EASY DIY Garage Shelves | FREE BUILDING PLANS!

Really nice and simple project. I would just add that, if you’re going to load it up with heavy stuff, it’s a good idea to use an ‘L’ bracket or two to fix the unit to the wall. Especially if there are kids in the home.

Just spent this rainy Saturday building mine. I went with the 2x3 stud version. Followed your instructions and it turned out great!!!!!

the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. youtube.com/post/UgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9… as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.

I built ten of these shelf unit to use inside my storage unit. I added heavy duty metal castors to the bottom, making the bottom shelf flush instead of raised, and they work great. Some of them are probably loaded with 1000 pounds of material. I glued and screwed all the joints and pre-drilling is a must to prevent splitting the wood at the ends of boards. I have been using them since shortly after you put out this video, because I made them right away, and I am very happy with them. Thanks for sharing the video and plans.

So glad I found this video! I recently moved into a new apartment and needed more storage. I had a corner space that I could put a shelf, and so I did using this build plan as the template and retrofitted it to my place. Very simple plan that anyone can do. Thank you!!

Thanks for posting! To keep the units ”free standing” and able to be moved for cleaning, rearranging, etc. I would add opposing diagonal braces on each of the ends. This will make the entire unit more rigid and eliminate the need to fasten to the wall. Keeping the totes full of heavy stuff on bottom shelf is self explanatory! Thanks for posting!

Love this shelf idea! I used it this weekend to make a small “catio” for my cats. I made two of the shelves partial shelves so the cats can go to different levels and screened the whole thing in. My cats are going to love it and it was so easy with this basic shelving unit build. Thanks for the idea!

Built a version of this today, using what I had on hand. I used MDF instead of plywood for the shelves, seems to work well. Thanks for the great video!

That diagonal measurement tip to make sure everything is squared up is gold. I'll use that forever.

Simple and yet detailed. Great job on the build. Something else that you could do if you wanted would be to add a piece of peg board to the end to organize things like bike helmets

Thanks Elisha. I built a mofified set of your shelves to put in a wardrobe (so they would't be permanent) and they turned out great.

Surprisingly rugged and solid. Built these with my young son. Thank you!

Simple and brilliant. I agree with Karl Harris' comment about bracketing to a wall for heavy stuff. If you have really heavy stuff you can also use corner blocks underneath where the shelves attach to the upright legs. Now I want to go build one!

Thank you! I've been planning on building a few sets of shelves for my garage similar to these. Using your plans now instead!

Yes I do, I thinking many times how to start making shelf of my own then feeling proudly to show others that I make it myself, thank you for infos

I built a shelving unit similar to this one 7 or 8 years ago for plastic totes filled with electronics and even heavier bits like small motors. Still holding strong after all these years! Only difference is I also put a vertical strip of 2x4 between the shelves for some extra support, and I used OSB instead of plywood (half the price of plywood, but still strong). Since then, I've been building lots more for workbenches. It's amazing how strong and durable these things can be.

A quick and easy way to get your shelves square and to help keep them that way. I cut 4x4s the length of the 2x4s height. Then i cut it again from one corner to the opposite corner. This lil V can then be placed in your corners for rigidity and to keep it square. Good luck and great video

The foam idea was really awsome because i always do all my work on the floor too.

Something I've done with some tall bookcases and even tables in my house is to attach wheels to the bottoms. Makes it so easy to move things. Looks like (maybe) if you could attach a small piece of a 2 x 4 to the bottom of the legs, it would make it wide enough to attach wheels to these shelving units, too. Then, if you ever want to "hose out" your garage, you could just move the shelves out of the way so that the bottom of the legs don't get wet. Same if you decide to rearrange the shelving in your garage. Just a thought....

Great Video step by step. Also thank you for the cut list with pictures, exactly what i needed to add some shelving to my storage container for tools and stuff. Thanks again!