Garage Storage That Surprised Me 

@@sherrycohen1824 if you want is flat as a sheet, you can always use filler ! A garage is a great enviroment to practice your plaster skills :D

That's a great idea

@@SpecificLove7 Thanks!

​@@juneritchie2498 I was fixing to make a suggestion that might work for you: drill a line of holes in the vertical boards, then you can clip bungee cords across anything you are concerned about falling of thw shelf.

LOL, good catch!

Glad you like them!

Thank you That is a long story, but keep it simple, be Specific about what you Love to do, or in some cases, want to do.

Maybe, but since the grain orientation of the wood is perpendicular at the joints, overtime it might not hold as well.

Turning them upside down will lose a lot of space. What about a thin strip tacked on the front of shelves that need a rail?

​@@juneritchie2498 The thin strip as a rail would work, but Brad's idea with the trough would work even better since you would actually be gaining height of usable shelf space and you wouldn't need to buy any extra material for the rail. Since each 2x4 is actually 1.5" x 3.5", building the shelves as Clinton did in the video leaves you with a 2" trough. The overall 3.5" height of each shelf takes up the same amount of space whether it's installed with the trough facing up or facing down. The only difference is that when the trough is facing down (like in the video), the 2" trough is unusable and is wasted space. But if you turn the shelves upside down (trough facing up), the trough now becomes useable and gives you 2" extra inches of space and also acts as a rail. EDIT: My apologies June. I just realized you were probably referring to the usable depth of each shelf (6.5" vs 3.5") as opposed to usable height between the shelves. To partially resolve that concern, you could probably still install a few of the shelves (trough facing up) and simply not install the 2x4 at the back (the rear "rail" that would be touching the wall). This would leave you with a usable depth of 5" for each shelf and still give you a rail. You would have a 1.5" gap at the back, but unless you were planning to put really skinny things on the shelf, that shouldn't be too much of an issue. Extra Tip: If you have a table saw, you could rip each 2x4 into 2x2's and use them as the front and back rails. This would increase usable height of each shelf and save you money on the lumber.

​@@nnamerz Thx! All good considerations. I love how we are inspired to meet our individual needs. 👍

@@juneritchie2498 Me too! And also how positive and helpful the comments can be on certain channels ☺

This is a perfect idea for sections of my garage. Regarding lips and troughs as drop stops here’s an idea. Get some quarter inch thick luan plywood cut some strips to size(length and width) and nail them on at locations where they aren’t obtrusive. This vid was a lucky find as it truly provides a relief for my shelving of small items, that I thought would organize me….😎 some may say yeah but then the rough edges will catch on clothes, cobwebs etc. Just lightly sand the edges and apply some polyurethane, prob solved.

Yes, but my garage ceiling is to low for that application.

That might lose a lot of space. What about a thin strip tacked on the front of shelves that need a rail?

They are definitely a little Overkill but I wanted to keep it as simple as possible for newcomers.

Guy H, you and I are on the same page! The "design concept" by SLC is fine, but I personally would have built it out of 1x4 lumber. The sad part is the 2x4s probably cost only a tiny bit more than the same lengths/numbers of 1x4 because of "economies of scale" surrounding 2x4 production........hence another reason SLC went to an "overkill" solution with 2x4s.

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If you can, yes

Turning them upside down will lose a lot of space. What about a thin strip tacked on the front of shelves that need a rail?

@@juneritchie2498 turning it upside down will use the same amount of space - it will just make a "channel" on the top part of the shelf instead of the under part of the shelf

@@jmarylastone I agree with you about overall space, but to clarify my thought, I was referring to usable width of the shelf for storage. For example, in a trough a paint can or box of nails might fit, but a shoe box or box of sanding discs would not. Bottom line is that we all have different needs. Either way works. 👍

@@juneritchie2498 I just saw this and realized what you meant when you responded to Brad Beach on a different comment. I updated my response to you in that thread with a possible win-win solution.

@@nnamerz thx!

civilized? y'all don't even say aluminum correctly, lol...this is a joke. But, also not a joke because y'all still spell things incorrectly, lol

@@TmissinglinkC Only 3 counties on earth use the imperial system, that is, feet and inches; Liberia, Myanmar and U.S.A. Y'all,

@@ConstantineAtByron makes it better, it would be less confusing to just join us. lol

I thought the same thing until I looked online.

The spacing was already narrow in our garage, so in those cases the person would have to wait until the vehicle is out of the garage.

Why not please?