If your garage is running out of space, try building this overhead storage system. The construction is simple and fast, and the whole system is made with standard materials.
Are all those cardboard boxes in the corner of your garage driving you crazy? Holiday decorations, camping gear, seasonal clothing and extra bedding take up valuable garage storage space. And who can tell one brown box from another?We’ve designed this system to get all that stuff up and out of the way and into unclaimed storage space near your garage ceiling.
We built this handy overhead garage storage system around special reinforced plastic totes that hang from carriages made from 2x4s and plywood strips. In this article, we’ll show you how to assemble these simple carriages, align them perpendicular to the ceiling joists, then anchor them into place with lag screws.
It’s that easy. Add labels to the sides of the totes and you can tell at a glance where to find that long-term storage item. You can build and install the carriages in an afternoon and start organizing right away!
