We’re going to be building the ultimate garage storage and workstation solution, inside of my shipping container garage.
I started by cutting down some 8 ft. 2×4 on my miter saw. I set up a stop block so I could make repeated cuts since I’m just making a lot of the same size pieces. Each section of the shelf is 8 ft. long and 30 in. deep to fit the plastic totes.
I bought three drilling holes with an 8 in. bit. I used 2 1/2 deck screws to attach each of my pieces. I used the square to make sure everything would line up nicely and after I had four of those built, I started by attaching the legs to the front of the first shelf.
I’ll be raising it at eight feet tall so I got an 8 ft. 2×4. No need to cut but before I raise my shelf, I laid outlines on my wall since I’m doing this as one person. This is going to make it a lot easier without having a second person to measure.
The two legs in the front of the shelf help hold everything in place and then I used a couple of braces to make sure that everything was lined up while I was drilling holes and driving screws. I’ve seen people do something similar when they’re hanging cabinets and this is where I got the idea.
I used a full 3 in. screws in attaching the shelf to the wall. The second shelf was a lot easier to raise and the third was even easier than that mainly because after I put in a couple of braces, I was able to tie into the previous shelf as my reference. I kept cutting my braces down so I had that extra pair of hands that kept things safe and manageable.
The next shelf sections are all 48 in. long rather than 8 ft. so I cut down some 2×4 in half and built shelves the same way as I did the first time and just like before, I cut my braces down so that I could rest the back end of the shelves while screwed in the front. It’s not so much about holding the weight as it is keeping things from shifting while you’re working in a different corner. I did add an extra brace in the shelf section for the workbench but aside from that, it installs just the same as the others, and in the closet section, I installed a shelf as low as I could.
In fact, I rested it on the trim. I also used a spade bit to drill out a hole and install a dowel for a coat rack and that wrapped up the 2×4 framing portion of the project.
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The shelves are made out of 5/8 in. particleboard. This stuff is pretty cheap and I had it cut down on the panel saw at Home Depot. Some of the 8 ft. sections I could just drop in a place like a workbench.
Then I had to cut them down to 48 in. to match the shelves. I set my circular saw blade to go just past the wood and into the polystyrene insulation that I was using as my cutting board. It only costs about 10 bucks and it’s so much nicer than cutting on 2×4 blocks.
As you all know, I cut down those panels to 30 in. deep which means I had quite a bit of cut-off that I could use to make the top shelves by using these scraps that ended up being a really efficient way of making the shelves. In fact, I think it’s cheaper than if I were to use only 2×4.
I made the floor of the closet raised so that mice would be less prone to get in there. I also cut some of the particle board to make a side wall so that it didn’t interfere with the workbench and because I already put one divider on the workbench, I decided to close off the other side.
Who knows? Maybe I can put some cool tools storage on the sides here. The last step to finish out the project was to install some lights above the workbench. I found some linkable 2 ft. long LED strips.
I got these from Home Depot but I found a better deal on Amazon and I will leave those linked in the description. Eventually, this is probably going to get sold off a lot more stuff but for the sake of steaks, I think everything looks great. There’s room for tools and stuff.
We’ll be using this on a daily basis longer-term storage up top and a closet for motorcycle gear or hunting equipment.