TXST8tj
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First, a little background:
A year ago this month, my wife and I moved from New Braunfels, TX to Katy, TX because of new jobs. Our house in New Braunfels finally sold in November and we were able to buy a house in Katy. We closed on a home in December 2008 and the work began.
We went from a brand new house that we had built in NB, to a thirty-two year old house. This is not our end-all house, but at the time, it was the best thing for us….and hey, we’re not afraid of a project.
Over the last eight months or so, we have been updating/fixing/replacing/etc. anything we can get our hands on. Naturally, the inside comes first.
The previous inherited owners own a remodeling company. They before they sold the house, they went through and made some changes; some good, some not so good. The good: wood floors, tile, and new carpet. The not so good: yellow paint…..everywhere. They painted almost every single wall, yellow.
We have repainted the entire interior of the house, and the exterior will be done this fall. If it was not for the fact that it has been 100* almost everyday for the last couple months, it would have already been done.
Light fixtures and ceiling fans have been replaced, as have the window treatments. The end of the long story is that I FINALLY am beginning to have the opportunity to start getting some work done in my garage!
I do work on Jeeps and trucks ‘on the side’ and for friends quite often; as in, I’m booked every spare weekend I have. It has been a battle every job to work around the mess that has been piling up in the garage.
This thread is to document my garage transformation. There will be some simple construction of shelves, a couple work benches, and some cabinets. Other than that, the usual broom and shovel hangers, a paint theme, and possibly a floor treatment.
These are some shots of parts of the garage from right before we bought the house.
Considering it is a standard, small 2 car garage, it was very nice to find that it has two cut-outs/alcoves. One is on the front wall, and one is on the left wall. The front alcove will house one of the work benches for general work and projects. I will build a set of cabinets above that for lockable power tool storage (or at least a place to store all of the plastic cases.
The side alcove will have shelves built inside it. For the amount of stuff I keep around, it should be big enough to hold every loose item; most of which are already in ‘Steralite’ plastic tubs.
So between my Craftsman rolling tool chest, the work bench and cabinet, and the shelves, there should not be anything loose laying around.
I will build a second workbench designed to handle some pounding and long/heavy items, as well as a bench vise and bench grinder. It will be long and not too deep to get in the way.
A year ago this month, my wife and I moved from New Braunfels, TX to Katy, TX because of new jobs. Our house in New Braunfels finally sold in November and we were able to buy a house in Katy. We closed on a home in December 2008 and the work began.
We went from a brand new house that we had built in NB, to a thirty-two year old house. This is not our end-all house, but at the time, it was the best thing for us….and hey, we’re not afraid of a project.
Over the last eight months or so, we have been updating/fixing/replacing/etc. anything we can get our hands on. Naturally, the inside comes first.
The previous inherited owners own a remodeling company. They before they sold the house, they went through and made some changes; some good, some not so good. The good: wood floors, tile, and new carpet. The not so good: yellow paint…..everywhere. They painted almost every single wall, yellow.
We have repainted the entire interior of the house, and the exterior will be done this fall. If it was not for the fact that it has been 100* almost everyday for the last couple months, it would have already been done.
Light fixtures and ceiling fans have been replaced, as have the window treatments. The end of the long story is that I FINALLY am beginning to have the opportunity to start getting some work done in my garage!
I do work on Jeeps and trucks ‘on the side’ and for friends quite often; as in, I’m booked every spare weekend I have. It has been a battle every job to work around the mess that has been piling up in the garage.
This thread is to document my garage transformation. There will be some simple construction of shelves, a couple work benches, and some cabinets. Other than that, the usual broom and shovel hangers, a paint theme, and possibly a floor treatment.
These are some shots of parts of the garage from right before we bought the house.
Considering it is a standard, small 2 car garage, it was very nice to find that it has two cut-outs/alcoves. One is on the front wall, and one is on the left wall. The front alcove will house one of the work benches for general work and projects. I will build a set of cabinets above that for lockable power tool storage (or at least a place to store all of the plastic cases.
The side alcove will have shelves built inside it. For the amount of stuff I keep around, it should be big enough to hold every loose item; most of which are already in ‘Steralite’ plastic tubs.
So between my Craftsman rolling tool chest, the work bench and cabinet, and the shelves, there should not be anything loose laying around.
I will build a second workbench designed to handle some pounding and long/heavy items, as well as a bench vise and bench grinder. It will be long and not too deep to get in the way.
