dick.breakey
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- Location
- Bellevue/Seattle
so last week we started the process of redoing our garage. its cold as all get out so working in the garage with no insulation and poor lighting is no bueno. its a condo but thankfully ive got a standard two car garage which is hard to find. the garage has a newly build attic space above and had some ugly but functional wooden shelving on one side wall. i wanted a warmer space to work with better lighting and she wanted something prettier haha. its about a day away from being ready to paint as its cold and taking forever for the mud to dry. been sitting there since thursday but ive been out of town so i havent been able to run my portable heater much. ill be doing that tonight so it can be finished for sure.
I had two light fixtures with single bulbs that before i had just put 150w bulbs in to brighten it up and it helped, but wasnt up to par by any means. It was cold so we put in some good insulation nbehind the new walls too. I found some build your own pieces from lowes that im going to use. Most of it will be in this style as i like the look as well as the price of the pieces. I dont have a ton of room to put the storage so im going to make the most of what I can. Ive got the two light fixtures replaced with outlets so I can hang some shop style lighting to really make it as bright as possible. Im painting the walls white with a two color stripe going around at about chair height in packers green and yellow
When spring comes around im going to get the floor done and im leaning towards armor garage as my choice for the "paint" or might use their tiles. not sure yet. needs to be much warmer before I do it so ive got plenty of time haha. i need to make the most out of my space so I can work and get both cars in the garage. thankfully the jeep is not my dd so I can work on it and leave it parts if necessary, but I still need to make sure both vehicles can come in at the end of the night.
heres a small shot of the old storage on the wall. its all i had before. cant wait to get the new stuff in.
heres a few of the inprocess and what it looks like now.
(I need to paint this and insulate it too)
and my stable
I had two light fixtures with single bulbs that before i had just put 150w bulbs in to brighten it up and it helped, but wasnt up to par by any means. It was cold so we put in some good insulation nbehind the new walls too. I found some build your own pieces from lowes that im going to use. Most of it will be in this style as i like the look as well as the price of the pieces. I dont have a ton of room to put the storage so im going to make the most of what I can. Ive got the two light fixtures replaced with outlets so I can hang some shop style lighting to really make it as bright as possible. Im painting the walls white with a two color stripe going around at about chair height in packers green and yellow
When spring comes around im going to get the floor done and im leaning towards armor garage as my choice for the "paint" or might use their tiles. not sure yet. needs to be much warmer before I do it so ive got plenty of time haha. i need to make the most out of my space so I can work and get both cars in the garage. thankfully the jeep is not my dd so I can work on it and leave it parts if necessary, but I still need to make sure both vehicles can come in at the end of the night.heres a small shot of the old storage on the wall. its all i had before. cant wait to get the new stuff in.
heres a few of the inprocess and what it looks like now.
(I need to paint this and insulate it too)
and my stable
plus its way nicer than the jeep inside haha. 
