After one boring night of searching around the internet, I stumbled upon www.garagejournal.com. After looking through a few pictures on there, I was hooked! I have been sick of the crappy layout of my garage and decided to redo it.
To start things off, the awful before picture.
Please note, those were taken on a bad day. :bdr2: The one thing that I do like about the garage and I plan to keep and expand on is the peg board. I hate digging through tool boxes/chests, and am a strong believer of every tool having a place. I love the peg board because every tool is out in the open and easy to find. My plan for the layout (not set in stone yet) is to have the left side be the "bay" for the Jeep and the right side to be the work shop with a work bench. Below the Peg board will be cabinets and some kind of countertop with my PC on top. I have plans of putting a TV in here some where just not sure where yet. In between the bay and work shop I would like another work bench on wheels that can be moved.
Heres a pic of the peg board that is currently in there.
First step was to get the garage cleaned out enough to start the paint process.
The previous owners of the house had dry walled the garage but didn't tape and mud one side. So it was up to me to finish it. Here's a pic of the tape on the wall.
This was my first time doing any type of dry wall work, so you don't get any finished pics. :sonicjay:
Now onto the paint. The paint scheme I am going with is made of three colors, light grey, black, white. Light grey will be the bottom four feet with white on top, the black will be a small stripe to separate the two. I first painted the walls with white primer, then went and painted with flat white paint. Once that was dry I measured up 4 feet, drew a line, and taped it off for the grey. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to add the black stripe.
I will be painting the doors white, and the trim around the doors, lights, and attic opening will be grey. The shelves will also be grey.
Once the paint is done I plan to do a few more things. I'd like to recess the lights into the ceiling with some molding around them. Also looking into flooring options, (open to opinions).
For work the work bench I'd like to make one that is attached to the wall with out legs so I will be able to easily sweep underneath it.
I have a few more ideas bouncing around the old noggin but I'm open to any Ideas/comments/criticism.
To start things off, the awful before picture.
Please note, those were taken on a bad day. :bdr2: The one thing that I do like about the garage and I plan to keep and expand on is the peg board. I hate digging through tool boxes/chests, and am a strong believer of every tool having a place. I love the peg board because every tool is out in the open and easy to find. My plan for the layout (not set in stone yet) is to have the left side be the "bay" for the Jeep and the right side to be the work shop with a work bench. Below the Peg board will be cabinets and some kind of countertop with my PC on top. I have plans of putting a TV in here some where just not sure where yet. In between the bay and work shop I would like another work bench on wheels that can be moved.
Heres a pic of the peg board that is currently in there.
First step was to get the garage cleaned out enough to start the paint process.
The previous owners of the house had dry walled the garage but didn't tape and mud one side. So it was up to me to finish it. Here's a pic of the tape on the wall.
This was my first time doing any type of dry wall work, so you don't get any finished pics. :sonicjay:
Now onto the paint. The paint scheme I am going with is made of three colors, light grey, black, white. Light grey will be the bottom four feet with white on top, the black will be a small stripe to separate the two. I first painted the walls with white primer, then went and painted with flat white paint. Once that was dry I measured up 4 feet, drew a line, and taped it off for the grey. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to add the black stripe.
I will be painting the doors white, and the trim around the doors, lights, and attic opening will be grey. The shelves will also be grey.
Once the paint is done I plan to do a few more things. I'd like to recess the lights into the ceiling with some molding around them. Also looking into flooring options, (open to opinions).
For work the work bench I'd like to make one that is attached to the wall with out legs so I will be able to easily sweep underneath it.
I have a few more ideas bouncing around the old noggin but I'm open to any Ideas/comments/criticism.