Most garages end up as overflow storage: boxes on the floor, tools in random shelves, bicycles against the car. It looks temporary and makes every departure a small stress test.
Mulan Build, a one-stop building materials supplier under George Mulanbuild, designs custom garage cabinets as part of your whole project. We plan custom cabinets, custom garage cabinets and lighting fixtures from the floor plan, so the garage finally works like a real room, not a leftover space.
Plan Custom Garage Cabinets From The Floor Plan
If you only measure empty walls after the house is built, garage storage will always feel squeezed around cars and doors.
We start with your floor plan and parking logic. Once we know car sizes, door positions and how you enter the house, we define clear cabinet zones for your custom garage cabinets before choosing any style or finish.
For each villa or apartment garage, we first mark fixed elements: car positions, structural columns, main doors, roller or sectional doors, and any steps or level changes. Then we look at how you move—from driveway into garage, from garage into the house, and around the cars when doors are open. This tells us which walls are safe for full-depth custom garage cabinets and where we should keep storage shallower or higher. We also think about how the garage connects to other spaces: kitchen, laundry, garden, side entrances. That helps us decide which items should live closest to the house door (shopping, daily shoes, kids’ school bags) and which can sit deeper in the garage (tools, seasonal items, sports equipment). Because Mulan Build works as a one-stop building materials supplier, we align custom cabinet dimensions with floor levels, door heights and wall finishes from the rest of your project, so the garage feels like a planned room rather than an improvised store room.
Design Storage Zones Around Cars, Tools And Daily Life
Stacking generic shelves along every wall quickly makes the garage feel cramped and hard to clean. You gain volume, but you lose order.
We design custom garage cabinets by function, not only by wall length. Tall cabinets, wall units and workbench zones each have a clear job, so tools, sports gear and bulk items all have a logical home.
We start by listing what you really want to store: tools, power equipment, car care, bicycles, strollers, suitcases, outdoor cushions, sports gear or hobby materials. Then we divide the garage into working zones. A tool and workbench zone might combine base cabinets with drawers for hand tools, a durable countertop, pegboard or rail systems for frequently used items, and wall cabinets above for paints or small boxes. A tall storage zone can handle suitcases, seasonal items and bulk household stock, with internal divisions sized for boxes instead of guesswork. For families, we often add a “daily landing” zone near the door to the house: bench seating, shoe storage, hooks and overhead cabinets, so school bags and jackets do not end up on the car floor. For designers, we can carve out a clean sample or packing zone, integrating drawers for materials and a flat surface for packing or layout work. Because all of this is built as custom cabinets, not loose racks, fronts align, gaps are controlled and floor space stays as open as possible for easy sweeping and mopping.
Integrate Lighting Fixtures And Power For A Real Working Garage
Many garages have a single ceiling bulb and one outlet. They are fine for parking, but uncomfortable for any serious work or organized storage.
We plan lighting fixtures and power together with your custom garage cabinets, so surfaces, tools and walking paths are properly lit and usable at any time of day.
From your ceiling plan and wall layout, we decide where general lighting, task lighting and accent lighting should go. General lighting often comes from linear or multiple-point fixtures, positioned so car roofs and open cabinet doors do not cast deep shadows over the work areas. Task lighting focuses on the workbench and cabinet interiors: under-cabinet strips over the countertop, vertical lighting beside tall storage, and well-placed fixtures around the daily landing zone. For villa owners who like to work on cars or hobbies, we make sure there is clear light down the vehicle sides and at wheel level, not only from the center of the room. Power outlets are positioned logically around your custom garage cabinets: above the workbench for tools and chargers, near tall cabinets for battery systems or vacuum cleaners, and near doors for pressure washers or garden equipment.
As a one-stop building materials supplier, Mulan Build can coordinate lighting fixtures with the cabinet finishes and the rest of your project’s lighting concept. Color temperature, housing style and placement can echo the main house, while still being robust enough for garage conditions. This turns the garage into a flexible working and storage area—ready for projects, deliveries, packing and daily routines—rather than a dim, purely functional box.
Share Your Plan, Get Ideas:
Send us your floor plan and a short brief about how you use the garage—how many cars you park, what you store there and whether you also work or create in this space. Our team at Mulan Build will propose custom garage cabinets, storage zones and lighting fixture layouts tailored to your villa or apartment.
