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What does your garage look like?

Chief Brody

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I know there have been threads on this before, but I am curious what some of you are doing with your two-car garages to maximize space....what's the trend on shelving...benches...etc...

Most of you northern guys seem to have drywall or hardwood on your walls....down south here they seem to like to leave chipboard exposed....I am considering covering one or more walls with the corrugated tin for that old look...don't know yet...

One thing I got to do is get stuff closer to the walls to make more room in the center of the garage...so some creative benches and shelving and containers are to be considered.

I might even build a larger shed in the back yard with a high ceiling and hang my fiberglass top in there...make it a double barn door opening where I can back in...dunno...bet that costs a lot...
 
Mine is your simple cookie-cutter two car garage. Truck on one side, tools, shelves, other hobbies on the other. Both our daily drivers stay in the driveway. It was the terms of the house purchase. I told her if she wanted that particular house (no basement like I wanted), The garage was mine and mine alone. It took a couple of times of her putting stuff out there for storage and coming home to find it in her spot in the driveway, but she got the point.

Not much in the way of decoration, I have shelves for various stuff, a cabinet full of military gear, toolbox, air compressor, welder, all my R/C planes and cars - if you look closely, there's 7 planes in there. It came finished with drywall. It's not cooled/heated, but with the doors down, it absorbs some from the house and it's comfy. All in all, it's my happy place and in hindsight, it's kinda amazing what I've been able to get done in that little space.

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you garage is still a few feet larger than mine...I could leave my DD out in the driveway, but with the cold weather it has been nice having it in the garage...maybe during the summer I will leave it outside...

Right now the low hanging fiberglass top dictates where I have to park the Blazer...it has to go under it...that's why I want to get it out of the garage and into another storage area...
 
Yeah. I'm nearing the end of my build.There's not room for all the pieces of the truck, so the top, interior, trim, etc are in a 4x8 storage room I pay $35/mo for.
 
I'd go drywall. At least here, it's cheaper than tin, tin also conducts heat, for any heating/cooling needs you may have, drywall will help a tiny bit more with sound deadening, and drywall over any wood product for fire related issues.

I'd also build a shed for the topper, and non-garage/vehicle related stuff. Anything you can keep out of your garage would help. (e.g. lawn mowers, storage junk, etc.)

Storage/shelves, you can buy it, storage shelf kits, those type of things. Probably 5 times the cost of 2x4s and plywood, but they do have some nifty organizing things. But, with 2x4s and plywood, you'll save a lot, and you can also customize that for your needs just the same.

Right now my 'garage' is dirt and rocks :( But my last garage I had I drywalled, built shelves on the left side (as entering) and left the right side clear, no shelves, no tools, no nothing. It's nice having at least ONE side nice and clear for moving around, and working. The back wall was an over sized table/catch all that spanned the whole wall.
 
i have discovered you have to be careful with how you manage a garage and space,i had a standard 2 car garage for years,worked all right,wife like to throw her stuff out there as well ,always cluttered,well a few years back i built a 30 by 60 foot pole type building,my shop and only mine,thought i would never need more than that,and she got the garage,all of a sudden she wanted to use the garage as a garage and she wanted to move her crap to the shop,so i built a small 10 by 8 room in the shop with shelving and a sliding glass door for her crap,told her that was her storage room,and anything outside of that room was mine to do what i want with,this has worked out pretty good,if she thinks it is important she keeps it in her room,if its not in there,it will dissappear,anyways even with a 30 by 60,if you get two projects going at the same time you really need to manage space smartly
 
My garage is just for parking and its nice. Mowers, quad, and both rigs go in the shop/barn. Last year when I didn't have the barn I would take over my wifes spot in the garage to do regular maintenance since my side had all the tools and equipment to take care of the house/ yard. Getting everything up and out of the way helps tremendously. Try to build the shelves into the wall structure to not have a floor footprint if you can.
 
Everything on wheels. I just ordered 2 pole barns. A 30x48 x 10 and a 16x50x15. They sit next to each other. I swear I am going to keep it organized.
 
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2' deep 7' tall shelving along sides

Lots of overhead storage.

Some shelving and tool boxes in the front, next to the damn washer/dryer (stacking to save space).

wish I had indoor laundry

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Future plans:
1. Buy house with more usable real estate (mine is rocky and hilly)
2. Build 6 bay garage/shop. 3 doors on front that drive thru to make 6 bays
3. 1 bay will be man-space - checkered floor, old gas pump, couch, big screen etc
4. 1 bay will have 2 post lift
5. This leaves 2 bays for parking drivers, and 3 for projects/storage (including the one with the lift.
 
rebelgregory said:
Future plans:
1. Buy house with more usable real estate (mine is rocky and hilly)
2. Build 6 bay garage/shop. 3 doors on front that drive thru to make 6 bays
3. 1 bay will be man-space - checkered floor, old gas pump, couch, big screen etc
4. 1 bay will have 2 post lift
5. This leaves 2 bays for parking drivers, and 3 for projects/storage (including the one with the lift.
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Any extra for me :dunno: :haha:




That sounds like a most epic plan
 
nothing better than turning wrenches and watching football in the garage on a Sunday :D
 
I've got an RV garage on the front half of my shop, so like 12+ feet tall and 1.25 cars wide, maybe a little more. Then it sort of turns into a 2 car garage in the back except the PO put a small room and a bathroom on one side. I can't complain about the amount of space, but having only one entrance in/out is a drag, and since the tall part is in front, not sure how I could really put a lift up there since it would be in the way.

My wife also does not understand the shop concept and wants to just open the door and hurl crap in. Mostly gardening stuff. Need to get her a shed or something. This is all in addition to the covered parking for the DD's, which is fine for Tucson.
 
My garage is part of the house.....so no major renovations going to happen there...I am trying to figure out how big a storage shed / barn I am allowed to build out back...I live in the city and there are ordinances on that kind of thing...wish I had a lot of land...
 
Chief Brody said:
My garage is part of the house.....so no major renovations going to happen there...I am trying to figure out how big a storage shed / barn I am allowed to build out back...I live in the city and there are ordinances on that kind of thing...wish I had a lot of land...
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Exactly why I live in the country :)
 
Living in the sticks is the best.

My shop/garage idea would be to have a double carport between the house and shop/garage. That way we could still have covered parking, I can walk in between the garage and house w/o getting rained on, carrying whatever. The garage is still close, but doesn't share a wall with the rest of the house. Two shop doors in the front, and a regular door on the side that faced the house.

I wouldn't want to re-roof that when the time came though :doah: Aesthetically it looks nice too, worked on a house that was set up that way. The driveway carport area was a cobblestone look that continued back and wrapped around the rear of the house as the patio.
 
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