tjpavlov
Well-known member
Hi everybody,
I have been going through all of the forums over the last few months and am just amazed at what all of you have done with your spaces.
Here is my situation:
I am a new homeowner with a 28x24 garage in New England. The garage is used for our daily drivers, so that involves coming in the garage wet and sometimes with snow. Many of the garages that I see on here are almost like showrooms or museums. I don't think that would work for me, but I would love to keep a clean space for sure.
My wife and I have one kid with another on the way, so we have a storage need for more than just car stuff. Along one of the 28 foot walls, I have put up a ton of Rubbermaid Fasttracks that I bought at Costco on clearance (amazing deal). That holds most of our strollers, and yard equipment. I like that it keeps that stuff tight against the walls so that we aren't losing space in which to open our doors.
I have about 6-8 feet in front of the cars that is currently mostly unused. I bought some great powder coated shelving for the backwall, but am not committed to it. We have about 12 foot ceilings, so although the shelving is great for now, there seems to be a lot of wasted space above it. But I also wonder how useful shelving is that is ten feet off the ground. I also have to keep some floorspace for my self-propelled mower and a snow thrower.
I do some car work, but not on the level of many of you. I would love to start doing more with my cars going forward.
So my question to everybody is what are the essential elements of a well-planned garage? I can see that I need some sort of workbench and a tool cabinet just to clean things up.
I was also thinking of buying some wall cabinets for the space. By me, it is not too hard to find old 60s metal kitchen cabinets. I was thinking of getting some and throwing them up on the walls. I also think that it would be handy to add a sink, but I am going to check with a buddy who is a plumber on whether I can do it with our cold winters.
But other than that, what should I be planning on doing? Any thoughts and advice would be most appreciated!
I have been going through all of the forums over the last few months and am just amazed at what all of you have done with your spaces.
Here is my situation:
I am a new homeowner with a 28x24 garage in New England. The garage is used for our daily drivers, so that involves coming in the garage wet and sometimes with snow. Many of the garages that I see on here are almost like showrooms or museums. I don't think that would work for me, but I would love to keep a clean space for sure.
My wife and I have one kid with another on the way, so we have a storage need for more than just car stuff. Along one of the 28 foot walls, I have put up a ton of Rubbermaid Fasttracks that I bought at Costco on clearance (amazing deal). That holds most of our strollers, and yard equipment. I like that it keeps that stuff tight against the walls so that we aren't losing space in which to open our doors.
I have about 6-8 feet in front of the cars that is currently mostly unused. I bought some great powder coated shelving for the backwall, but am not committed to it. We have about 12 foot ceilings, so although the shelving is great for now, there seems to be a lot of wasted space above it. But I also wonder how useful shelving is that is ten feet off the ground. I also have to keep some floorspace for my self-propelled mower and a snow thrower.
I do some car work, but not on the level of many of you. I would love to start doing more with my cars going forward.
So my question to everybody is what are the essential elements of a well-planned garage? I can see that I need some sort of workbench and a tool cabinet just to clean things up.
I was also thinking of buying some wall cabinets for the space. By me, it is not too hard to find old 60s metal kitchen cabinets. I was thinking of getting some and throwing them up on the walls. I also think that it would be handy to add a sink, but I am going to check with a buddy who is a plumber on whether I can do it with our cold winters.
But other than that, what should I be planning on doing? Any thoughts and advice would be most appreciated!
