silvrbreez
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Wanted to kick one of these off as a place to chronicle my progress, so here we go...
We bought our home in October 2006 when we relocated from New Orleans, LA to Beaumont, TX. Our home is just north of Beaumont in a growing town called Lumberton. It was a new development and we're the first owners of our house. Love this place, and even though we get the itch to move/build from time to time, this place fits our small family quite well.
Photo Jan 13, 3 38 29 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on Flickr
The garage is a two-car attached and is about 21' wide and 22' deep. I've been browsing cabinet options for far longer than I'd care to admit but have always been reluctant to pull the trigger. Priorities have been kept straight over the last 10 years, but the time is finally fitting for me to spend a little time and money in getting my garage where I've always wanted it to be.
When we moved into the house, I purchased a few shelving units to get things up off the ground and against the wall. One of the shelving units was broken into two side by side, half height shelves that doubled as a worktop. Later, I scored a thin slab of butcher block and turned the half-height shelves into an 8-ft workbench and added some vertical track shelving to keep my car cleaning supplies organized. I also scored a heavy duty Hallowell cabinet and used that to put some things out of site. Bike storage was up on the wall but really in the way of getting into the back seats of the cars and in/out of the garage along the side walls. That basically catches me up to a month ago.
Photo Jan 10, 9 14 34 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on Flickr
Over the last month, I've done a good bit of cleaning up and shuffling around in preparation for some bigger changes. The Hallowell cabinet is now in my 10-ft x 12-ft shed in the back yard and is serving well to store my yard work supplies, extra paint for the house, and power tools. The tall shelving unit has been cleared and relocated into my decked attic to clean up the organization up there. The bikes are now on the back wall using a Gladiator Geartrack and the tires are up high and out of the way on a Tire Rack wall mounted storage rack.
Photo Feb 03, 4 42 16 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on Flickr
Photo Feb 03, 4 42 26 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on Flickr
Photo Feb 03, 4 42 39 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on Flickr
Photo Feb 03, 4 43 00 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on Flickr
I've taken advantage of a great sale at NewAge Products and have a 10-piece set of their Bold Series cabinets on the way in the coming weeks.
Once the cabinets are in, future plans (as of now) will include...
*paint the walls (possibly a light shade of gray)
*additional organization for my most frequently used hand tools
*additional organization for my car cleaning supplies
*flooring upgrades (possibly Racedeck tiles or BLT coin-top rolls)
*lighting upgrades (maybe just two more dual 4-ft LED fixtures)
Look forward to taking this journey with the group of helpful folks on this forum. Stay tuned for the first updates once the cabinets arrive.
Feel free to ask questions and request additional pics.
We bought our home in October 2006 when we relocated from New Orleans, LA to Beaumont, TX. Our home is just north of Beaumont in a growing town called Lumberton. It was a new development and we're the first owners of our house. Love this place, and even though we get the itch to move/build from time to time, this place fits our small family quite well.
Photo Jan 13, 3 38 29 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on FlickrThe garage is a two-car attached and is about 21' wide and 22' deep. I've been browsing cabinet options for far longer than I'd care to admit but have always been reluctant to pull the trigger. Priorities have been kept straight over the last 10 years, but the time is finally fitting for me to spend a little time and money in getting my garage where I've always wanted it to be.
When we moved into the house, I purchased a few shelving units to get things up off the ground and against the wall. One of the shelving units was broken into two side by side, half height shelves that doubled as a worktop. Later, I scored a thin slab of butcher block and turned the half-height shelves into an 8-ft workbench and added some vertical track shelving to keep my car cleaning supplies organized. I also scored a heavy duty Hallowell cabinet and used that to put some things out of site. Bike storage was up on the wall but really in the way of getting into the back seats of the cars and in/out of the garage along the side walls. That basically catches me up to a month ago.
Photo Jan 10, 9 14 34 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on FlickrOver the last month, I've done a good bit of cleaning up and shuffling around in preparation for some bigger changes. The Hallowell cabinet is now in my 10-ft x 12-ft shed in the back yard and is serving well to store my yard work supplies, extra paint for the house, and power tools. The tall shelving unit has been cleared and relocated into my decked attic to clean up the organization up there. The bikes are now on the back wall using a Gladiator Geartrack and the tires are up high and out of the way on a Tire Rack wall mounted storage rack.
Photo Feb 03, 4 42 16 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on Flickr
Photo Feb 03, 4 42 26 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on Flickr
Photo Feb 03, 4 42 39 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on Flickr
Photo Feb 03, 4 43 00 PM by Brandon Bergeron, on FlickrI've taken advantage of a great sale at NewAge Products and have a 10-piece set of their Bold Series cabinets on the way in the coming weeks.
Once the cabinets are in, future plans (as of now) will include...
*paint the walls (possibly a light shade of gray)
*additional organization for my most frequently used hand tools
*additional organization for my car cleaning supplies
*flooring upgrades (possibly Racedeck tiles or BLT coin-top rolls)
*lighting upgrades (maybe just two more dual 4-ft LED fixtures)
Look forward to taking this journey with the group of helpful folks on this forum. Stay tuned for the first updates once the cabinets arrive.
Feel free to ask questions and request additional pics.
They are crying out for a nice shad of grey now.