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Kevin54
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Here was doing a search for "single car garages" http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34496&highlight=single+car+garages There has been numerous threads on singles, one-car, small, storage, etc. Just a matter of doing a search and saving some pics. For just 18x24's you may come up with not too many, but there are many other very fine smaller garages and even some larger garages that has smaller areas walled off to get ideas from.
Best bet is to take one or two evenings and just start going through pics. Guaranteed you will be overwhelmed
Best bet is to take one or two evenings and just start going through pics. Guaranteed you will be overwhelmed
Are you planning on keeping one or two cars in it? What else do you want to do there -- just store rakes and mowers, or work on wood or work on metal?
Well, mine's 20x24 and it still feels really small. I keep my race car there when I'm not working on something. I have fold-down benches (one for wood, one for metal) on the side where I keep the car so that I can turn it into working space when it's needed. I did storage above the garage door and also on the walls. On the driver's side door wall, I moved the storage up high enough so that I wouldn't hit my head on it when I was walking around the car.
I divided off the other half of the garage with some stuff (table saw, tool storage, shelves) that would normally eat up wall space. On the work-only side, I put both a bench and a work surface that doubles as a drafting table.
My advice is to keep the storage up high, except for things you need access to on a regular basis. But benches under the storage if you've got room.
I also built a shed for the sort of lawn-and-children stuff that ends up as something to trip over if you let it inside the garage.
You can see pictures of mine on the link in my signature.
I divided off the other half of the garage with some stuff (table saw, tool storage, shelves) that would normally eat up wall space. On the work-only side, I put both a bench and a work surface that doubles as a drafting table.
My advice is to keep the storage up high, except for things you need access to on a regular basis. But benches under the storage if you've got room.
I also built a shed for the sort of lawn-and-children stuff that ends up as something to trip over if you let it inside the garage.
You can see pictures of mine on the link in my signature.