Total Garage Remodel

[BRad704]

Again, not a plumbing project, but I still like showing off what I'm working on...

Our garage has gotten junky, and the walls were all scuffed up, and the floor is just plain concrete, the shelves are ugly, and I want to change it ALL...

So, I got 2 gallons of the off-colored paint at HD, the ones that people didnt like and rejected... $5 each! instead of paying $30/gal for new... One was light grey, and the other was a yellowy tan color and I just combined them in a bucket to get the color you see below.

The shelves are going to get a pine "skin" put over them, and they will be stained a dark walnut color.

The floor is going to be Behr, Giant Sequoia with tan flakes. It is a dark reddish color to match our stain kitchen concrete floor.

I dont have any pics of the old garage stuff, but picture the average crap-filled garage with mower, bikes, future garage sale stuff etc...

The new color! I still have to edge in teh top, and paint the trim white this week...

[Austin]

Cool project. You should get a bike rack.

[BRad704]

Originally Posted by Austin

Cool project. You should get a bike rack.

I feel like I own a bike SHOP!

The bikes is what I am still wondering about... They used to hang on the 4 hooks over by the water heater, but I dont want to hang them again. it marks up the wall too much. I would love to get a shed to put stuff in, and they would live there unless it was nice outside.

[Chris]

I wish my garage was that clean. I think you should build a shed for the bikes.

[havasu]

Just make sure you don't place a washer and dryer in there like I did, cuz these guys in here will give you the same crap they gave me!

[BRad704]

Originally Posted by Chris

I wish my garage was that clean. I think you should build a shed for the bikes.

That's what I keep telling my wife... she's not going for it yet...

Originally Posted by havasu

Just make sure you don't place a washer and dryer in there like I did, cuz these guys in here will give you the same crap they gave me!

Nope, none of that! They already have their own walkin room. That will be next on the renovation list after the garage.

[Austin]

Originally Posted by BRad704

I feel like I own a bike SHOP!

The bikes is what I am still wondering about... They used to hang on the 4 hooks over by the water heater, but I dont want to hang them again. it marks up the wall too much. I would love to get a shed to put stuff in, and they would live there unless it was nice outside.

That would be nice. There's a couple of places by my house that are running spring sales. You may be able to pick one up cheap. Fail that you could build one.

[BRad704]

Before the shed, I am more worried about finding cheap kitchen base-cabinets.... We are gonna go look at the Habitat for Humanity Restore next weekend and see what we can find.

[BRad704]

Garage all cleaned out, walls painted, trim painted again, shelves were about 2" off at the top from being straight (got that fixed too). Last night I bought some masonry caulk/filler, and filled all the cracks in the floor, and loaded up the trailer with stuff to get it out of the way... I'm getting WAY excited about painting this weekend!!!! Since we got paid today, we'll be going back to the HD to get two of the Behr 2-part epoxy kits in Giant Sequoia color!

Tonite will be stripping/cleaning time, and early tomorrow morning, the painting will commence!

[havasu]

Did you have any success on used cabinets at your Habitat for Humanity store? Our local HFH store only has random, broken down cabinets. BTW, What color is "Giant Sequoia?" It sounds like it should be green, but I believe you mentioned a tan color? The epoxy floor is one of the best things I have done to my garage. I recently had an oil drip from a fresh oil change, and it wiped up quickly with just a paper towel!