Free Garage
and Workshop Storage Project Plans and Building Guides from The Family Handyman Magazine
Create space in your garage
or workshop by building efficient storage units. Learn how to build
stacking sawhorses, shelves, ceiling racks, turn-table bins,
cabinets, knock-down work tables and more.
For more than fifty years, The Family
Handyman Magazine has been providing readers with the most
up-to-date home improvement information with easy to follow
step-by-step instructions, plans and photographs. Now, many of
their best how-to articles are available online:
Four Easy Garage Storage Projects
Complete instructions and photos for how to build suspended
shelves, a bike lift, a ladder rack and a wheelbarrow holder.
Three More Garage Storage Projects
These three garage
storage projects – a cabinet for tools, corner shelves and pet food
dispenser - help organize the clutter in your garage and open up
more space.
Garage
Storage System
Build a wall storage system in the garage for hanging tools,
bicycles, gardening implements and shelving.
Garage Storage Ideas: Find Unused Space
Create a huge,
accessible storage platform on the upper walls of your garage
without taking up any floor space. With these 2-ft. wide shelves you
can make 150 square feet of storage space in a weekend.
Large Garage Cabinets
Built from 2x2s and plywood, these extra-deep utility cabinets are
easy and quick to build. Sliding plywood doors keep everything
inside.
Build a Garage Storage Wall
Got a lot of stuff in your garage and no way to organize it? Learn
how to build simple and inexpensive shelving to hold everything.
Upgrading Your Garage Workshop
Tips for building the best workbench for auto and small engine
repair. Build a grease gun holder and add a central vacuum system to
your garage.
Small Workshop Storage Solutions
You don’t need a gigantic workshop to produce beautiful woodworking
projects. You just need to use your existing space wisely.
Grab and Go Tool Storage
Store all your power
tools, hand tools, paint and other supplies in a compact, efficient
storage unit. It has shelves, drawers and a pullout table for
sorting tools and doing small repairs. It's easy to build, too.
Workshop Organizers
5 projects for a better
shop—adjustable sawhorses, a super-handy tool rack, a workbench with
storage space, a miter saw stand and a silencer for your shop
vacuum. They're all low cost, can be built in a day and are
essential for the small shop.
Four Knockdown Workbenches
Make more room for tools and carpentry projects with space-saving
workbenches that set up or come apart in seconds.