Garage color

[Escalade132]

Just wondering what color to paint my new garage? Anyone have a great color they love or just paint it beige or gray?

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[hockey88fan]

I'm assuming inside? White

 

[Jack Olsen]

Light colors reflect light better. So if you're working in there, you'll want a white ceiling and light-colored walls. Some people put a darker shade down below a belt line, sometimes with a color stripe at the junction point.

My walls are a kind of tan and my cabinets are all green, which gives my little garage an unusual look.

 

[regguy1]

Conventional colors done a bit differently:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140674

 

[Kevin54]

Do a search through the Garage Gallery. There are as many different opinions as there are minutes in a day. Everyones taste varies.



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[Gary S]

Outside...make it match the house.
Inside...white....is there any other color?

 

[Falcon67]

I was all set to prime and paint the inside. I do like the warm color of wood - always have. Once I got a bunch of OSB on the walls and started covering most of it with shelving, cabinets, tool boxes, peg board, etc - I decided to just leave it. It would be nicer if the OSB didn't have the ink printing on it, but there is so little of it exposed that it's not a big deal. The wood will age over time and it seems to lend a old school effect to the walls. I've been fortunate to have some kind of shop since I was about 10 - really - and none have had any kind of inside finish. Father and grandfather shops were the same, so I may just be pre-disposed to the look. That said - if the walls were sheetrock, it's be white.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Light gray, medium gray, beige, white, off-white all reflect light very well.

 

[jake26]

My garage will have white ceiling and walls with grey cabinets, closet, benches and bottom 30" of the wall. I also will have a thin blue line to separate the grey from white on the wall.

Then add a few Milwaukee Brewer Logos and I am golden!

 

[NUTTSGT]

Use a lighter color on the inside, it will literally be night and day difference.

Before.

After.

Hmmm. I thought I had other pics up on PB.

..... doh !

before.

after.

There's also a blue stripe between the colors to break them.

 

[colt340]

I like blue.

http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo288/colt340/Garage Inside Finish/DSCF0065.jpg

 

[JimVonBaden]

As others have said, light color on top for good lighting. On the bottom darker helps to hids scuffs and dings:

Jim

 

[hh76]

Go to the hardware store, and see if they have any mixed up that didn't get purchased. You can usually get if for dirt cheap. Light and cheap gets my vote.