BoothRods
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My wife and I recently finished a 15-month remodeling project on our 3,000 s.f. shop. The building was built in 1983 by my father-in-law as a place to maintain heavy equipment for his construction company. He used it for about 12 years, then moved to a bigger location further into town. After that, it was used by my wife's ex-husband, but he didn't really take very good care of it. It sat empty for 2-3 years until we decided to make it into someplace cool where we could build hot rods, which is a hobby of ours, and entertain friends.
It was in pretty rough shape on the inside and was in dire need of a renovation. We started demo in January 2011 and finished in March 2012. We did everything ourselves, except for hanging the 2 big roll-up doors.
This is what it looked like when we started:
There was a small office and store room and above that was extra storage.
And here are the after pictures:
Here you can see the new store room, kitchen, and the bathroom is located behind the kitchen. To the right is the "lounge" area.
We've already started our first project in our new shop, a '67 Nova pro-touring build. Check it out at www.67novaproject.blogspot.com
In the following days, I will post more pics on the different phases of the shop renovation.
It was in pretty rough shape on the inside and was in dire need of a renovation. We started demo in January 2011 and finished in March 2012. We did everything ourselves, except for hanging the 2 big roll-up doors.
This is what it looked like when we started:
There was a small office and store room and above that was extra storage.
And here are the after pictures:
Here you can see the new store room, kitchen, and the bathroom is located behind the kitchen. To the right is the "lounge" area.
We've already started our first project in our new shop, a '67 Nova pro-touring build. Check it out at www.67novaproject.blogspot.com
In the following days, I will post more pics on the different phases of the shop renovation.
