gilby33
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I've been slowly upgrading my 24x21 attached garage in suburban Minneapolis since last summer and have only recently discovered the Garage Journal, so you can imagine my excitement when I saw just how many others are doing the same thing I am. I love all the pics and seeing the transformations, so I'm happy to share my project with you all and hope to get lots of input, suggestions, ideas, etc. as my work progresses.
At any rate, lets get to it! As stated, I have a 24x21 unheated, attached garage, so pretty standard. The house was built in 1974. We bought the place in the fall of 2013. There was a ton of renovation to do inside of the house immediately, but that can be a discussion for later on I suppose.
My primary reasons for wanting to finish/upgrade my garage is so I can use it as a work space for random projects and to have a space to do some painting. I have a small side business painting goalie masks and trying to do that in the winter in Minnesota doesn't always work so well. So my ultimate goal is to have everything insulated, drywall on walls and ceiling, and a heat source. So far here is what I've done:
-Removed existing shelves and some built-in stuff the previous owner had
-Re-routed some wiring to make way for drywall when that goes in
-Insulated walls and covered in poly (got insulation for FREE in Craigslist. score)
After the drywall is up, the name of the game is ORGANIZATION. So in order to achieve that objective I've been constantly on the lookout for the right set of cabinets at the right price. After months of searching I finally found them a couple of weeks ago. I scored a full set of cabinets for $80. They could probably use a new coat of paint but they'll get the job done as is.
The other organizing tool I've long been on the lookout for was some slat walls. There is a store in downtown Minneapolis that sells them and all their accessories, but they're $50 each brand new and that can add up quickly, so if it came down to it that was going to be a last resort, but my vigilance and patience paid off big time the other day as I was able to get 9 full 4x8 panels for $50 total (thank you again, craigslist) The guy had about 1,000sf of the stuff that he only wanted $100 for it all, but what am I gonna do with much slat wall? So I just took what I needed and we called it good.
Ok, so on to the pictures. As I stated, organized chaos is what I have now as you can see. I soon hope to lose the chaos and just be organized
Here's the chaos. Lots of stuff, but thankfully I have an eventual place for everything
The bags drooping from the rafters are some of my attic insulation
My mega slatwall score
My eventual plans for the space
Sorry for being so long-winded, just trying to be thorough.
I have plans to hang drywall on the ceiling this weekend and possibly on the walls next week. I welcome your comments, suggestions, criticism, ideas, whatever as everything progresses. Thanks for looking!
At any rate, lets get to it! As stated, I have a 24x21 unheated, attached garage, so pretty standard. The house was built in 1974. We bought the place in the fall of 2013. There was a ton of renovation to do inside of the house immediately, but that can be a discussion for later on I suppose.
My primary reasons for wanting to finish/upgrade my garage is so I can use it as a work space for random projects and to have a space to do some painting. I have a small side business painting goalie masks and trying to do that in the winter in Minnesota doesn't always work so well. So my ultimate goal is to have everything insulated, drywall on walls and ceiling, and a heat source. So far here is what I've done:
-Removed existing shelves and some built-in stuff the previous owner had
-Re-routed some wiring to make way for drywall when that goes in
-Insulated walls and covered in poly (got insulation for FREE in Craigslist. score)
After the drywall is up, the name of the game is ORGANIZATION. So in order to achieve that objective I've been constantly on the lookout for the right set of cabinets at the right price. After months of searching I finally found them a couple of weeks ago. I scored a full set of cabinets for $80. They could probably use a new coat of paint but they'll get the job done as is.
The other organizing tool I've long been on the lookout for was some slat walls. There is a store in downtown Minneapolis that sells them and all their accessories, but they're $50 each brand new and that can add up quickly, so if it came down to it that was going to be a last resort, but my vigilance and patience paid off big time the other day as I was able to get 9 full 4x8 panels for $50 total (thank you again, craigslist) The guy had about 1,000sf of the stuff that he only wanted $100 for it all, but what am I gonna do with much slat wall? So I just took what I needed and we called it good.
Ok, so on to the pictures. As I stated, organized chaos is what I have now as you can see. I soon hope to lose the chaos and just be organized
Here's the chaos. Lots of stuff, but thankfully I have an eventual place for everything
The bags drooping from the rafters are some of my attic insulation
My mega slatwall score
My eventual plans for the space
Sorry for being so long-winded, just trying to be thorough.
I have plans to hang drywall on the ceiling this weekend and possibly on the walls next week. I welcome your comments, suggestions, criticism, ideas, whatever as everything progresses. Thanks for looking!
