How to Hang Stuff in your Garage ON THE CHEAP!

While I love the look of all the cool garage shelving systems out there with the cool tracks and specialty hooks – spending the money for those just wasn’t a top priority for me. With an entire new house to decorate and organize I want my housing budget dollars to be spent elsewhere. So for less than $200 I was able to build 16 feet by 8 feet tall garage shelves that store a bunch of tools and SCHHHTUFF. Well there are just some things that can’t be stored on those shelves. Namely shovels, rakes, brooms, scooters and more. So here is a REEEALLLLY cheap way to utilize the wall space in your garage. Since I have 9.5 feet ceilings in certain parts of my garage I really wanted to take advantage of that high space and not floor space. And my highest goal is to have a functional garage and workshop area all while parking our cars in the garage – something we could never do at our old house.

So I was able to hang all of this stuff for $21. That is called some good cheap organization right there!

Supplies:

1” x 4” (I used a 12’ board and an 8’ one)

2” screws

Screw In Tool Hook $1.08

Screw in Bike Hook $1.18

Screw in Utility Hangar

Hardware Ceiling Hook $.86

level

stud finder

1. Figure out the length you want to hang and grab a 1” x 4” board that wide. I used a 12’ board and an 8’ board. and spent around $12 for that wood (the 8’ board is a cheap furring strip at $2.08). Note: Yes you can just drill the hooks into studs but hanging the 1” x 4” allowed me to utilize space that was less than the 16” width of the studs.

2. Mark where your studs are with a stud finder.

3. Using your 2” wood screws attach your 1” x 4” to the wall drilling into the studs making sure it is level.

4. Mark and plan out out where each hook will go. Pre-drill a hole and then screw your hooks in.

5. Add as many 1” x 4” lengths as you want to hang all of your stuff.

I ended up leaving the bikes on the ground. My kids are too young to hang their bikes and I wanted them to have easy access to get them in and out of the garage. The only thing I might do is mark the floor with some tape so they know exactly where their bikes need to go.