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I'm four days out from confirming wall colour(s) for my new garage. Ceiling is painted Dulux "Commercial White" and the walls are primed. Work resumes on the weekend.
I feel way more confident picking car colours, not walls. Any and all suggestions and guidance are welcome!
Garage is 27'-6" inside width and 28'-0" inside depth. Walls are 9'-5" east and west, 15'-3" to peak each side.
I'm covering the curb with an insulated box 8" tall and 3" deep (photo, and you'll need to imagine the insulation in there). This is to insulate and hide the curb, and also provide an above-slab base for cabinets, workbench etc. My vision is to have nothing without wheels touching the floor. Said vision is diametrically opposed to the working garage next door.
Garage purpose is display of one or two cars and project space for a third, also social space for small car club gatherings, grandkid sleepovers, neighborhood parties etc (photo). There will be very little welding, grinding, painting, etc. going on in this building.
I expect the floor to be medium/light grey flecks polyaspartic. I would have preferred an equally-durable clear-coat over the natural concrete, but there doesn't seem to be an option for this.
There will be a high shelf on the south wall between the upper and lower windows. This is the project car bay. Also another high shelf on the west wall above the two windows, with lighting underneath for the workbench below. I don't expect much additional shelving other than some attached to the north wall plywood around the electrical panel for a jack, stands, battery charger, fluids etc.
Outside the bathroom against the north wall is a sink, small counter, bar fridge and coffee station (either that or an I.V. drip).
I have an 87"x 26" 16 ga stainless work bench top for the west wall. This has a 4" stainless backsplash that I would position just below the electrical boxes which start 42" up from the slab.
So if there was to be a horizontal stripe, I expect it it would be 5-1/4" tall to match the combined height of the workbench+backsplash, and positioned similarly about 41" above the slab. Seems a higher stripe might work better though with the higher peaked ceilings.
The cars most often in this garage are red. The project car will be red in a few years. The equipment going in is no particular colour; I have some red, blue, black, stainless and white. There will be no man-cavey decor - my preference is artifacts, old maps, old posters, photos of the cars in action and so on.
My unimaginative inclination for colours is a light/medium grey floor; a medium grey for the curb covers, the horizontal band, the window trim, and the shelves around the electrical panel; and the walls would be white above and light grey below the horizontal band.
Typing that out highlights to me how boring all that grey sounds. This is a real opportunity to do something more imaginative. I've googled for garage wall ideas and read a number of GJ threads on same.
Comments, suggestions, examples?? Thanks in Advance
I feel way more confident picking car colours, not walls. Any and all suggestions and guidance are welcome!
Garage is 27'-6" inside width and 28'-0" inside depth. Walls are 9'-5" east and west, 15'-3" to peak each side.
I'm covering the curb with an insulated box 8" tall and 3" deep (photo, and you'll need to imagine the insulation in there). This is to insulate and hide the curb, and also provide an above-slab base for cabinets, workbench etc. My vision is to have nothing without wheels touching the floor. Said vision is diametrically opposed to the working garage next door.
Garage purpose is display of one or two cars and project space for a third, also social space for small car club gatherings, grandkid sleepovers, neighborhood parties etc (photo). There will be very little welding, grinding, painting, etc. going on in this building.
I expect the floor to be medium/light grey flecks polyaspartic. I would have preferred an equally-durable clear-coat over the natural concrete, but there doesn't seem to be an option for this.
There will be a high shelf on the south wall between the upper and lower windows. This is the project car bay. Also another high shelf on the west wall above the two windows, with lighting underneath for the workbench below. I don't expect much additional shelving other than some attached to the north wall plywood around the electrical panel for a jack, stands, battery charger, fluids etc.
Outside the bathroom against the north wall is a sink, small counter, bar fridge and coffee station (either that or an I.V. drip).
I have an 87"x 26" 16 ga stainless work bench top for the west wall. This has a 4" stainless backsplash that I would position just below the electrical boxes which start 42" up from the slab.
So if there was to be a horizontal stripe, I expect it it would be 5-1/4" tall to match the combined height of the workbench+backsplash, and positioned similarly about 41" above the slab. Seems a higher stripe might work better though with the higher peaked ceilings.
The cars most often in this garage are red. The project car will be red in a few years. The equipment going in is no particular colour; I have some red, blue, black, stainless and white. There will be no man-cavey decor - my preference is artifacts, old maps, old posters, photos of the cars in action and so on.
My unimaginative inclination for colours is a light/medium grey floor; a medium grey for the curb covers, the horizontal band, the window trim, and the shelves around the electrical panel; and the walls would be white above and light grey below the horizontal band.
Typing that out highlights to me how boring all that grey sounds. This is a real opportunity to do something more imaginative. I've googled for garage wall ideas and read a number of GJ threads on same.
Comments, suggestions, examples?? Thanks in Advance
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