Storage room shelving - What do you love?

[cruiseroutfit]

We are remodeling the storage room in our basement. The previous shelves were a mix of plastic and steel/particle board Costco specials. To be fair they've worked just fine but we want something cleaner, more adjustable and uniform. I've looked at some wall mount options which are super tidy. I could do more of the same stuff we had before but I know some of you have built in the recent years. What did you use?

My old stuff:

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[moab_cj5]

I have a mix in my basement, but if I were to do it again I would go with the heavy duty Metal Shelves with adjustable heights like they sell at Costco/Sams/Home Depot (very similar if not identical to your top photo).

 

[1969honda]

If food is the primary storage I would go with 12"-15" deep and adjustable height. This helps eliminate things getting "lost" behind each other and increases turnover in storage so that everything stays with in its shelf life.

 

[ID Bronco]

for food, rolling shelves are the way to go. I converted after my wife bought them for way too much money. I always trade the particle board shelves on the Sam's club ones to real ply wood, it increases the capacity a lot.

 

[jeeper]

I would start with getting an idea of what it is you want to store. If you have a majority of uniform sized totes that you need to put on shelves, get the shelf that fits your totes best. For example, if you buy a shelf that is one or 2 inches wider than the others does that get you three totes per shelf instead of just two?
I think the depth of a shelf also makes a big difference, depending on what items you are trying to store. A shallow shelf can hold 1.5 boxes of some food storage we have, whereas the deeper shelf can hold a full two boxes.

 

[Tonkaman]

I say go for broke

Levrack | A place for all your storage.

Levrack takes the best parts of mobile aisle shelving and pallet racking and creates a strong, adaptable storage solution. Made in the USA.

levrack.com

 

[cruiseroutfit]

If food is the primary storage I would go with 12"-15" deep and adjustable height. This helps eliminate things getting "lost" behind each other and increases turnover in storage so that everything stays with in its shelf life.

Mix of food storage, big storage totes of photos, camping gear, books, etc. I think I'd like some 15-16" and some 24" deep for the totes.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I say go for broke

Levrack | A place for all your storage.

Levrack takes the best parts of mobile aisle shelving and pallet racking and creates a strong, adaptable storage solution. Made in the USA.

levrack.com

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Those are rad but we have lots of big/deep items such as storage totes, pillows, camping gear, holiday decorations, etc. Those Levrack units are amazing.

 

[glockman]

I say go for broke

Levrack | A place for all your storage.

Levrack takes the best parts of mobile aisle shelving and pallet racking and creates a strong, adaptable storage solution. Made in the USA.

levrack.com

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Damn you Derek. Now I want both some pallet racking and some of these.

 

[Kiel]

I love the largest heavy duty ones from Costco and they go on sale. I've had one outside with extra siding on it for over a year

 

[Cody]

The uline shelves we have at my brewshop are pretty sweet. Come in lots of sizes

 

[cruiseroutfit]

The uline shelves we have at my brewshop are pretty sweet. Come in lots of sizes

I‘ll have to check Uline, we buy shit from there by the pallet load anyways

 

[I Lean]

I love the largest heavy duty ones from Costco and they go on sale. I've had one outside with extra siding on it for over a year

The 24" x 72" ones? I like those too, have them in both my garage and shop.

Edit for pic: these shelves are much more packed full now.

 

[Johnny Quest]

take the opportunity to 'rebox' stuff. I built some wood shelves in my garage, and designed them around the black and yellow Costco totes. Yea, its a bit more cost to add to a project, but you can design your space around a uniform size and shape. I can stack two of those totes on each shelf, and theyre all labeled and organized.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

The 24" x 72" ones? I like those too, have them in both my garage and shop.

Edit for pic: these shelves are much more packed full now.

I really like those, I have them in my garage. We ended up buying on extra just to get enough cross bars to have some smaller shelf heights. I reached out to the manufacturer to buy individual cross bars and it was going to cost significantly more than just buying another shelf unit from Costco.




Perhaps I need to get over having different shelve units. The ones like Carls would rock for bins and big stuff (as they do in my garage) but are horrible for a can of soup, bottles and cold cereal

The Mrs really wants these:

Rubbermaid 18.5 in. White Twin Track Bracket for Wood Shelving FG4C0702WHT - The Home Depot

This 6-1/2 in. Twin Track Bracket has an enhanced weight capacity and a durable finish. It provides a stylish adjustable shelving solution for the bedroom, living room or home office. Use these brackets

www.homedepot.com

 

[Spork]

I did the adjustable track wall style in my pantry, works great for food items. I also bought some clear bins to keep things contained and organized. For the canned soup stuff we did a FIFO style https://www.amazon.com/FIFO-Tracker...can+organizer+for+pantry+first,aps,179&sr=8-2

 

[Stephen]

I really like those, I have them in my garage. We ended up buying on extra just to get enough cross bars to have some smaller shelf heights. I reached out to the manufacturer to buy individual cross bars and it was going to cost significantly more than just buying another shelf unit from Costco.




Perhaps I need to get over having different shelve units. The ones like Carls would rock for bins and big stuff (as they do in my garage) but are horrible for a can of soup, bottles and cold cereal

The Mrs really wants these:

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We have these in our closets and they work great with all the different types of shelves and hangers you can get for them. At least that's what my wife says because my clothes only occupy 1/32nd of all the available closest space in the house.

 

[ID Bronco]

Our Shelf Reliance rolling can shelves are totally awesome, bulletproof and they really do work awesome. Super adjustable too.

 

[nnnnnate]

We've had the costco industrial shelves in our garage and basement since we moved in. I like them and know I'll never have to worry about them falling apart. I have been buying the brute bins to go with the garage storage shelves with blue tape labels on the outside as a solution to disintegrating cardboard boxes. The brute bins aren't cheapest solution but they stack really well and I won't ever worry about them breaking. With my in-laws in our basement we really don't have much storage. Everything is either in the garage or stuffed in our closets. I like having the bins to be able to get things put away but still be easily found when I need something from them.

 

[Kiel]

Correct Carl, those ones