Onto the poplar plywood panels!
Annoyingly, the width had to be trimmed as well as the height (they were 1220mm wide, why?). My dear dad came over again, bringing his assortment of Makitas.
I used plastic foil on the walls although I was unsure about it for a long time. I ended up thinking that for MY use, the plastic would be a benefit. Anyway, I wasn't going to insulate the ceiling so there should be plenty of moisture diffusion, even if the space wouldn't be heated.
I built myself a temporary workbench. I've developed a love of old Scandinavian design, especially 60s- and 70s-furniture. My house (and attic) is filled with the stuff. And no, I'm not going to claim that my ramshackle bench is anything of the sort, but the lamp shown here is. It's a Luxo, like the ones that inspired the lamp from the Pixar intro.
This particular example has been refinished in a fetching mint colour by the previous owner, likely in an Etsy-inspired mania. What I'm saying is, it's rough. Perfect for the garage. I had also picked up two more very beaten Luxos a few years ago that the seller claimed came from a silver mint. I had to replace the cables and one of the switches, but left all of the patina (and even most of the dust).
My dream was always to have a light switch in my living room with which to bathe my cars in ambient light so I could peer out at them during the long, dark winters (even when I'm too lazy to actually put on my shoes and go out there). And I'm not sure if my dreams are just small or if technology has come a long way in a short time, but suddenly there were wi-fi enabled bulbs that would allow me to do that, with just an app on my phone! So then I had this.
And this.
They are 6 GU10s in a sliding rack above the glass doors.
I finally got around to painting the two remaining walls.
Looks ridiculous, but neighbours are happy, and it goes pretty well with the rest of the clown colour theme I have going on. And yes, that little white square by the bottom step bothers me, I'm going to find a neater solution.
The one issue I had with the poplar panels was that they were so nice that it made the rest of the garage look like ****. Especially the roof. So what to do?
Eh. This, I guess.
And some more.
Annoyingly, the width had to be trimmed as well as the height (they were 1220mm wide, why?). My dear dad came over again, bringing his assortment of Makitas.
I used plastic foil on the walls although I was unsure about it for a long time. I ended up thinking that for MY use, the plastic would be a benefit. Anyway, I wasn't going to insulate the ceiling so there should be plenty of moisture diffusion, even if the space wouldn't be heated.
I built myself a temporary workbench. I've developed a love of old Scandinavian design, especially 60s- and 70s-furniture. My house (and attic) is filled with the stuff. And no, I'm not going to claim that my ramshackle bench is anything of the sort, but the lamp shown here is. It's a Luxo, like the ones that inspired the lamp from the Pixar intro.
This particular example has been refinished in a fetching mint colour by the previous owner, likely in an Etsy-inspired mania. What I'm saying is, it's rough. Perfect for the garage. I had also picked up two more very beaten Luxos a few years ago that the seller claimed came from a silver mint. I had to replace the cables and one of the switches, but left all of the patina (and even most of the dust).
My dream was always to have a light switch in my living room with which to bathe my cars in ambient light so I could peer out at them during the long, dark winters (even when I'm too lazy to actually put on my shoes and go out there). And I'm not sure if my dreams are just small or if technology has come a long way in a short time, but suddenly there were wi-fi enabled bulbs that would allow me to do that, with just an app on my phone! So then I had this.
And this.
They are 6 GU10s in a sliding rack above the glass doors.
I finally got around to painting the two remaining walls.
Looks ridiculous, but neighbours are happy, and it goes pretty well with the rest of the clown colour theme I have going on. And yes, that little white square by the bottom step bothers me, I'm going to find a neater solution.
The one issue I had with the poplar panels was that they were so nice that it made the rest of the garage look like ****. Especially the roof. So what to do?
Eh. This, I guess.
And some more.
