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Race Dog
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2006
- Messages
- 3,557
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- Location
- Gauteng 1150ADV
- Bike
- BMW R1150GS Adventure
Time has come for a Garage makeover...
My garage is constantly in disarray (well to my standards at least :biggrin
, so i decided that as a Christmas gift i would spend some money on my garage and get it sorted.
I have spent way too much time on Garage Journal and eventually decided i needed to do something.
Apologies for the pics - cell phone...atch:
The problem:
The garage always looks untidy, dirty and messy.
We are having another in the new year and the spare room needs to go to make way for a nursery, therefore i lose the cupboard space there.
So i need more storage space and i want a nice place for my toys to live. :thumleft:
The plan:
Convert a standard double garage into a good functional space with storage and enough space for my toys as well.
It is after all and extension of the house and the house looks good, so why can the garage not look good too?
From outside
The garage has my side and the wife's side.
My side has lots of bikes in it and it is squashed.
- 1936 Panther: up and running
- 1976 Yamaha FS1: busy with build
- 1976 BMW R60/6: to be restored
- 2005 Yamaha PW50: for the boy
- 2003 BMW 1150 ADV: daily commuter
- 2006 Ducati Monster: daily commuter
The wife's side stores her car and my workbench
It also has a pit from the previous owner. I am not mechnic so it makes a fantatic storgae space for the big stuff :thumleft:
How it happened:
Firstly i needed to cleanup and remove all the 'stuff" from the workbench, cabinets, etc. I packed everything into crates and removed the furniture.
Had a blank canvas
I patched and painted the walls in that area. Now for the carpenter to arrive and do his thing
I also cleaned and painted the roof a brilliant white
The wood arrived...
a design was agreed upon
and work started
I put in a new light, out with the old
in with the new
Cupboards coming along nicely
I resprayed my cabinet
before
after
Cupboards in, doors on, all looking good. The crates fit in nicely for storage
Couple of weekends later it was time to paint
First coat done
While the painter was busy, i needed to sort out the crates as i just put stuff in and packed away.
I managed to clean up, sort out and threw out 2 dustbins full of crap...needless to say that i went from 9 full crates to 6 semi full ones with order. I also labelled each one in it's category.
With painting done and go-fast stripe added, it was time to add the newly painted cabinet and return items to the garage
:ricky:
I have ordered some lock floor tiles, hopefully get delivery this week.
I need to get a nice steel grate made for the pit and my shack i have really looks kak now :biggrin:
I will update when i get the floor
:ricky:
My garage is constantly in disarray (well to my standards at least :biggrin
, so i decided that as a Christmas gift i would spend some money on my garage and get it sorted.I have spent way too much time on Garage Journal and eventually decided i needed to do something.
Apologies for the pics - cell phone...
atch:The problem:
The garage always looks untidy, dirty and messy.
We are having another in the new year and the spare room needs to go to make way for a nursery, therefore i lose the cupboard space there.
So i need more storage space and i want a nice place for my toys to live. :thumleft:
The plan:
Convert a standard double garage into a good functional space with storage and enough space for my toys as well.
It is after all and extension of the house and the house looks good, so why can the garage not look good too?
From outside
The garage has my side and the wife's side.
My side has lots of bikes in it and it is squashed.
- 1936 Panther: up and running
- 1976 Yamaha FS1: busy with build
- 1976 BMW R60/6: to be restored
- 2005 Yamaha PW50: for the boy
- 2003 BMW 1150 ADV: daily commuter
- 2006 Ducati Monster: daily commuter
The wife's side stores her car and my workbench
It also has a pit from the previous owner. I am not mechnic so it makes a fantatic storgae space for the big stuff :thumleft:
How it happened:
Firstly i needed to cleanup and remove all the 'stuff" from the workbench, cabinets, etc. I packed everything into crates and removed the furniture.
Had a blank canvas
I patched and painted the walls in that area. Now for the carpenter to arrive and do his thing
I also cleaned and painted the roof a brilliant white
The wood arrived...
a design was agreed upon
and work started
I put in a new light, out with the old
in with the new
Cupboards coming along nicely
I resprayed my cabinet
before
after
Cupboards in, doors on, all looking good. The crates fit in nicely for storage
Couple of weekends later it was time to paint
First coat done
While the painter was busy, i needed to sort out the crates as i just put stuff in and packed away.
I managed to clean up, sort out and threw out 2 dustbins full of crap...needless to say that i went from 9 full crates to 6 semi full ones with order. I also labelled each one in it's category.
With painting done and go-fast stripe added, it was time to add the newly painted cabinet and return items to the garage
:ricky:
I have ordered some lock floor tiles, hopefully get delivery this week.
I need to get a nice steel grate made for the pit and my shack i have really looks kak now :biggrin:
I will update when i get the floor
:ricky:
