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    Paint PVC pipes to make them interesting?

    I have a pair of 4" PVC pipes in the corner of my garage. One for the dryer and one for waste water. Has anyone painted PVC or somehow used exposed pipes as a canvas rather than try to hide them? I was thinking painting them bright red or bright green and adding nuclear symbols on them to make...
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    Custom paper towel holder?

    I've been looking for a unique paper towel holder everywhere and so far I haven't found anything that was garage related. Anyone have a custom holder or seen one that wasn't dull? Something like a piston as the base mount or......?
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    What the heck is this?

    Anyone know what this tool is/was?
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    Repurposed old windows

    I found a guy on Craigslist selling old wooden windows with multiple glass panes. I've been wanting to try to repurpose something like this for a while so I picked them up and sized them up for what I wanted to do with them. The two lower sashes I decided to turn into picture frames. Each...
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    Build a wall in rear of garage? Tips please.

    I'm ready to frame up a wall in the rear of our garage and I've got a few easy questions (I think). 1. Is there a reason they wouldn't have framed a wall against poured concrete against a wall that is underground? I don't plan to insulate the wall, I just need something to attach cabinets to...
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    English garage decor

    I was born in England and I'd love to have something in my garage to represent that. Does anyone have anything like this? Double decker bus service sign or something? Not sure what's out there....
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    Brad nailer or finish nailer?

    I'm finally going to add a porter cable pancake compressor to my garage. Along with it I'll get either a brad nailer or a finish nailer. I'll be doing light work with it. Maybe baseboard, building a few garage cabinets, etc. one is 16 gauge, the other 18 gauge. Any reason to choose one over the...
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    How to properly stud out wall in garage?

    Our garage has a poured concrete wall at the opposite end of the garage doors. One side is attached to the house and is stud and drywall, the ceiling is drywalled and 1/2 of the other wall is drywalled and the lower part is poured concrete. I'd like to hang cabinets on the tall wall that's just...
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    Build your own garage cabinet/workbench?

    I've been looking around at garage cabinets and used kitchen cabinets for two months now. Nothing is either in my budget or suits my needs. So, I've been toying with the idea of building a 6 foot wide 2 foot deep 3 foot tall cabinet with a work surface on top. I planned to build the frame...
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    My soon to be under house 2 car garage

    We're buying a new house that has a 2 car slightly oversized garage underneath. Even though move-in day is a little less than a month away, already I'm starting to plan what I want to do in there. Ceilings are 9 feet I believe. Goals: Clean as possible. This isn't a workshop, more of a small...
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