before. I am so impressed! Just goes to show you I don't care how much you think you know there's always something new to learn. Thanks again! You have a new sub!
I just built some last weekend, turned out great! Thank you
That was an unexpected good treat. Love the tip on adding the 2nd 2x4 and then removing it because it was intended for an outer set of legs
Glad you liked it!
Brilliant! This will be my spring break project this year! Thank you for creating projects that any DIYer can tackle! 😊😊😊
You are so welcome!
I am going to use these shelves to set up my pantry room. Thanks Anna. I like reading comments of how someone else might add to original idea. As long as people are nice, it's all good. I learn from them.
Thanks, Ana! This is exactly what I was looking for... I really appreciate the vid and the simplicity of this build. I'm heading out to get grab some lumber in just a few minutes.
Did this about a year ago. Still holding up strong. This popped back up on my feed. Wanted to say thanks. Extremely easy.
Thank you, I am very happy to hear that!
Used this technique to put up some simple shelves in my garage that had exposed 2x4's. Making the face by screwing right to the first horizontal beams is genius. Shelve were made with stuff I already had laying around in the basement. Fantastic video, thank you for making it!
2 seniors in Phillip Island , Australia thank you. 2 and a bit hours and it was ready. Great stuff. We had timber already and just had to buy screws and mdf shelving. 8 feet long and 7 feet 6 inches high.
I built these shelves and they could hold a car on them! Super easy and super strong. I had a window on that wall and just worked with what I had. I love the idea of repeating the first shelves and "copying" it for the front of the shelves. Saved a ton of time. I bought a Kreg Jig for the project and it made it easy. I've now built a work bench with it with the same idea attaching it to the wall. Thanks!
No need to buy a Kregg jig if you screw the shelf support beams through the first load of 2 by 4s before screwing to the wall.
David Tarr if you do that, you can't use the 2x4's attached to the wall as a template. The Kreg jig is well worth the investment.
Cheap, fast, and strong. The trifecta!
That was the easiest shelving job ever! Thank you for the awesome video!
I did this and years later I still love them. Thanks!
This is such a big help to someone who doesn’t do this everyday.
I don’t know if you all check comments on 5 year old videos but this video for garage storage shelves is brilliant. I used this idea to build my own shelves and am no more than a carpenter than Gordon Ramsey is a brain surgeon. I had the shelves up in a matter of hours and I did it all by my self with a little help from my beautiful wife holding the frame for about 5 minutes. My son loves climbing on them. They are rugged and very strong! Thank you for creating this video!
Awesome!
Very nice. I took this idea and build my garage shelves on both sides of my garage. Got everything off the floor. Thanks for posting this video.
I love people whom come up with brilliant, logical shortcuts! Thanks so much!
This is really great Ana!! The best tip I have seen on shelves Thanks!! Keep getting those likes!!!
I did it the same way you showed. It was really easy and practical.
I was visiting my sister and she needed shelves for her garage and we did two different shelves based on this video and they both turned out great! I'm going to use this method to build some shelves for my mechanical room.
Awesome, so happy it helped!
What a great way to build shelves. Thank you so much for this simple solution, I love learning something you, and you taught me something new. You ROCK!!!!👍👍
Im planning to fix my garage great idea thanks for teaching
Great tutorial! Very clear and concisely narrated
The besat way to build shelving Ive ever seen. So clever. Thanks for sharing!
I like this one, every time I See a diy garage shelves project it looks like they all have professional tools and too long an explanation. Great work!
LOVE IT!!! thanks for sharing this ANA!
Was looking for a quick video that was exact and on point for shelving for a garage and found it right here!!! Thank you
Sweet, happy it helps!
Watched your video, and put this together yesterday. Thank you for the idea. Excellent.
Thank you Ana! After my house build I accumulated some extra 2x4's and plywood. Instead of throwing them in the dumpster, I built these on my garage walls by myself. Now everything (o.k., most things) are up off the floor. They turned out perfectly and were very easy if you just have a little knowledge of builiding. Your tutorial was quick and to the point.
Perfect!
With the price of lumber - cheaper to just buy a house that already has shelving in it. All jokes aside I love the trick of screwing the 2nd set of 2x4s and making the legs on the wall so everything lines up perfectly
Except they’re in Alaska / lumber is cheap. Unlike where I live. Sigh.
I have never seen this technique before, it is genius. Why in the world didn’t I ever think of this? LOL Thanks for sharing this.
Unjust did this to my
Garage for the entire back wall. Super simple and fun! We added blocking additionally on each leg under the horizontal 2x4s to add support for the weight of the loaded shelves.
Fantastic!
Great idea with the twin support, you're right, quick, cheap and easy, excellent job, glad I found your video
BONUS HACK--cut 2 spacers from 2x4s. The length will be the desired height of the shelves (less the 2” width of the spacer board). So if you want 24” high shelves, the spacers would be 22”. Put the spacers upright on the floor running up the wall and brace the first 2x4 on it. Level and secure the 2x4. Repeat for the 2nd and 3rd wall boards. From that point forward the spacers can be used to set all the horizontal surfaces. I do a lot of work alone and using spacers to prop one end of a board is like having an assistant. Clamps are also very helpful on projects like this.
Great tips!
No need for any of that.....this couple showed everything we could need here.....
I’m an inexperienced DIYer. This video was extremely helpful in putting my garage shelves together! My wife and I completed two shelves (8x10 & 6x8) on a Sunday (10 hours). Well worth it.
I'm trying to do this but maybe just half the size. I really enjoy DIYing and working with my hands but I haven't gotten great (as I'd like to be) at assembling wood pieces. My husband who is a Benz mechanic is not handy around the house at all so I need to figure out the materials and logistics. Kudos to you.
@@TheEMC99 If your husband can work on a Benz he can build shelves. I'm sure of that.
Best video on the internet regarding storage shelves! It’s plain brilliant! Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very clever and neat. Short and crisp video. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing the idea.
Thank you so much for this video. My shelves came out great. They are super strong and I was able to completely reorganize my space to now be able to fit a car in it.
Nice video. I like the idea of using the first set of rails as a “story” for the second set. The only thing that I would add to the process is to prepare to shim beneath (or shorten) the posts when they’re placed in their final locations to compensate for a floor that is neither flat nor level.
I had the same issue with the floor slope.
When I built mine, I just measured the drop in floor height, where the front supports would be finally standing and raised the front horizontal boards accordingly.
Turned out to be perfectly level front to back without shimming. (I had like 16mm of a diff in height there)
Just used this method to build some shelves in my garage. Quick and easy, thanks for the video.
I watched this last week and we did it the same day and it was awesome. Here we are 5 years later and your video is still helping others. Thank you!
Wonderful, thank you!
Perfect! I’m not a builder, but this video was super clear, easy, and made me a hero for my wife!!
Glad it helped!
wow, when you pulled out that 2nd set of legs and had to rewind and watch that again.
didn't expect that to happen, but what a great idea for copying the 1st set.
Built these in my garage fast, easy and effective.
Thanks Ana!
Wow that was an awesome video! Straight to the point and a new way to put up shelving I've never seen before! I always work by myself and building shelves can sometimes be a bit of a pain. Thanks for taking the time to make this video and show a really cool way to build these shelves!! Any thumbs down are from the people that don't know how to use a drill....or spell screw!
Real cool! I will be building shelves in my new shed this week, this will definitely help speed up the process.
The tip for the front section with the legs was particularly good!
Provided your floors level.
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Just the tip!
I did the free standing version last summer for our garage. Love it! Thank you for your plans, ideas, etc.
Great job!
Hey thanks. I always over think things. This is so simple. I appreciate you showing this for us.
Good DIY tip. One additional thought: I know you would have to see it to believe it, but I can tell you from experience that it is possible that VERY heavy loads could actually sheer the screws that hold the shelves to the uprights over time. So if you think you might load the shelves really heavily, consider this simple addition: Cut 2x4 blocks to fit on the inside of the uprights, right under the horizontal 2x4's, sizing them to fit tightly from floor to the first horizontal, from first to second horizontal, etc. This way all the loads are transferred directly to the floor, rather than the screws.
(Don't misunderstand: my caution pertains only to very heavy loads, such as engine blocks, densely packed bulk fasteners, etc. The construction as shown in the video is no doubt adequate for most DIYers' purposes. Also, in lieu of blocking, you could guard against sheer by using heavy duty deck fasteners (such as GRK brand) for the connection of outer horizontals to uprights.)
Michael Schuler I had the same idea, that's exactly what I would do
Could even use lag bolts with shear strength in the hundreds to thousands of pounds. Drywall screws will snap around 170 lbs, wood screws will bend but not snap.
You are right. Althouugh this is fine for average light load. it isn't ideal to have all the weight resting on the screws. Adding 2x4 as you suggested makes a big difference. I did essentially the same thing only used 2x6 for the uprights.
For the average homeowner, this shelving will be plenty. Most are storing tubs of out-of-season clothes and other light household items, not engine blocks or crates of bulk fasteners.
I plant to store tools, parts, and miscellaneous items. Your comment is a great reminder to anyone using it for "real" shelving storage space.
I'd add the support EVEN IF you were only using it for holiday decorations... Kids (and short adults) will hop up on the bottom shelf to reach the top shelf or even the rafters of the garage. Having a MBS (break strength) that supports a grown man is always better.
Fantastic! This was very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for this simple and easy to do project. It came out exactly as shown.
Excellent idea, clearly presented. Thank you!
Wow, I'm going to do this to my Storage room. cool video!
Thanks Anthony!
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I made the same style for my garage and used 2x3's. I built mine with a 24" clearance from the floor to the 1st shelve then 16 inch vertical spacing for the remainder. For the average garage, you should get five shelves, with the final shelf shy of 15". Total cost was around $150. This included the dry wall screws and lunch for my brother. Followed the design for the storage shed.
no picture? c'mon !
Unfortunately the price of wood has skyrocketed! 😪
But we're building them anyway... love this design 💪💪💪
Genius tip on building the frame over the wall shelves at the beginning!
The fun part is the guy with his bags. It looks like he is starting a camping trip 😊
Keep going 👍
I love this! Been wanting something like this for a long time! Finally, this is so simple and inexpensive! Why didn’t I think of this before?!
I built several of this style shelving in my garage, almost exactly the same but used 2x2's everywhere and they have held up perfectly for 14 years.
So many thanks for sharing your useful ideas. They're helping a lot. Many thanks from Marrakesh, Morocco.
Thanks, your video helped a lot. Just finished my DIY shelves in the garage.
Great Video. Thank you for your time.
Very nice. Now I just need a garage 😂.
Me too 😄
I hope You will find in a garage sale.
LMAO!!
Build one!
Go search DIY Garage, just how you' have landed here searching for DIY Garage Shelving!! 😁
Holy cow what a brilliant idea, just ran into the garage to mock up already. Never thought to screw the other end directly to the wall like that. Well done
Awesome video! Thank you so much! One thing I would recommend would be adding alittle bit more support for the plywood. That was really easy and wasn’t added until we had the main frame up and secured to the wall. It was kind of a “let’s add some support for the weight of the totes” though. Great video and will definitely recommend this friends and family.
That is actually a brilliant idea...
Thanks!
Great video. Can you please show how did you attach the Centre small pieces? Thanks
I am a handyman by trade and I was in need of shelving myself in my tiny single car garage workshop so I needed to make more storage space. This worked like a charm. I had Home Depot cut my 4x8 sheets of plywood in half when I purchased them and I spent a few hours building a set of these shelves this afternoon by myself. One tip that may be helpful is that I used a laser level which saved me time on drawing my lines. Great tutorial, thanks for sharing!
Fantastic!
Thanks for keeping it short and simple!
I have been building this type of shelves for years. I take them with me when I move.
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... Why not just build more at the next house?
@@ammo9599 why not unscrew it and reinstall it?
@@ammo9599 no judgement, have you seen the price of lumber in 2021?
We had these in our laundry room at our last house courtesy of previous owners. I loved these shelves and their construction - they were great for storage!!
wow that was pretty clever. I would have done it a more, sophisticated, clumsy, take me a week because I screwed up kind of way
Thanks for watching!
haha, Me too!!!
Nalu Rash me too
yup..same!
Me too! I overthink and over-engineer everything. This is BRILLIANT!
Nice video and shelving! I have used this type of shelving for years. That is one hefty tool belt the guy has. Haven't seen one that had straps going over shoulders before.
So simple yet so clever. Thank you.
Love this idea with one word of caution. If your garage has any sort of a slope, this system will not be level once you pull the 2nd side from the first. Do a quick check to see if your grade remains level over a 2 foot span (if your shelves are to be 2 feet deep). You can accommodate for the slope if you place your second horizontal 2x4 onto the first horizontal 2x4 and then adjust its height to be a bit higher than the first horizontal 2x4. Also ensure to cut the support 2x4's to be a bit higher as well to accommodate for the slope. Just use a 4 foot level and measure for level on your support 2x4's when they are an appropriate distance from the wall. Overall, this video is a great tutorial!
Thank you, G. Jackson. I was wondering how to easily make the adjustment for a garage floor that slopes up by the walls.
Thanks for sharing so many amazing ideas! Best cost of material (more 2x4s) can you let me know what are the advantages/disadvantages of this way vs your previous "free-standing" garage shelving?
Awesome idea, presentation, and delivery! Thanks!
Wow that was genius, I definitely will make this shelving for our garage! Bravo Ana White👏👍👌
Awesome! Thank you!