5 DIY Garage Storage Tips

Underutilizing your garage or shed? Make the most of your space with Music’s U-Drop U-Lock Storage and our garage storage tips! You can DIY your outdoor storage into the perfect organized space for your home. Get started with these 5 easy projects for organizing your shed storage and garage.

Organize Fishing Poles

Fishing Rod Organizer
Photo @Family Handyman

Keep your priceless rods safe until the water is above freezing. The shed or garage are perfect places for this equipment. With an old pool noodle and a PVC pipe, you can have your collection safely stored.

Use Storage Above

Illustration by Zohar Lazar at This Old House

Your ceiling is a great spot for customer shelves. With 2 pieces of scrap wood and a rope, you can suspend kayaks and canoes when not in use.

Organized Upcycling

Pop bottle notions storage
Photo @Popular Woodworking

Use old soda bottles for small tools like screws and washers.

Make Custom Shelve

Photo @HGTV by Melissa George Polished Habitat

You can use sturdy metal shelves or you can create your own out of the supplies you already have. Find an easy DIY paint supply shelf here!

Store With Us

Storing your items in a storage unit close by can be great for your furniture and seasonal clothing. Considering using self storage, the ultimate DIY project, for storing common items that take up your outdoor storage.

Music’s U-Drop U-Lock Storage is located in Annville PA in between Lebanon and Palmyra PA. We offer outdoor parking spaces and convenient storage units for rent.

Find your DIY projects and garage storage tips and use our available storage units in Annville PA to keep the rest.


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Katie Mest

About the Author: Katie Mest is a Content Marketing Specialist at Storage Asset Management in York, PA. She specializes in writing about the self storage industry, including storage tips and helpful resources. Outside of work, Katie enjoys spending time exploring the outdoors and snuggling in with a crochet project and her cat, Billie.