Shelves for garage. Is 45x45 good enough for this? (image)

[Tomture61]

Hello! Nice shelving system! What did you use for the shelves? Looks like 3 pieces of some kind of planks? Thanks in advance! Take care, take care

Used 22 x 195 (unsure of the width) exterior panel wood.

 

[Thomas_Blekinge]

Now that the basic question has been resolved, I just want to add that it's insane to create storage for moving boxes.
What ends up in a moving box will most likely stay there until you decide to throw it away.
If you need storage, I recommend getting several transparent plastic boxes with lids instead. Looks much better and you can find what you're looking for much easier.

It's a matter of price. Plastic boxes have become unreasonably expensive.

 

[Kane]

It's a matter of price. Plastic boxes have become unreasonably expensive.

What is your definition of unreasonably expensive?

 

[[old rusty]]

What goes into a moving box will most likely stay there in most cases until you decide to throw it away.
If you need storage, I recommend getting a number of transparent plastic boxes with lids instead. Looks much better and you find what you're looking for much easier.

It does require, of course, that one is literate (and has the discipline to write contents. I.e., not my wife...) but otherwise, moving boxes are superior.

Perfectly right angles, cheap, and holds a lot. However, if you're going to have "mixed junk" in it, plastic is obviously better.

 

[Thomas_Blekinge]

I have sorted my things into sturdy cardboard boxes smaller than moving boxes and each box is labeled with a large number. Then I have a list of what is in each box. If I am looking for a particular item, I go into the list and easily find which box it is in. The system is also flexible when the contents of a box change, so you don't have to scribble on the boxes.

 

[Felix36]

Used 22 x 195 (unsure of the width) exterior panel lumber.

Ok, thank you very much 🙂👍

 

[VidarH]

Ikea and Biltema have previously had slightly smaller cardboard boxes that I have in my shelves. Perfect for things you use a bit less frequently or have a small stock of but want to keep track of. In my case, leather crafts, scout gear, ropes, office supplies, Christmas decorations, gloves, and "things to be fixed when spare parts show up"...
But I also have a bunch of plastic bins that I use if I need to take things outdoors or if there is mixed content. I have four of those in the workshop and it triggers that they create so much dead space between each other...
Plastic withstands snow, rain, and mud much better than cardboard.

 

[Thomas_Blekinge]

Plastic withstands snow, rain, and mud much better than cardboard, you see.

Then we've learned something new today as well.

 

[VidarH]

I see that the referencing in the post became a bit skewed after my little restructuring. It was the reasoning for having plastic boxes in the car. Which I chose not to include in a thread about indoor shelves... 😅