This guy's home garage...home to my BMW's

budmanm3 · Sep 23, 2014

Long time fan of the site, first time posting my own thread. Mostly I have just been lurking checking out the numerous bad *** garages on here.

So after almost 4 years of home ownership, I have finally gotten around to my garage. Nothing like a little procrastination..

Nothing special but a decent 2 car 20 x 20 in size.

Here is how it all started the day we got the keys. All this **** left by the previous owners.

Bear with me while I post the transformation :beer:

budmanm3 · Sep 23, 2014

So the night we moved in, I cleaned up all his junk. Removed the shelves off the walls and threw a fresh coat of kilz on the walls to clean it up.

budmanm3 · Sep 23, 2014

I moved a bunch of stuff in there, added a few free standing shelves to hold my junk, and parked my cars in there..

Said cars..

budmanm3 · Sep 23, 2014

This was all in 2010 so.. fast forward to 2014.

Yea life happened..

First things first. Water heater took a ****, so replaced that with a new one..

budmanm3 · Sep 23, 2014

Then.. boom, I decided it was time.. Since the beginning I have had this drawing my wife made and some color samples I had chosen and hung on the wall in 2010 that had my basic plans for the space.

budmanm3 · Sep 23, 2014

After clearing the garage out and parking the cars outside, I began to paint.. design inspired by a thread I saw on here back in the day..

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83756

:rocker:

budmanm3 · Sep 23, 2014

Ordered some custom flake for the floors, once those arrived, I began the epoxy process.. clean, dry, etch, clean, dry, paint, flake, dry, clear, dry..wait wait wait.. etc..

After a couple days it looked great. Even manage to preserve a mosquito.. *******

budmanm3 · Sep 23, 2014

In the mean time while paint was drying, I spent many hours assembling my new Gladiator cabinets. It was an exhausting process. But I got them all done and once the floors had dried, I moved them in..

ABSTIFFGS · Sep 23, 2014

Looking very nice

KristianS · Sep 23, 2014

Wow that's a nice clean setup. Subscribed for sure

budmanm3 · Sep 23, 2014

Purchased some more wall organizing stuff, and tried to find a place for most things.

I think it worked out well, and may add more in the near future. I have the space above the tool chest open, that ill probably get the gladiator cabinets to match, but I have time to decide. So that is it.. from concept to finish.

Hope you enjoyed my little project. :hellobye:

Mpower5266 · Sep 23, 2014

Nice job and even nicer rides. I can't wait to see more.

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budmanm3 · Sep 23, 2014

Thanks guys. . Next up will be changing the lighting too.. Got to research my best options for that first though.

taumac · Sep 23, 2014

Sweet rides. Wow Nice paint, floor, and cabinets.

5 Stitches Garage
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=211899
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http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=117

BHR4CE1 · Sep 24, 2014

Love the Bimmers. I have a few of my own!!!!!!!

1/2 Cup · Sep 24, 2014

Well executed and thanks for posting. :thumbup:

Regards

ajohno · Sep 24, 2014

Fantastic job. Thanks for sharing.

farrbar · Sep 24, 2014

I like the color scheme on the walls. Looks nice.

Xporter · Sep 24, 2014

Looking good.

dubber · Sep 24, 2014

Really nice job with your transformation. And i love your selection of vehicles, pretty much perfect.

psychorugby · Sep 24, 2014

Love the garage, and the rides! Where in FL are you?

mfatuation · Sep 24, 2014

Your garage looks great! Love the stable as well!

coykiam · Sep 24, 2014

looks good! loving the paint scheme

55cadillacking · Sep 24, 2014

The "Garage World" welcomes you! Your place looks great.

budmanm3 · Sep 24, 2014

Thanks guys.. ive always knew my plan, just took my baby coming to give me the push to get it done

Psyco Im down in South Fl, Miami area

budmanm3 · Sep 30, 2014

Added some greenery in the form of a fake plant my wife moved from the house [emoji13]

GSEninja · Sep 30, 2014

haha, that plant is awesome... my wife did the same thing in my garage

btw, love the red flake in the floor.. havent seen that one yet.. gorgeous

cwd240z · Sep 30, 2014

Nice looking garage! Love the wheels on the M3, what are they off of?

Wuaname · Sep 30, 2014

Nice work

budmanm3 · Oct 1, 2014

cwd240z said:
Nice looking garage! Love the wheels on the M3, what are they off of?

They are just replicas of the M6 wheels.. all silver version which was a limited run the company i bought them from

budmanm3 · Oct 1, 2014

GSEninja said:
haha, that plant is awesome... my wife did the same thing in my garage

btw, love the red flake in the floor.. havent seen that one yet.. gorgeous

Yeah i wanted something that was unique, and not the colors that came with the kit from the store.. i ordered them here and opted for the smaller flakes so it was a lot easier to spread and looks great

http://www.originalcolorchips.com/color_chips.html

dubber · Oct 1, 2014

budmanm3 said:
Added some greenery in the form of a fake plant my wife moved from the house [emoji13]

And just one more move to the end of the driveway :lol_hitti

Sunbimmer · Oct 1, 2014

dubber said:
And just one more move to the end of the driveway

Yeah about that plant :headscrat

.......

budmanm3 · Oct 1, 2014

Lol it's staying until junk day..

Sunbimmer · Oct 1, 2014

budmanm3 said:
Lol it's staying until junk day..

That's a relief :lol:

dubber · Oct 1, 2014

budmanm3 said:
Lol it's staying until junk day..

Good man. My wife knows there's no point for her to even temporarily leave something in the garage.

G20-Budo · Oct 8, 2014

budman,

Great job on your garage! I like it all, from the paint, floor, flakes, cabinets, and of course your sweet BMW rides! Oh, and that's a sweet water heater! :thumbup:

P.S. nice job getting that mosquito (be was a fatty..).

budmanm3 · Oct 14, 2014

G20-Budo said:
budman,

Great job on your garage! I like it all, from the paint, floor, flakes, cabinets, and of course your sweet BMW rides! Oh, and that's a sweet water heater!

P.S. nice job getting that mosquito (be was a fatty..).

Thanks man.. It's nice to have the room done. At least 90% of way done.. still a few more things I want to do, just wont be anytime soon.

I did swap out the lightbulb in the garage door for a new Phillips flat LED, 800 Lumens, puts out a lot of light for one bulb.

G20-Budo · Oct 14, 2014

Lighting is important. I'm still a bit challenged on lighting in my garage. Still got the plant?

Madhatter10-6 · Oct 14, 2014

Awesome progress sir....love the look of the cabinets. And of course nice BMW's

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