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Winter is always a good time to fix and build stuff to keep busy. Here are three projects that stood out. I bought enough parts (actually almost enough) to build two Bennett mid-1950's gas pumps. Many hours of daily work finally ended well and these two pumps now are hanging out in there. The...

Hi everyone! Been busy lately and thought I'd share a few completed projects to jazz up the place. First up, I bought back a 1949 Scott Atwater outboard motor display I restored a few years ago. Second, a 1930's Emil Paidar Barber Shop pole I stripped down to the original porcelain finish...

First off, thank you to everyone on this forum. Over the years, I've read so many helpful posts that made my life easier. It's also a great place to (not only learn new things) but to enjoy everyone's projects. In 2012, we built our 24' x 24' garage in our backyard so that I could have the room...

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We built our 24' x 24' garage/man-cave/shop and from the beginning we produced a lot of projects and made tons of changes over the years. It got to the point where there was just not enough room for all our junk so we had to sell off some stuff or add on to the garage to make the ultimate place...

Hello everyone! We built our garage in 2012 and now we're adding on. We have a 24' x 24' garage (576 cu ft) with 8' ceilings, drywalled walls and insulation in the crawl space and walls. Our 50K btu/hr Mr Heater BigMaxx (natural gas) heats it up very well (and the doors are also insulated)...

A few years ago I restored a late 1950's Gilbarco (Texaco) gas pump to display in front of the garage. The weather was starting to beat the poor guy up so I was lucky enough to find this replacement. It's a late 1950's Bennett pump and it was only $100. I didn't refurbish it like the others...

This has been a great summer for working on some landscaping around the garage. Here are a few pics (and of course Stan the "threagle" had to get in to a photo). Let's see your landscaping work peeps! Wally

Spring is finally here so I snapped a couple pics of the garage. I built and installed a railroad crossing and added a RR sign as well as a "don't walk" signal. Let the summer begin! Wally

I don't know why or how these whacky ideas pop up in my coconut but about three months ago I had the idea to build a railroad crossing signal in my yard next to the garage approach. I found a set of RR lights locally and converted them from DC to AC. I wired in a solid state sequencer so they...

We have had one of the coldest winters in history so what better way of spending my time than working on the inside of the garage. I've added some new signage (a few neon as well), some perimeter LED rope lighting, a working traffic signal, I also restored a crosswalk sign (this is going...

A few years ago I built my 24' x 24' garage out in my backyard so I could keep my '51 Ford back there in the winter months. I'd work on the old girl while the snow fell and in the summer I would keep her up in the single car (attached) garage (see pic) for easy access. It was the perfect plan...

When we set out to build the new garage out back two years ago, the idea was to free up our single car garage (which was used as a small shop) so I could park my '51 Ford F1 in it for the summer and store it in the new garage during the winter (also a handy place to do some work on it). The plan...

I started my garage project at the end of last summer. We have a 10' x 16' minibarn that we moved from one end of the yard to another end (still a great storage shed, can't have enough storage). We cleared the area for our 24' x 24' garage project. Once we cut down all the trees and grinded down...

I've been a big fan of the Garage Journal forum but haven't posted yet. I started building a 24' x 24' garage last Fall and I'm making some great progress. I have a series of photos posted on my website here. I've been heating the garage (while we drywall) with a G73 240v electric heater. It...