Built This Garage Shelf from Scrap Wood—$0 Spent

Couldn’t find any decent cheap garage shelves on Facebook Marketplace, and I wasn’t about to drop $185 on the ones I saw at the local hardware store. So I decided to make do with what I had lying around behind the house: some old 2x4s from a previous project and a leftover sheet of 24” x 96” plywood.

I’m not a woodworker by any stretch—just needed a functional place to get things off the garage floor. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s surprisingly sturdy and does exactly what I need it to. The total cost? $0.

Sometimes the best solution is just to use what’s already available. Not only did I save money, but I got the satisfaction of solving a problem without buying something new. Feels like a win in the frugality department.