Saved for years by cutting back on non-essentials like...food, dental visits (hey I live in the Ozarks!), the kids birthdays etc and built this last year. I have saved up almost enough now to run electricity to it in a month or so. Its a 24' x 32' with an 8 foot wide covered machine shed and a covered front porch and concrete floor. Eventually it will be fenced off from the lower pasture and I plan on getting an ISO container for storage up there somewhere.
I put it far enough away from the barnyard that I can escape and not be bothered. You have to go through two gates just to get to it and I havent yet fenced in the shop and equipment storage area.
My wife convinced me to put in a couple of windows and I am glad she did.
We have two other garages (one is the wifes) and a large drive in hay mow in the dairy barn but I have never had a dedicated shop where I could leave a project while I worked on it..you know?
Its not much but we are pretty pleased with it and I plan on spending the rest of my days just enjoying working on stuff.
I with ya though. I've had garages look like that on a few occasions.
