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If you think IKEA furniture is easy to assemble, including the shelving units it offers, I have something even easier in store for you that takes approximately an hour and is customizable. DIYer ...

Knowing how to build basement storage shelves will save you money and provide storage you never knew existed. Although basements often get haphazardly filled with holiday decorations, tools, and boxes ...

When you don't have a lot of storage space, your best bet is to build up. You can purchase steel and plastic shelves from your home improvement store, but the steel shelves are expensive and heavy and ...

About a year ago, I custom built a set of giant shelves out of 2x4s, plywood and heavy-duty pocket-hole screws for half of that space. The shelves have held up well. But I hadn’t found time to build ...

Dear James: My kids use the garage for all their junk. There is barely room for the standard garage stuff like paint cans, tools, etc. How do I design some simple shelves and how big should they be? - ...