Hey there GJ folks!
I wanted to come in and say hi.
I am a major car guy and I've always wanted a nice garage to store my toys in.
We just bought a new (for us) home about 3 months ago, but where I live, real estate is particularly pricey, so getting a home with a 3 or more bay garage is not easy. Thus, we ended up with a home with a 2 car garage and disappointingly, the garage was quite a bit smaller than my prior garage.
On the other hand, it is fully finished (i.e., insulated, drywalled and painted), unlike my prior home's garage, which was just framing. I do have a big storage shed, so some of the stuff resides in it. When we bought the house, there were lots of wire shelves hung, but I'm not much of a fan of those, so I pulled them all down and put up some Home Depot cabinets. They were super inexpensive and I think they look great. Along one of the side walls, I have a large cabinet set up. I also have a hose reel for the air compressor, a retractable extension cord and a fire extinguisher mounted on the wall. I'll also be installing my wall-mount shop vac soon.
My next step is to install a RaceDeck floor, then maybe I'll put up a couple of ceiling fans...
All in all, I'm pretty happy with how its going. Maybe someday, I'll build a free-standing garage, but for the short run, this will work...
I wanted to come in and say hi.
I am a major car guy and I've always wanted a nice garage to store my toys in.
We just bought a new (for us) home about 3 months ago, but where I live, real estate is particularly pricey, so getting a home with a 3 or more bay garage is not easy. Thus, we ended up with a home with a 2 car garage and disappointingly, the garage was quite a bit smaller than my prior garage.
On the other hand, it is fully finished (i.e., insulated, drywalled and painted), unlike my prior home's garage, which was just framing. I do have a big storage shed, so some of the stuff resides in it. When we bought the house, there were lots of wire shelves hung, but I'm not much of a fan of those, so I pulled them all down and put up some Home Depot cabinets. They were super inexpensive and I think they look great. Along one of the side walls, I have a large cabinet set up. I also have a hose reel for the air compressor, a retractable extension cord and a fire extinguisher mounted on the wall. I'll also be installing my wall-mount shop vac soon.
My next step is to install a RaceDeck floor, then maybe I'll put up a couple of ceiling fans...
All in all, I'm pretty happy with how its going. Maybe someday, I'll build a free-standing garage, but for the short run, this will work...
