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Many of you have followed along as I'm improving the entrance to my garage from the breezeway that connects it to the house and construction of a new full bathroom and upstairs grandson's gameroom/studio apartment/guy's hangout (http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27185). Or, if you like, you can go to http://www.theautoist.com/garage-mahal.htm to just wander around through my ramblin' old garage to watch my progress.
Here are some photos of how it looks today - long way from just naked studs, rafters, and ceiling joists in the attic, eh.
1) This is now what you see when you open the door into the garage; wife's storage on both sides and the door to the new full bath. The panel that's open under the stairs is where we installed a 30-gal water heater devoted entirely to the garage.
2) If you walk into the entryway & turn around, this is what you see looking back towards the breezeway. The floor is 1x1 tiles.
3) It's hard to photograph a small room like a bath; mine is plumbed for a pedestal sink, commode, and small shower. Here's how we did the bead board paneling in the bath.
4) Were you entering the entryway from the garage, this is what you'd see.
5) Once you're upstairs, here's the view of the entry as you look down.
6) Looking at the upstairs landing and the railing. The railing is made of smooth Western Cedar with conduit pipes; the stair handrails will look exactly like that railing (I borrowed someone's idea & mdified it a little) All wood will be sanded & clear varnished.
7) The kitchenette area. From left to right: under the counter is a double door freezer/refrigerator, in the upper cabinet is a 37" HD TV that will be hooked to a Sony surround sound home theater (its sitting on the counter), under the counter is a 20" free-standing range with a vent hood and 20" microwave overhead, and finally the 15"x15" sink near the corner.
8) Yes, I 'borrowed' someone else's idea about drawer and cabinet door pulls - Hot Wheels.
9) An even closer look. I drilled a 1/8" hole in the top center of the Hot Wheels, inserted a long machine screw through the car, put the screw through a hole drilled in the appropriate place on the door or drawer, tightened it with a washer & nut and cut any extra bolt extending into the drawer/cabinet with a Dremel.
10) Scanning around the room towards the dormer area. The door opens into the rest of the unfinished attic area over the garage.
11) The 6' wide dormer.
12) The corner where my HO scale train layout & my HO slot car track (replica of Watkins Glen down to the blue barriers on curves) will go.
13) Heading back down to the entryway & garage (door on left is to garage; door on right is to bath).
We're getting closer to the finish and can actually see the 'light at the end of the tunnel'. Wife has to pick out carpet for upstairs, I have to finish stairs, sand & varnish them, final plumbing, hanging surround sound speakers and then it is ready for interior decoration (train posters, car posters that are being framed, etc.).
Then, a Saturday morning work session downstairs on my MG's followed by a BBQ cookout on the "old cabin" outside kitchen that's also part of this project (haven't posted any photos of it since they're not garage related) and a football party upstairs!
Here are some photos of how it looks today - long way from just naked studs, rafters, and ceiling joists in the attic, eh.
1) This is now what you see when you open the door into the garage; wife's storage on both sides and the door to the new full bath. The panel that's open under the stairs is where we installed a 30-gal water heater devoted entirely to the garage.
2) If you walk into the entryway & turn around, this is what you see looking back towards the breezeway. The floor is 1x1 tiles.
3) It's hard to photograph a small room like a bath; mine is plumbed for a pedestal sink, commode, and small shower. Here's how we did the bead board paneling in the bath.
4) Were you entering the entryway from the garage, this is what you'd see.
5) Once you're upstairs, here's the view of the entry as you look down.
6) Looking at the upstairs landing and the railing. The railing is made of smooth Western Cedar with conduit pipes; the stair handrails will look exactly like that railing (I borrowed someone's idea & mdified it a little) All wood will be sanded & clear varnished.
7) The kitchenette area. From left to right: under the counter is a double door freezer/refrigerator, in the upper cabinet is a 37" HD TV that will be hooked to a Sony surround sound home theater (its sitting on the counter), under the counter is a 20" free-standing range with a vent hood and 20" microwave overhead, and finally the 15"x15" sink near the corner.
8) Yes, I 'borrowed' someone else's idea about drawer and cabinet door pulls - Hot Wheels.
9) An even closer look. I drilled a 1/8" hole in the top center of the Hot Wheels, inserted a long machine screw through the car, put the screw through a hole drilled in the appropriate place on the door or drawer, tightened it with a washer & nut and cut any extra bolt extending into the drawer/cabinet with a Dremel.
10) Scanning around the room towards the dormer area. The door opens into the rest of the unfinished attic area over the garage.
11) The 6' wide dormer.
12) The corner where my HO scale train layout & my HO slot car track (replica of Watkins Glen down to the blue barriers on curves) will go.
13) Heading back down to the entryway & garage (door on left is to garage; door on right is to bath).
We're getting closer to the finish and can actually see the 'light at the end of the tunnel'. Wife has to pick out carpet for upstairs, I have to finish stairs, sand & varnish them, final plumbing, hanging surround sound speakers and then it is ready for interior decoration (train posters, car posters that are being framed, etc.).
Then, a Saturday morning work session downstairs on my MG's followed by a BBQ cookout on the "old cabin" outside kitchen that's also part of this project (haven't posted any photos of it since they're not garage related) and a football party upstairs!
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