Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT DarrenDriven's Portland Man Cave

[DarrenDriven]

Bought my house a few years ago as a foreclosure. I'm four miles east of downtown Portland, and to find a house in the city with a shop like this is nearly impossible. In fact, I bought the house because of the shop, and now I am renovating the house from the ground up.


What it looked like when I bought it:





...and how it ended:

 

[mechanix311]

What a cool place. Looks like it took alot of work to get it that way. Keep it up

 

[mechanix311]

Do you just wiggle the cars around in the shop to get them on the lift?

 

[madoc1]

nice work on the house and shop!

jim

 

[CombatNinja]

How did you do the wall art? Vinyl? Projected and 'traced' on the wall? You may have inspired my next project...

 

[GBsnoopy]

Really liking the transformation and the finished look of it joined to the house.

 

[JustinS]

Connecting that shop to the house was a really smart decision, looks fantastic.

 

[Sunbimmer]

Wow man that looks great inside and outside

Thanks for sharing and welcome to the GJ.

 

[Marvin Thighblaster]

Wow that looks awesome. How high are the eaves? What's the floorspace?

 

[sean Buick 76]

Very cool, good work!

 

[DarrenDriven]

Wow! I didn't expect such a healthy response! Thanks to everyone for the compliments!

Do you just wiggle the cars around in the shop to get them on the lift?

Yeah, kinda. I installed the lift in the back so I could work on projects while still using the main part of the garage for parking. I think I might move the lift into one of the main bays in the future, to make it easier to throw cars up.

How did you do the wall art? Vinyl? Projected and 'traced' on the wall? You may have inspired my next project...

Went to Deviant Art to find some cool drawings I liked, the projected the art, penciled it in and then painted it. Made a timelapse... looks SO pro since you can't see the pencil lines haha!

Wow that looks awesome. How high are the eaves? What's the floorspace?

12' to the rafters, 25' deep and 35' wide. Not a giant shop, but makes a great man cave.

 

[dubber]

Wow! you really won the home lottery. Great catch and nice job fixing it up as well.

 

[Viper98912]

Wow, what an amazing difference. At first it looked just like an old house and shop, and now it looks like a new, modern place. Joining both, plus the color choices, doors, and landscaping make it look very very nice.

 

[ripper70]

Nice garage. Im having some old cars and flames air brushed in the black stripe going around my shop soon. Nice to see Oregonians on here Welcome aboard!

 

[kyle@hcb]

Wow! Very jealous. Nice space dude.

 

[55cadillacking]

I like the cut of your jib, Darren. Very cool space. Then again, isn't everything in Portland cool?

 

[Jay Sco]

Great space, especially like the wall art! Looks like you have some fun projects as well.

 

[mechanix311]

I would have done the same thing with the lift. wise choice to still utilize the garage for its intended purpose.

 

[coma13]

Very cool! That is a definite score for close in Southeast. I'm probably going to be buying and building a garage in Portland very soon so I'm excited to see other GarageJournalers in the area.

 

[HSpencer]

Nice place. I like the way the garage ties in with the house. The shop is good looking inside with your decor. It looks real comfortable to work in. Great bikes, cars and tools in your thread!! Thanks for posting.

Best Regards
Herb Spencer

 

[Vertigo Cycles]

Great score. I've been looking for a house with a space like that for a few years here in SE with little luck.

 

[double-z]

very cool.
nice to see some 'imports.'
more pics...?

 

[thetastelingers]

sweet start! I dig the mural on the wall!!!

 

[TiFJ]

Awesome garage! My wife and I really like Portland (and the rest of Oregon too!).

 

[DarrenDriven]

I finally sold this house after owning it for about a decade. Moved into a temporary rental that had almost no garage, and since I didn't know if my next place would have a shop I sold a bunch of stuff. Welp... just recently got into the new place and it has a BIGGER shop! Starting from nearly scratch, with the exception of a few toolboxes. Gonna start a new topic!