Finishing my garage

Square2.0 · Apr 18, 2011

I know there is all ready many pages of people saying how amazing your garage looks but I had to post.

I love every sq ft of your garage. The car, the garage.... both amazing.

I will also be doing the inclosed shelving along the top of the wall.

XcYZ · Apr 18, 2011

keepup said:
Scott,

Your garage has been a huge inspiration for me. Take a look:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95555

Awesome. Looks great! :beer:

dalepres said:
When I first started reading this thread, looking at the "before" pictures, I was thinking I was going to have to sue for foster care of that beautiful car for failure to provide it a worthy home. I see you've rectified the situation. Great job on both projects.

lol, yeah, the garage was totally neglected when I was building the car. I didn't want to divide my focus, so it was all car, then all shop.

Square2.0 said:
I know there is all ready many pages of people saying how amazing your garage looks but I had to post.

I love every sq ft of your garage. The car, the garage.... both amazing.

I will also be doing the inclosed shelving along the top of the wall.

Thanks! I appreciate the kind words. :thumbup:

XcYZ · Jul 29, 2011

A huge thanks to everyone at Meredith, the publishers of WOOD and BH&G magazines for selecting my little garage for the cover of their annual Great Garage Makeover magazine. It was a lot of fun working with them.

Getting on the cover is great, but getting to share it with my son is awesome.

Cobra_Bob · Jul 29, 2011

congratulations. Great work!!! Great car too.

Bob

billscamaros · Jul 30, 2011

Congratulations!! I saw this issue yesterday at Home Depot and recognized your garage on the cover ....... so I bought it. A bonus was that Jack's "12 Gauge Garage" is also in the same issue.

Jack Olsen · Jul 30, 2011

It's a great picture.

Also a great article and, well, a great garage. :beer:

UncleJoe · Jul 30, 2011

Frame it. That is really a memory and think of the lessons you have already taught him

Wingnut65 · Jul 30, 2011

Just picked mine up today. Congrats on making the cover! Nice article and spread!

rustbucket49 · Aug 8, 2011

Amazing job. The shelves are sweet.

couchmechanic · Aug 9, 2011

What did you do to the garage door to make it look so finished? Is it insulation?
Entire job = Outstanding

XcYZ · Aug 10, 2011

Thanks guys. :beer:

couchmechanic said:
What did you do to the garage door to make it look so finished? Is it insulation?
Entire job = Outstanding

It's an insulated garage door. There are definitely nicer ones on the market, I went with one that was about in the middle of the road for cost/performance.

D Force · Aug 18, 2011

Scott, my family moved to an old house that we had renovated. Fortunately I got permission to add a garage. I've been wanting to fix up the garage, but the house has taken the priority for the last 18 months. Finally, the wife, has given me the go ahead to start on my garage. So, we're in the checkout at Lowes (getting more stuff for the house...not the garage), and my wife points out a magazine and says "that's a nice garage, you should do yours like that!" I laugh and tell her "I 'know' that garage and have been studying it for two years." When I get home I show her one of the two pictures I have tacked up on my garage for inspiration. She just shakes her head. It's a small garage world. Thanks for your great work and post here. Congrats on the article. I don't think I know anyone who has been on the front of at least two different magazines...except maybe Jack (Saw him in Popular Mechanics.)

XcYZ · Aug 21, 2011

D Force said:
Scott, my family moved to an old house that we had renovated. Fortunately I got permission to add a garage. I've been wanting to fix up the garage, but the house has taken the priority for the last 18 months. Finally, the wife, has given me the go ahead to start on my garage. So, we're in the checkout at Lowes (getting more stuff for the house...not the garage), and my wife points out a magazine and says "that's a nice garage, you should do yours like that!" I laugh and tell her "I 'know' that garage and have been studying it for two years." When I get home I show her one of the two pictures I have tacked up on my garage for inspiration. She just shakes her head. It's a small garage world. Thanks for your great work and post here. Congrats on the article. I don't think I know anyone who has been on the front of at least two different magazines...except maybe Jack (Saw him in Popular Mechanics.)

That's really cool, it is a small garage world. :thumbup:

So when are you getting started on yours? :beer:

Brentocool · Aug 21, 2011

Very nice.

kdmckin · Aug 22, 2011

Your Garage was a big inspiration for my garage, not so much all the detail as i picked different flooring/colors, I just wanted to make sure the end result looked as clean and put together as yours. I with I would have had more room along the sides to add extra work benches and more upper cabniets but I guess we work with what we have.

http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114373
Awesome garage! :bowdown:

Rezarf · Aug 22, 2011

Very very nice bud.

marcovgv · Sep 14, 2011

hey XcYZ, just finished my garage and im ashamed to say that i copied your ideas and colors as much as possible. ill post up a pic next week. i just finished installing my cabinets ad need to organize a bit before its picture ready! thanks for the Template lol. very good design..

marcovgv · Sep 14, 2011

where did you buy the t8 light fixtures? im not to keen about the ones i saw at home depot.

XcYZ · Sep 14, 2011

Thanks again, guys. :beer:

marcovgv said:
hey XcYZ, just finished my garage and im ashamed to say that i copied your ideas and colors as much as possible. ill post up a pic next week. i just finished installing my cabinets ad need to organize a bit before its picture ready! thanks for the Template lol. very good design..

Nice. Post up some pics. :thumbup:

marcovgv said:
where did you buy the t8 light fixtures? im not to keen about the ones i saw at home depot.

I got them at Menards. I'm sure there might be better ones, but for the money, I really can't complain. And the T8's are soooo much nicer than T12's.

FRENCHBLUE72 · Sep 23, 2011

Awesome car killer garage...

egads74 · Oct 13, 2011

Nice garage... I am looking to have a slab poured for a garage and like the look of the slab on page 1 here. What is the proper terminology to describe that cement look/finish? How is that done? Is it troweled to that smooth look?
That car is awesome. Great job.

GT500 P71 · Oct 14, 2011

By far my favorite garage build on here. Fantastic job!

Between the look, the functionality, and the car, you have made me very garage envious... well done!

I may be making a 3 1/2 car version of your garage in the near future...

silverdub · Oct 14, 2011

simply perfect! i saved quite a few pics that went right in my folder called inspiration that will help me do up mine! once again, amazing!!!

Jams4j · Oct 25, 2011

Awesome garage!! I totally stole your soffit cabinet and speaker idea too..

Check it out: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122006

Thanks

CULLY · Oct 25, 2011

I just read through 18 pages of this garage/Camaro build and I am flat out impressed. Nice job on both great use of space! Nice to see someone close to home also, I am from LaCrosse, Wi. and a huge Camaro fan myself. Currently building my fifth gen Camaro into my dream car because the 1st gens are just to hard to find and afford. May have to pick your brain a bit, a friend is resto modding a 69 Firebird right now in LaCrosse and may be installing an LS powerplant as well. Keep up the good work and I will be looking forward to more posts.

XcYZ · Oct 27, 2011

Glad you guys found my ideas useful. :beer:

CULLY said:
I just read through 18 pages of this garage/Camaro build and I am flat out impressed. Nice job on both great use of space! Nice to see someone close to home also, I am from LaCrosse, Wi. and a huge Camaro fan myself. Currently building my fifth gen Camaro into my dream car because the 1st gens are just to hard to find and afford. May have to pick your brain a bit, a friend is resto modding a 69 Firebird right now in LaCrosse and may be installing an LS powerplant as well. Keep up the good work and I will be looking forward to more posts.

Cool, another LS conversion. It's the only way to go. I'll never put another dinosaur small block or big block in another car. :thumbup:

If you have questions about the swap, shoot me a PM. Your friend has a lot of options these days.

jpbrowni1 · Oct 28, 2011

XcYZ - love the ride and the shop! I do have a few questions on your soffit shelves. How did you anchor these into the stids and rafters - screws or lag bolts? Also - did you sheetrock the front face of the 2x6's - I cannot tell from the photos. Thanks!

camarotoolman · Oct 28, 2011

You win, your gargage and your 69 camaro are nicer than mine. I bet i have more tools!

HIRISC · Nov 15, 2011

Scott - get that POS red thing out of your garage (I have a home for it)

XcYZ · Nov 17, 2011

HIRISC said:
Scott - get that POS red thing out of your garage (I have a home for it)

lol, sure you have room?

Woffski · Nov 17, 2011

Awesome!! The Camaro is also Sweet!!!

scarsia · Nov 17, 2011

wow! nice garage.. thanks for sharing the photos.. i love your camaro dude... what year was it?

HIRISC · Nov 19, 2011

XcYZ said:
lol, sure you have room?

Always!

sloci · Dec 5, 2011

This needs a bump, and I should be breaking ground for my 24x24 garage this spring! Could you show a picture with 2 cars in at the same time? I'm just curious on clearance. Beautiful garage and if I could copy any garage, it would be yours.

erlomd · Dec 27, 2011

good lord thats cool....all you need now is a couch

Done Deal DR · Dec 29, 2011

Stumbled upon this when Googling images for design inspiration for my garage and couldn't help but read this thread from start to finish. Impeccable, from concept to reality. One thing that really struck me was that your garage looked huge, I thought it was a deep 3 car. I have a somewhat shallow 3 car so hopefully I can use the space and design it half as well as you have. :lol:

I unfortunately don't have room to rip off your soffit cabinets as the garage door rails are in the way, but I'll be going for your clean style. :thumbup:

XcYZ · Jan 10, 2012

erlomd said:
good lord thats cool....all you need now is a couch

On wheels, of course.

Done Deal DR said:
Stumbled upon this when Googling images for design inspiration for my garage and couldn't help but read this thread from start to finish. Impeccable, from concept to reality. One thing that really struck me was that your garage looked huge, I thought it was a deep 3 car. I have a somewhat shallow 3 car so hopefully I can use the space and design it half as well as you have.

I unfortunately don't have room to rip off your soffit cabinets as the garage door rails are in the way, but I'll be going for your clean style.

Thanks. Glad you found my ideas useful. The pics make the garage look huge as I have a wide angle lens. :thumbup:

dare23 · Feb 6, 2012

Beautiful garage and even more beautiful car. Fantastic!

Jay_mc1 · Feb 7, 2012

This is truly an amazingly beautiful garage. It has been the inspiration for my garage and given me many great ideas. I want to do the soffit storage next. Thank you for the great thread.

Jim Richards · Feb 7, 2012

Great garage, Scott. The car's not too bad, either.

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