| A garage is the perfect home for all sorts of items | | | | sizes to the space available. You can find everything |
| and activities from storing sporting equipment to | | | | that you need at the local home center, lumber yard, |
| tools and machines; and it's original purpose for car | | | | discount store or hardware store. |
| parking to activities like a home-office, a gym or a | | | | One of the basics of the garage shelves is made of |
| workshop. If your garage is only used for storage | | | | a simple piece of 3/4" plywood or a length of 1x or |
| rather than other activities it really needs some | | | | 2x lumber on a set of heavy-duty shelf brackets. |
| shelves for organization. | | | | This is mounted by attaching the brackets to the |
| Usually garage shelves can be found in two main | | | | studs directly using long screws then by attaching the |
| forms: site-built and prefabricated. Site-built shelves | | | | shelf to the brackets. To strengthen the shelf you |
| are usually less expensive and allow you to adapt the | | | | can add a brace at each stud. |