Closet Remodeling

I am being crushed by the PAX
Originally uploaded by Vincent Ma.

Our so called walk-in closet is very small, and the original shelves did not make full use of the space. We bit the bullet and bought the PAX closet shelves from IKEA.

Installing them was a challenge -- we pretty much had to assemble the shelves inside the closet because the door opening is much shorter than the full height of the closet. Also, the inside width of the closet is exactly the width of the shelves.. we had to plan the order of the assembly to assure we can actually move everything into place!

The assembly is documented on Flickr

Tires Organized, Me Tired

Tires Organized, Me Tired
Originally uploaded by Vincent Ma.

We wanted to (i.e. the wife insisted) that we (i.e. I) paint the garage floor.

To keep stuff off the floor for good I built another shelf, this time for holding the winter tires and other stuff.

Update on my shelves in the garage

Epilogue...
Originally uploaded by Vincent Ma.

Finally able to take a picture of the "new" 3 layer shelving I installed in the garage after I last blogged about this project. Three levels of storage space for more crap! I don't need a proper toolbox.. my bottom shelf is now the tool storage.. Easy access to my growing tool collection!

DIY Heavy Duty Shelves

So our second major project is to install our own shelves in the garage.

We know we have a lot of shit stuff that needs to be put into the garage. So we looked around for shelving. Stuff from IKEA (search for GORM) or HomeDepot (such as ProRack) doesn't look too good, so in the end I decided to build our own.

As usual, I was my own photo-journalist and the pictures are up on Flickr.