Our first remodeling work in the garage started with giving the garage a good clean-out in May 2009. In November work started in earnest with painting one half and building a new workbench. We added some more shelving in January 2010, and in May 2010 we cleared the other side of the garage, replaced the window, and built more shelving and storage space.
And that’s how things stayed until 2019 when I finally decided to tackle the growing mess at the end of the garage.
Cleaning out the garage – Now we’ve got it clean we have to formulate plans for putting in the workshop and more storage. 3 pictures
Workbench Project – When we bought the minivan it became obvious that the garage would need reorganizing as it is a very tight fit. It’s almost impossible to get at any tools while the van is in the garage. 2 pictures
Shopping at Lowes – This morning we went to Lowes to get the stuff needed to build the new workbench. Though of course, nothing is that simple. One-minute read, 2 pictures
Cleared up, ready to start – Here’s the garage with the west wall cleared ready for prepping and painting, and lots of room for me to be working in making the workbench.
Building the workbench – The first thing I had to do was make a workbench so I could build the workbench. One-minute read, 2 pictures
Space is a bit tight – Here’s the bench laid out on the garage floor just so I can check it all fits. I’ve just got the legs for the benchtop to make now, and then it has all got to be assembled. The wall has to be painted before we can put it up too. Ginger is helping out by fixing the wall and painting it.
Getting Ready for Gluing.
Glued and screwed – and checking if the bench legs fit as planned – they did. 2 pictures
Tra-la! – The almost completed workbench, Just the pegboard, and some more shelves to add and it is finished. 4 pictures
Honey-do List – This week I’ve been working on my ‘Honey-do’ list and managed to cross off four items: Fitted a new front door, replaced the broken light switch in the kitchen and replaced the light fitting in Alek’s room. This afternoon saw me working on the fourth project. One-minute read
Garage Project – Stage II. More shopping for lumber.
End of Day One – Almost Finished. 3 Pictures
My new shelves all finished. 3 pictures
Another pile of wood means… The start of Stage III of the Garage Remodel. We have to replace the window and frame too.
Today I made a start on the new shelves for the garage.
No doubt Getzger is looking for snakes (don’t tell him but we found one in here when we cleared the garage out). Here’s how the work progressed … One-minute read, 4 pictures
Garage Project: Getting Started With Stage IV – I forgot to take a picture before I started clearing away, so the corner to the right had already been cleared. One-minute read
That’s the corner cleaned up – The wall’s been patched, and the first coat of paint has been applied.
Garage Project – The shop vac and compressor now have a new home. One-minute read, 2 pictures
Garage Project – Ready to start building the main storage area. One-minute read, 4 pictures
Garage Project – Main storage area and the overhead shelving. One-minute read, 3 pictures
Garage Project – Open sez-a-me. The doors are now fitted, and that’s all the main construction work complete. One-minute read, 6 pictures
Garage Project – Just about done – For now… I’ve been tinkering with finishing this project for a few weeks now. It’s slowly getting there. Two-minute read, 5 pictures
Workshop Bling — I finally got around to adding some drawer pulls onto the drawers in the workshop/garage.