First home and garage!

[M-EGT]

Hey all, just last month I bought my first house with my wife.
There were two must haves, a garage and a pool.
The house was built in 1967 and it has a (what turns out to be) fairly small garage.
It measures 19.5'' long 23'' wide (but in terms of park-able space there is less width).

I have a 1967 Buick Electra that is 18.6'' long... so needless to say its a tight squeeze.
Now, my logic was that a house built in 1967 should be able to handle a car also built in the same year, but not so much!

pics coming soon

 

[kyle butler]

Congratulations on the home + garage!. Looking fwd to seeing some pics

 

[M-EGT]

It's been a while but I finally have a picture.
Also note that we had to get rid of the Buick so there is plenty of room now.

Still a bit of junk in there, but the house did come with the pegboard wall so thats a help. We'll add another shelf in there too for some more space.

 

[1949 caddyman]

Welcome from Mesa.

 

[j p smith]

West Phoenix here, what part of town are you locating to?

 

[M-EGT]

Right on the boarder of Glendale. Near 43rd ave

 

[Colin Len]

Congrats! In regard to garage size, it definitely seems they are bigger nowadays. My garage was built in 1942 and is a measly 18'x20'

Check out craigslist for deals on cabinets, shelving units...etc I've managed to get a lot of stuff free/cheap for my garage so far. Not as fancy as many others here but ya gotta start somewhere.

Good luck with all your garage projects

 

[M-EGT]

Thanks guys.
So far the only thing we've done is had our neighbor install these shop lights (huge help, there was a single bulb in there before) and this sweet light up light switch haha (which I found used for $1. Didn't even know if lit up until I put it in)

 

[q20v]

That's a good sized space, congrats! What are your plans for it?

 

[M-EGT]

That's a good sized space, congrats! What are your plans for it?

Well now that I don't have that super long Buick I want to put a work bench under that shelf. I need a spot to do that kind of thing. Then with a bench I can attach my vise

 

[q20v]

It will certainly be nice and bright in that corner with the window. I have a window in my garage as well, above a bench, and I love the natural light it provides.

 

[M-EGT]

It will certainly be nice and bright in that corner with the window. I have a window in my garage as well, above a bench, and I love the natural light it provides.

The windows are nice, but I really need to put some screen on them so I can open them up without insects or anything - and it would add some sun protection.
Ideally, I would put in some sky lights.

 

[M-EGT]

update:
decided to paint the pegboard white.
It was brown and stained, as you can see in the first pic.
painted it white with spray paint - didn't do a great, job, lots of running paint, but its better than it was before!

I think it looks tons better than it did.