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LoanRebel

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I have been lurking for quite a while and sometimes just spend hours drooling. Some of you guys have incredible imaginations & have to have days with more than 24 hours in them.
I am self employed & business isn't great. I also have 2 little kids, my oldest just turned 3. So needless to say money is VERY tight. However I need to do something about my garage. It is about 20' wide by 24' deep. I rebuilt it, it was an old carriage house. i live in a part of NY where 50' X 100' property is the norm bigger is impossible & if you find it is unaffordable to us normal guys.
So when i rebuilt it I stretched what i could without drawing to much attention or too many additional taxes.... so the garage is what it is, but the interior can still go a long way.
So my wife & kids get to park in the garage & i have my bikes in there, it's a two car but .... this is what we put in it. I want it more utilitarian... I need it to be more useful. We do use it for minor repairs, detailing.
It's lacking more storage, better lighting, i'd like to start restoring my lincoln in it without making a mess.

I figured i would put the picks out there & see what suggestions you guys came up with.
I have 2 gladiator work benches(6' & 8') great products but expensive, a gladiator tall locker & my tool box, the cabinets i put together from old laminate we had laying around.

I feel like i am rambling ...lets see some pics.
so if anybody has any ideas or some free upgrades... because thats my budget, let me know!!!
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tstukel

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...lets see some pics.
so if anybody has any ideas or some free upgrades... because thats my budget, let me know!!!
Loanrebel

The one area where you can almost always find some unused storage space is up near the ceiling. I used inexpensive metal strap wrapped over the joists along with cheap wire shelving and plastic bins to take advantage of this space. This arrangement doesn't impinge on parking space if you keep the bottom shelves above the top of the car. I did the same thing in my old 2 1/2-car garage with 8' ceilings and was able to park 3 cars in there.

Looks to me like you have a lot of space for shelving/storage along your walls near the ceiling.

Here's what mine look like.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25332078@N07/4017462007/" title="After_6 by tstukel, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4017462007_75a6e03acf_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="After_6" /></a>
 

rickairmedic

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Rebel your best bet for free or almost free storage that looks great is craigslist . I have a Huge drawer unit I got for free off of craigslist as well as a huge number of Geneva Metal Kitchen cabinets also free off of craigslist ( I put an add in the wanted section for the metal kitchen cabinets. The only thing I have done is sand them down and shoot them with Ford blue tractor and implement paint . I might have $100 invested in all of it including the countertops which are made from 2X6's with plywood over that. Heres some pics of my garage transformation ( which still isnt finished LOL and probably never will be ) .

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9084&highlight=houston+problem


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LoanRebel

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thanks for the idea, tstukel... we have plenty of wire shelving laying around... i was just looking at your garage... good work!!!
 
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LoanRebel

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thanks for the advice rick... I will try craigslist. A lot of scams on craigslist in my neck of the woods. Love the Ford blue!!!
 

Daniel Dudley

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Love the Garage, and the Continental.

Hang in there.

All things come to he who waits. Just keep an eye out for the bargains.
 
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LoanRebel

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thanks Dan,
I bought the lincoln when i found out my wife was prego with our first...Thought i had a five year plan... he just turned 3. So i do a little on the garage getting ready.
thanks for the kind words
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LoanRebel

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i have done so much to this garage it is so different...
I have to post some updated pics!!
i just recently got some free vintage metal cabinets, one is a motorcraft & the others are Neihoff tune up cabinets... will have to post those pics too
 
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rickycobra

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If you can wait until after Christmas target puts all their home storage stuff on sale that is the time to buy.
 

JMURiz

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I like storage with doors on it (out of sight, out of mind) for mine...22x24. Helps keep things looking neat and tidy when the doors are closed...only hiding the chaos behind those doors.

Funny, I'm in the same lot-size as you and everyone thinks my garage is the largest thing they've ever seen. I love seeing garages that are normal in size.
 
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LoanRebel

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these are some of the pics when we were rebuilding...
I have to take some updated pics . to show what it looks like now. The first pictures i posted were after these.
 

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