purplemonkeydishwasher
New member
Hey everyone,
I'm new to the forums but have been lurking on the garage gallery section for quite some time. Thoroughly impressed by some of the spaces some of you have going on. Anywho, I thought I would add my space to the mix, though not nearly as luxurious or well planned as some of the others here!
This is my first garage, as it is our first house. The wife has been kind enough to allow me to basically have the garage for myself and it's amazing to realize how little I have to fill the space with (maybe a good thing?)
Anyway, on to the pictures:
I don't have any pictures of the garage while it was being built however it is fully insulated and drywalled. I primed it so it brightens up the place a bit.
Garage completely bare except for a Canadian Tire cabinet. As this was our first house and a new build at that, we didn't have much money to go all out on garage organization (something I regret after installing the cabinets). These things are cheap! They are very light duty and I would not feel comfortable putting anything but cleaning supplies and light hand tools in there.
Started making my work benches. This was my first time making work benches so they are not the greatest but I tried my best to make them look nice. I like working in a clean well organized space so everything matching but being functional is a must.
Wife insisted that she help me so I put her to work with some clear top coat for the table top. My plan is to have a piece of sheet metal bent to size so it will slide along the top surface. A movable cutting/smashing board so to speak.
Put up the other CT cabinets above the work bench. These are a little sturdier than the tall cabinet thankfully.
Pegboard going up. I decided to paint the pegboard just to keep everything matching nicely.
Got the corner piece in for the table top and finished off the pegboard wall. I also made some variable height rise blocks for the car.
A little bare...but plenty of space to work!
Unfortunetly the Elise S1's had a tendency to blow their head gaskets due to poor design in the cooling system. I had the good fortune of experiencing this this year so it was a bit of a rush to get my garage in a workable condition. At any rate, here she is being loaded onto the flat bed from my parents house and enroute to mine:
And finally home ready to be ripped apart and (hopefully) brought back to life:
I'm new to the forums but have been lurking on the garage gallery section for quite some time. Thoroughly impressed by some of the spaces some of you have going on. Anywho, I thought I would add my space to the mix, though not nearly as luxurious or well planned as some of the others here!
This is my first garage, as it is our first house. The wife has been kind enough to allow me to basically have the garage for myself and it's amazing to realize how little I have to fill the space with (maybe a good thing?)
Anyway, on to the pictures:
I don't have any pictures of the garage while it was being built however it is fully insulated and drywalled. I primed it so it brightens up the place a bit.
Garage completely bare except for a Canadian Tire cabinet. As this was our first house and a new build at that, we didn't have much money to go all out on garage organization (something I regret after installing the cabinets). These things are cheap! They are very light duty and I would not feel comfortable putting anything but cleaning supplies and light hand tools in there.
Started making my work benches. This was my first time making work benches so they are not the greatest but I tried my best to make them look nice. I like working in a clean well organized space so everything matching but being functional is a must.
Wife insisted that she help me so I put her to work with some clear top coat for the table top. My plan is to have a piece of sheet metal bent to size so it will slide along the top surface. A movable cutting/smashing board so to speak.
Put up the other CT cabinets above the work bench. These are a little sturdier than the tall cabinet thankfully.
Pegboard going up. I decided to paint the pegboard just to keep everything matching nicely.
Got the corner piece in for the table top and finished off the pegboard wall. I also made some variable height rise blocks for the car.
A little bare...but plenty of space to work!
Unfortunetly the Elise S1's had a tendency to blow their head gaskets due to poor design in the cooling system. I had the good fortune of experiencing this this year so it was a bit of a rush to get my garage in a workable condition. At any rate, here she is being loaded onto the flat bed from my parents house and enroute to mine:
And finally home ready to be ripped apart and (hopefully) brought back to life:
better do something about that floor before you stain it up... And maybe a little decoration on the walls...
I must ask how you knew! Should I be worried about my car disappearing in the middle of the night? 
You'll need it. 
