ChristopherLutz
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All,
I'm lucky enough to have a 3 car garage. Unfortunately, it's not deep enough to easily accomodate my truck, so - that sits outside, leaving my wife's pilot and my 65 Chevy Truck project truck inside.
Apologies for the verbose nature of the post; however, I've been so impressed with the ideas I've seen, I really wanted to solicit opinions from the brain trust.
I use my garage for home projects, parking of 2 vehicles AND working on my 65 project vehicle. I'm reasonably "handy" - having done extensive moulding work; however, I've never built cabinets or any really anything else. (even though I have the tools).
I had put epoxy down on the floor before we moved in, it's not really holding up all that well. Luckily, the walls and ceilings are already finished with drywall - two unique features are the relative low ceiling (room above) and the concrete wheel stop that juts out about 3 feet from the front of the garage.
I've included the layout below, along with a couple of pics.
I built the workbenches myself - they are grossly over-engineered...."sturdy" is one of my favorite words
Here are my primary objectives in order of priority:
- make sure everything has a place. Right now, the garage gets cluttered very quickly and my work surfaces turn into storage surfaces over night.
- Workable! See point above re: work surfaces. I really don't know what to do with my work bench, the work table, my tool box, etc. It's just not working well right now and I keep moving everything around.
- visually appealing. I spent quite a bit of time out there, I'd like to be proud of it.
Hopefully, the image above appears "in line" vs. a link. it's the floor plan, along with a few measurements.
This next image is of my workbench and refridgerator...it's currently sitting in the recessed section of the garage closest to the house.
Next image: standing at the door to the house, looking across. You can see the 65 frame along with the pegboard creation I did to create some space for garden tools.
From the driveway, looking in:
Next, is a work bench close up. It's a large flat bench with a "hutch" on the back for verticle storage:
I recently moved my work table (staining an end table for my son's room) to be parallel to the workbench...not sure if I like it. Tool box location is "just ok"
Lastly, a shot of the 65 cab and frame. I recently finished the frame, it's been sanded, painted and looks great (my first time taking a vehicle all the way to the frame)
Well, hopefully my pictures posted well - I really would love some layout and design ideas - criticize away!
I'm lucky enough to have a 3 car garage. Unfortunately, it's not deep enough to easily accomodate my truck, so - that sits outside, leaving my wife's pilot and my 65 Chevy Truck project truck inside.
Apologies for the verbose nature of the post; however, I've been so impressed with the ideas I've seen, I really wanted to solicit opinions from the brain trust.
I use my garage for home projects, parking of 2 vehicles AND working on my 65 project vehicle. I'm reasonably "handy" - having done extensive moulding work; however, I've never built cabinets or any really anything else. (even though I have the tools).
I had put epoxy down on the floor before we moved in, it's not really holding up all that well. Luckily, the walls and ceilings are already finished with drywall - two unique features are the relative low ceiling (room above) and the concrete wheel stop that juts out about 3 feet from the front of the garage.
I've included the layout below, along with a couple of pics.
I built the workbenches myself - they are grossly over-engineered...."sturdy" is one of my favorite words
Here are my primary objectives in order of priority:
- make sure everything has a place. Right now, the garage gets cluttered very quickly and my work surfaces turn into storage surfaces over night.
- Workable! See point above re: work surfaces. I really don't know what to do with my work bench, the work table, my tool box, etc. It's just not working well right now and I keep moving everything around.
- visually appealing. I spent quite a bit of time out there, I'd like to be proud of it.
Hopefully, the image above appears "in line" vs. a link. it's the floor plan, along with a few measurements.
This next image is of my workbench and refridgerator...it's currently sitting in the recessed section of the garage closest to the house.
Next image: standing at the door to the house, looking across. You can see the 65 frame along with the pegboard creation I did to create some space for garden tools.
From the driveway, looking in:
Next, is a work bench close up. It's a large flat bench with a "hutch" on the back for verticle storage:
I recently moved my work table (staining an end table for my son's room) to be parallel to the workbench...not sure if I like it. Tool box location is "just ok"
Lastly, a shot of the 65 cab and frame. I recently finished the frame, it's been sanded, painted and looks great (my first time taking a vehicle all the way to the frame)
Well, hopefully my pictures posted well - I really would love some layout and design ideas - criticize away!
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