sdavis622
Well-known member
I have decided to start my own thread like many to document my garage. It's simply a two car attached and currently my Wife, two daughters and I are renting so everything I do is easily movable when the time should come. We plan on buying a house late 2015 early 2016 so in the mean time I am building my tool collection and such.
My garage stores many things; holiday decor, kids stuff, outdoor tools, and all the stuff I've collected over the years. Needless to say I really utilize the rafters!
So here's my style, I love collecting and re purposing stuff. I am constantly collecting, capturing those free things people are throwing away. Always checking "free" Craigslist, etc. I work as a technician on certain restaurant equipment, so practically on a daily basis I recover something a restaurant is throwing away. My wife appreciates these things usually after I finish a project or prove something is worth it. I've gotten cabinets, shelving, tools, rackong, signs, beer memorabilia, etc. You name it, I've acquired it somehow, all honest of course.
Here was my little workspace I had created before I started surfing garage journal. Garage Journal has influenced me to find more free stuff, repurpose it and and start building a nicer work space. Plus after all the "hot deals" and "clearance" threads I've been doing some shopping!
I got this workbench from work out of a totaled Sprinter van a guy wrecked. I recovered the workbench and cleaned it up. It worked out for a short time. I added all the hanging accessories and such. I got the Craftsman chests about 10 years ago off Craigslist. They have served me well over the years.
I scored all these free office cabinets, worktops, chairs, melamine shelves, cpu tower carts, a cash box, two whiteboards, a corkboard, etc off Craigslist from two offices consolidating and getting rid of stuff. Offices switching all their documents ti the "cloud" is helping guys like me with a vision!
I started by rearranging my garage and then painting cabinets. Mocked it all together and here is what it looks like now. I want this space for small projects as well as my laptop and desk area.
My next plans are to make another workbench area for vice, grinder, etc out of the other small file cabinets.
Going to try and get some more painting done this weekend.
My garage stores many things; holiday decor, kids stuff, outdoor tools, and all the stuff I've collected over the years. Needless to say I really utilize the rafters!
So here's my style, I love collecting and re purposing stuff. I am constantly collecting, capturing those free things people are throwing away. Always checking "free" Craigslist, etc. I work as a technician on certain restaurant equipment, so practically on a daily basis I recover something a restaurant is throwing away. My wife appreciates these things usually after I finish a project or prove something is worth it. I've gotten cabinets, shelving, tools, rackong, signs, beer memorabilia, etc. You name it, I've acquired it somehow, all honest of course.
Here was my little workspace I had created before I started surfing garage journal. Garage Journal has influenced me to find more free stuff, repurpose it and and start building a nicer work space. Plus after all the "hot deals" and "clearance" threads I've been doing some shopping!
I got this workbench from work out of a totaled Sprinter van a guy wrecked. I recovered the workbench and cleaned it up. It worked out for a short time. I added all the hanging accessories and such. I got the Craftsman chests about 10 years ago off Craigslist. They have served me well over the years.
I scored all these free office cabinets, worktops, chairs, melamine shelves, cpu tower carts, a cash box, two whiteboards, a corkboard, etc off Craigslist from two offices consolidating and getting rid of stuff. Offices switching all their documents ti the "cloud" is helping guys like me with a vision!
I started by rearranging my garage and then painting cabinets. Mocked it all together and here is what it looks like now. I want this space for small projects as well as my laptop and desk area.
My next plans are to make another workbench area for vice, grinder, etc out of the other small file cabinets.
Going to try and get some more painting done this weekend.
