Garage "Makeover" - Surprise Gift

[Delons]

After yesterdays post I have fixed everything up and gotten the details straightened out. I have 8 weeks to transform my fathers garage into a "New York Yankees" themed garage.

Before Pictures:​

The Plan:

Paint​

-Repaint all the walls into a "pinstripe" scheme with 3 feet of blue, 2 inches of black above that, then white above that.
-Repaint all the benches

Organization​

-I want to re-organize the tools, but not move them and replace the nails into the wall with a peg board.
-I want to remove all the paint cans full of screws and replace them with Tupperware containers with labels.

Floors​

I am not sure what I want to do with the floor. I am looking for a cheap, but good epoxy set, or a cheap set of plastic tiles.

Walls​

I want to put diamond plating behind one of the work benches.
I want to put a big New York Yankees decal up on the wall.
I want to replace all the light switches with New York Yankee ones.

I will be updating this thread and posting my progress below. If you have any suggestions please post them below.

 

[Delons]

Re: Garage "Makeover" - New York Yankees

Saturday, December 16, 2011
Day 1 - Week 1​

Today I went out an bought 8 small and 6 big containers to replace all the paint buckets that are currently holding screws. I started and so far it looks quite nice. Tomorrow I am hoping to finish. I will have to remove the containers in the end to re-paint the shelf. I think I am going to keep that shelf white.

 

[Delons]

Reserved

 

[Delons]

Current Purchases:

Tupperware Containers - About $15

Total amount - About $15

 

[Ray-CA]

You given any thought to using these: http://www.fathead.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/

Ray

 

[Delons]

You given any thought to using these: http://www.fathead.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/

Ray

I am thinking about using this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051CFT62/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Delons]

Sunday, December 18, 2011
Day 2, Week 1​

I started off by printing out labels for all of the bins. I then transferred most of the screws that were in paint cans into the new containers. I then removed all of the containers off the shelf to get ready for paint. This is a picture of the containers on the unpainted shelf. I am planning on painting the shelves a blue, and the wall behind them white.

Then after all the shelves were clear I vacuumed them and blew them off with the air hose. Went out and bought a quart of "Yankee" blue paint, white paint, and some supplies. I also got some spray paint to match the quart of wall paint to use on the cabinets.

I then painted the wall white.

 

[Delons]

Added some pictures, expect more pictures as I go.

 

[Kevin54]

Go to WallyWorld and pick up a couple of the 30 drawer parts bins that Akro-Mills makes. You know...the square container with the plastic drawers. A coupe of those go a long way towards storage of smaller stuff. The last ones I bought were red and around $10 apiece.

 

[JimVonBaden]

This should be fun. Does he know you are doing this?

Jim

 

[Delons]

This should be fun. Does he know you are doing this?

Jim

No, No, and No. It's going to be a surprise. Anything will be better then what it was.

 

[JimVonBaden]

Cool, great gift!

Jim

 

[ugly kustom]

GOOD luck on the "New York Yankees" themed garage. wish I could help. I would love more pix's of the suburban..

 

[930dreamer]

I can't wait to see more pics, is that a three door Burb?

 

[Delons]

I can't wait to see more pics, is that a three door Burb?

Wow, you guys are observant.

 

[ugly kustom]

I believe I seen that 3 dr on 67-72chevy site. nice job.

 

[Delons]

Monday, December 19, 2011
Day 3, Week 1​

Today I just painted under the shelf that is above the shelves I am working on.

 

[Delons]

Working on it again. Will be posting pictures later.

 

[Nighttrain]

Since he does not know this is happening, I sure hope he is a Yankees fan!. Good luck on the "makeover" i'll be watching.

 

[Delons]

Wednesday, December 22, 2011
Day 5, Week 1​

Today I finished painting the shelves blue, and started on the tool wall.

 

[-Brent-]

Really neat project. It'd be cool if you had a place to put the retired Yanks' numbers on the wall.

 

[Delons]

Really neat project. It'd be cool if you had a place to put the retired Yanks' numbers on the wall.

I do, that would be cool.

 

[jeepjunky]

any progress?

 

[Delons]

any progress?

Been busy, expect more updates tomorrow.

 

[Delons]

Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Day 12, Week 2​

Today we put everything back on the shelves, and removed the shelf next to the door.

 

[Delons]

Next we started on this wall. Here is the before picture.

Then we started taking off tools.

Then we painted that.

Next we started on the tile behind the sink.

Then we caulked it.

We put up the paper towel dispenser, and we bought a soap dispenser.

We also got a Yankee Decal.

We also painted the white above and below the blue. Here is the finished wall.

 

[Silver6.0]

keep up the good work

 

[jeepjunky]

How much more time do you have?

 

[cfaas416]

I really like your ATV selection...maybe not so much your baseball team selection.

 

[ambenz]

Subscribed because I think this project of yours is a honorable tribute to a Dad, who's son is very thoughtful and giving.
WTG!!!!!! I sure hope you have someone handy to take pictures of you and your father just after you show him this awesome present!

 

[Delons]

How much more time do you have?

Maybe a month or two. It's not exact, so we have to hurry.

Subscribed because I think this project of yours is a honorable tribute to a Dad, who's son is very thoughtful and giving.
WTG!!!!!! I sure hope you have someone handy to take pictures of you and your father just after you show him this awesome present!

I am planning on setting up a video camera in the garage before he see's so so I can record his reaction.

 

[Delons]

Today we started putting the tools back up on the wall.

Then we painted the legs of the table a hammered silver. And put the stencils on it to spell Yankees.

It still needs some touch up. Here is the wall almost complete.

 

[jeepjunky]

Looks good, when your done your gonna do mine right?

 

[-Brent-]

Bump for updates! Any progress?

 

[jeepjunky]

did ya get it done? how did he like it?

 

[Delons]

Bump for updates! Any progress?

Yes, expect the post tonight, a lot of pictures.

 

[-Brent-]

Yes, expect the post tonight, a lot of pictures.

Cool! I'll be sure to check it, for sure.

 

[Delons]

We have been really busy.

We started off with this wall, here are the before pictures.

Then we trimmed around everything and painted that other cabinet hammered silver.

Next we painted the wall, painted the other cabinet blue, and put the labels on it.

We also got this organizer for the corner.

Next we got some counter top paint and painted the sink.

Then we started on the bench on the other side of the garage.

Next we painted the back wall white and the bench blue.

We also put round molding around the bench.

We then painted the front of the bench the hammered silver, put the metal rack back up and hooked up the stereo. Before he had two big speakers so instead we got him a 7.1 system. Two of the speakers are above the bench. Another two are on the upper top corners. And the last two are above the door. We also painted the lids of the glass containers hammered silver, and took all of the labels off the jars themselves.

 

[ChristopherLutz]

I must have missed the intro post...but, any Dad would love this. (Assuming he's not a BoSox fan and this is a prank )

 

[letz4wheel]

Since he does not know this is happening, I sure hope he is a Yankees fan!. Good luck on the "makeover" i'll be watching.

Probably a Bosox fan....shoulda never grounded him in the third grade