16 Easy Garage Space-Saving Ideas

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Space-Saving Workbench

If your garage isn’t big enough for your car and a workbench, you could get a smaller car. Or you could build a fold-down workbench. This one sets up in seconds and eats up zero floor space when not in use. It makes for a perfect mechanic workbench in your garage!

The only things you’ll need are a 2×4, a pair of beefy hinges, a couple of threaded pipes and flanges, and a handful of screws. For a work surface we used a 30-in. solid-core door, but you can use other materials such as two layers of three-quarter inch plywood glued together. To set up the mechanic workbench, just screw the pipes into the flanges.

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Build Big Cabinets in Place

You don’t have to be a cabinetmaker to build big, sturdy cabinets, especially if you build them in place. All you have to do is screw 2x2s to the wall and ceiling and then screw plywood panels to the 2x2s to form the top, bottom and sides of cabinet boxes. This approach is simple, fast and economical; the materials cost about $250.

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