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good info in here. does anyone have any plans or suggestions on where I could get started building my own?

Yes, I have become aware of this. I am planning on correcting the problem as soon as possible. Its a "serious safety concern" if something in my garage spontaneously bursts into flames. I'm intelligent about what I store in the garage, and the work that I do out there.

finished the lights today I also removed one of the sketchy shelves. From the street I'm still planning on hanging two lights above the rear of the cars, that will be on a separate circuit.

started hanging lights today, going to get more wire and conduit parts tomorrow to finish.

I do more engine work than anything, so I'm going to take your suggestion and rotate the lights so that the long side faces the cars. Three lights above the front of the cars, with the outside lights at least 2' off the wall to leave me some space for hanging cabinets/storage. Then two lights...

I picked up more fixtures last weekend, thinking of installing 3 above the front of the cars, and 2 above the rear. Too much? Not enough? Thoughts? Here's a super basic drawing of where I'm thinking about putting all the lights. The dark lines are lights. Does that make any sense?

Thanks. Spent some time hanging lights today. Two, 4' two bulb T8 fixtures from Lowes. Before: Middle: After: Let there be light! For general lighting of the workbench area, those are going to be great. I might hang some additional lights above the workbench itself for...

I had a death in the family so I was out of town for a bit. I'm back now and I picked up some light fixtures. I'm going to start hanging them this weekend. I'll update with some pictures along the way.

I think moving the plumbing and relocating the softener would be more trouble than its worth. Plus with the lower ceiling in the understairs storage I dont know how difficult it would be to add salt. Last night I was doing some thinking, what if I did the soffit storage like we talked about...

Unfortuantely I wouldn't be able to do that because my water softener and tank are right next to the heater. The only think I could do is box them in and build storage above the softener, which I'm not opposed to but it would be more for hiding the softener than anything else. I also have a...

well, i'm going to start by cleaning everything up as best as i can.

i wonder if it would be possible to suspend the large ladder above the garage door, like this

Cool, I appreciate the example and the tips. As far as lighting is concerned, how many and what type of fixtures would you guys recommend? I dont have easy access to the area above the garage so I was planning on using conduit.

That's a cool idea

As far as implementation goes, what should I do first? Clean/Organize Electrical/Lights Cabinets/Storage Paint Floor In that order?

Thanks for the link! I really like that design. I may just lift my compressor into that room and see how bad the noise is w/o any change and then go from there. I'm also considering using black cloth to hide the items below my work bench, sort of like this

I was also thinking of building some sort of cabinets for this corner Also, the wall next to the door to the house that has the small bench on it has a bathroom on the other side. I'd really like to tap into the plumbing and install a sink there.

this kind of storage? http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65557&highlight=soffit+storage

I like the compressor room idea under the stairs. I wonder if the insulation in there would be sufficient to prevent too much noise in the house. i've got a small compressor now, might as well give it a shot. I'm interested in the soffit storage system you're talking about, any links?

Yeah, the over car shelf has to go. I've put a few light items up there, but I dont trust it very much. I'd like to rip it down and build something more secure and capable of more weight.