Ski rack

 We have been trying to come up with a way to store the water ski's in the basement, up till now they have just been leaning against the wall.  We used these brackets for some shelves upstairs and really liked them, so we thought we would give them a try in the basement and I am super pumped with how they turned out.

More Storage...

Seem like all I do these days is build storage space.  With plans for more!

When in doubt go vertical, why waste the space right next to your ceiling?

Updating Shelves in Basement

Shortly after we moved into the new house I built some shelves in the basement for storage of "stuff".  It served us well for 4 years, but I had an itch to have the shelves go all the way across as well as dress it up for when we finish the basement some year.

I started building these in June and finished them up, but don't have any pictures of the finished product so I will add what I have now and take a few once I get home.  As you can see I first had to "clear" the area, but put up some drywall.  I had to build the shelves around the radon mitigation pipe I had just installed as well.

I used some 2x4 brackets to attach the cross pieces to the studs behind the drywall, then cut some short 2x4 supports and toe-nailed them into the cross pieces.  The shelves have been holding up well under the weight.  Room is about 12 feet across.