Making Garage Storage Cabinets

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Making garage storage cabinets.

These shelves are heavy duty and ready to hold any type of garage stuff so they need to be sturdy. Diy garage storage cabinets first up frame up the floor and line the area with plywood. With shelves in all that s left to do is brush on two coats of polyurethane load up your new storage space and say goodbye to that mess in your garage. We are so grateful for our friends at kreg and their help to create this content and how to for you.

Remember to space the garage cabinets to leave room for shelves in between. And with 3 4 thick plywood or sheet stock you can make garage storage cabinets in 3 simple steps. Learning how to build garage cabinets is easy to understand with simple plans frameless cabinet construction and pocket hole joinery. Free building plans for garage storage cabinets to organize all your tools household supplies automotive supplies outdoor toys garden tools.

Plan the ultimate garage cabinets system to suit your stuff. This post is sponsored by kreg. Build base begin building the base of the cabinets on the ground by laying out two 8 foot 2x4 boards on the floor parallel to the wall. Shot some video while working on this project and while incomplete on many technical aspects it gives a pretty good general overview of how one can do this.

Experiment with different cabinet widths and spacing until you find a layout that works well. Set the cabinet aside and begin building the cabinet doors. The plywood strips using for the cleats will be 4 wide both upper and lower part so the notch is going to be 8 1 2 wide to give them a little room for installation. Chisel out the cardboard webbing inside the door to make space for the block.

Roughly block out the cabinet locations on the wall using masking tape. Measure and cut the cabinet door trim to size and drill 3 4 pocket holes in the ends of both vertical trim pieces. Do this for both doors. Diy oversized garage storage cabinets.

Next cut four 32 inch 2x4 boards and place them perpendicular between the 8 foot pieces on each end and two in the middle. Next up frame in each individual locker area. Choose plan this determines the quantity of materials you will need.