4 Stellar Garage Organization Ideas!
Bigger Budget Garage Transformation
We’ve talked before about the best garage organization ideas if you’re on a tight budget. Read all about that here! We highlighted slat walls, cabinets and shelves, and suspended garage storage shelves.
Today we’ll talk about garage storage organization when you have a little more wiggle room in your budget. Here are four stellar ideas to help you clean up the chaos in your garage!
While all of these ideas have their places, suspended overhead garage storage shelves are the safest, most reliable, and longest lasting garage organization idea on the market. Read more below!
Floor to Ceiling Shelving
The name of the game at Good Garage is maximizing storage space. While ceiling mounted shelves are hands down the best way to do this, utilizing floor to ceiling shelves is also a fantastic idea. These can be custom made out of wood, pallet boards, or metal. Many hardware stores also carry pre-made tall shelves that can be installed in your space. As an added bonus, you can build the bottom shelves so that they’re dual purpose. Create bottom shelves on floor tracks that can be pulled out to provide steps to access the top shelves. If you’re not quite as handy, a ladder should do the trick!
Use Every Square Inch of Marginal Space
Once you start looking closely at maximizing storage space in your garage, you’ll soon realize there is a ton of wasted space you can capitalize on! Even if a standard cabinet or shelf won’t work in a particular space, if you start getting creative, you can still find ways to utilize it. For example, the gaps between rafters are full of storage potential. Install a long, sturdy tube between rafters and use it to store pipes, extra wood, or dowels.
Wheel-Out Drawers and Shelves Under Work Surfaces
Don’t let the spots under your work surfaces go to waste! Rolling tool cabinets are a fantastic way to organize tools and supplies and capitalize on the space under a workbench. You’ll often see significant markdowns on rolling tool cabinets in post-Christmas, Labor Day, and Father’s Day sales. They instantly elevate the look of any garage workshop and provide a ton of specified storage options.
Another plus is that a work surface can easily be placed on top of rolling cabinets. Take two counter height rolling cabinets and slap a sturdy work surface (wood or steel!) on top of them. For added stability, bolt the work surface to the rolling cabinets to create an all-in-one rolling cart. We’re talking about bigger budget ideas today, but old filing cabinets can easily be converted to wheel-out shelving and are often the perfect, rugged storage option for garage workshops.
Once you start looking closely at maximizing storage space in your garage, you’ll soon realize there is a ton of wasted space you can capitalize on! Even if a standard cabinet or shelf won’t work in a particular space, if you start getting creative, you can still find ways to utilize it. For example, the gaps between rafters are full of storage potential. Install a long, sturdy tube between rafters and use it to store pipes, extra wood, or dowels.
Suspended Storage Shelves: The BEST Garage Organization Idea
What are some options for your garage ceiling? Admittedly, we might be biased in favor of suspended storage shelves. In our years of transforming our clients’ garages, however, we’ve discovered a secret. There is no better garage organization idea than ceiling mounted hanging racks! They are the ultimate efficiency upgrade for large and small garages alike.
The safety and durability of our suspended shelves and professional installation services are unparalleled. With overhead racks, you free up all your floor space and you never have to worry about the danger of falling furniture. Once installed, our racks last a lifetime. Our hanging garage shelves are custom crafted and installed, leading to endless storage possibilities at your fingertips. With a flat fee structure and competitive pricing, you’ll get a better value for your dollar than you’d find with any other garage storage installation company.