Today we’re going to be adding a built-in garage fridge or freezer, sliding barn doors with DIY hardware, and a quick and easy pegboard wall for storage.
This article is separated into three sections of the build, the first being the garage fridge.
Let’s get started by getting the freezer in place. After that, I could cut my 2×4 down and start making my shelves. Make sure to pre-drill holes before screwing.
Also, make sure to tie into studs whenever you screw into the wall. With the two shelves above the fridge, it is time to add the leg which is just another 8 ft. long 2×4.
Last but not the least, I cut down some 5/8 in. MDF for the shelves.
I’ll be using a 3/4 in. electrical conduit for the majority of the barn door. After measuring it, I cut it to length using a tube cutter.
This isn’t the most rigid pipe or tube out there, but it’s really affordable and pretty convenient to work with. I use conduit fasteners along with three flat washers and spacers to hang the conduit from the legs.
After putting the tube in place, I added a couple to the end on the inside. Then I repeated the exact same process adding fasteners on the other side of the tube that I just installed. After I cut it to length, I could install and tighten down the coupler as well.
I’m using 3 in. wide aluminum flat bar to make the hangers that attach to the door. The cool thing about aluminum is you can cut it with the same woodworking tools that you normally use because it’s a really soft metal and once I had all my pieces cut to length, I drilled a hole in the top. This is where the caster is going to go.
If you plan on building this, I’ll have a little bit more information to help you build it as well. The doors themselves are made out of 0.5 in. MDF and I cut those two lengths so that they matched the height of the bottom of the refrigerator door.
Then I used two pieces of 3/4 in. plywood as a spacer between the top of the door and the bottom of the caster. Then I transferred the holes from the hanger to the door itself. I’ve been wanting to experiment with black chalkboard paint for a long time but didn’t really have the right application but I think this is a very practical use.
Maybe you have a project in your garage that you needed to do lists for. Do you want to keep track of what’s in your garage fridge or freezer?
I think this is a good option and because I already drilled the holes prior to painting the hangers, I lined it up and attached it really easy just to make sure they’re square.
The one screw holding the bar up in the middle is not perfect but hopefully, I can come up with a good solution for that.
The pegboard comes in flat. 8 in. thick sheets and you need some sort of backing material to raise it off the wall so the hooks can go into the pegs. I’m using some scrap ¾ in. plywood that I cut into strips and after cutting the pegboard to size I attached that to the backside of it.
After everything was attached, I put some spacers on the workbench so that everything would be evenly spaced and I drilled a few screws into the studs behind the wall. I love pegboard. It’s quick, simple and the perfect solution for this project.
I am pumped with how this project came out. I couldn’t be more excited about this sliding barn door, especially as a first prototype. The next version I make is either gonna be made out of a copper pipe or I’m gonna use some brass tube for it to slide so smooth, and the only negative that I have is right here, where I had to use screws to hold it up because these metal clips got in the way for the casters to roll over them.