craquer
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Thought I would post some pictures of the simple progress with our narrow 2-car suburban garage; it is 17'6" wide by 20' deep, with a 7'x4' "nook" at the back.
New from the builder they insulate and drywall with one coat of mud:
Next up I finished the drywall (that took a long time, no experience), painted the walls with exterior grade basic white, built a storage shelf in the back right corner, then I used some cheap floor paint as I've no experience/skill in what I really wanted to do, porcelain tiles:
Despite 17'6" wide I was able to fit in two cars, with the KTM and the Ariens tucked in behind the vehicle on the left. There's enough space to leave the two vehicles where they are and pull the blower out when there's a snowstorm.
Next was painting the exposed footings flat black, and the door trim etc. I had an unstable Canadian Tire L-shaped workbench in the nook and wanted to replace that:
I couldn't find anything I liked in-store or online so I set about building a sturdy L-shaped one from scratch, 2x4 construction, two layers of 3/4" plywood on top:
Painted it flat black to match however I stained and poly'd the top layer of 3/4":
Next up was adding some vertical storage in the back of the nook:
The last thing I've done was add in some detailing supplies shelves in the same colour scheme on the right-hand side (these have some cheap strapping now as rails so that the detailing bottles stay where they are supposed to):
I added in a Ranger QuickJack BL-7000SLX but rarely use it:
New from the builder they insulate and drywall with one coat of mud:
Next up I finished the drywall (that took a long time, no experience), painted the walls with exterior grade basic white, built a storage shelf in the back right corner, then I used some cheap floor paint as I've no experience/skill in what I really wanted to do, porcelain tiles:
Despite 17'6" wide I was able to fit in two cars, with the KTM and the Ariens tucked in behind the vehicle on the left. There's enough space to leave the two vehicles where they are and pull the blower out when there's a snowstorm.
Next was painting the exposed footings flat black, and the door trim etc. I had an unstable Canadian Tire L-shaped workbench in the nook and wanted to replace that:
I couldn't find anything I liked in-store or online so I set about building a sturdy L-shaped one from scratch, 2x4 construction, two layers of 3/4" plywood on top:
Painted it flat black to match however I stained and poly'd the top layer of 3/4":
Next up was adding some vertical storage in the back of the nook:
The last thing I've done was add in some detailing supplies shelves in the same colour scheme on the right-hand side (these have some cheap strapping now as rails so that the detailing bottles stay where they are supposed to):
I added in a Ranger QuickJack BL-7000SLX but rarely use it: