Finished garage project pics

[Jman5000]

Freqent lurker/reader, but I deemed this project post-worthy. Hopefully the pics will work.

I finally got the time, materials, talent, money, etc all together to get my garage the way I've always wanted it.

Sorry, no "before" pics, but think standard 2-car garage. 2 common walls finished, otherwise bare studs, 1 light bulb, 1 electrical outlet...a generally unfun place for an enthusiast and his cars.

Today's garage: Insulated walls, 10 outlets, 6-48" lamps, epoxy'ed floor, painted masonry, slick clean walls, tons of storage space, open floor space, a big work bench...etc.

On to the pics!

The whole thing:

Closeup of the work/storage area. All Coleman brand cabinetry. Reasonably priced at Lowes.

Gotta have a lot of light!


Epoxy floor from Rustoleum. Standard Lowes/Home Depot kit. Working quite well. If you've done one, 90% of success is in the prep.

Painted masonry and rubber cove molding to protect against water.

Storing, jacks, ramps, polisher+supplies, bits/drivers, electrical cables, floodlamp, helmets, air tank...

Detailing gear anyone?


Wheel storage (ahh, blessed floorspace returned!) posts from Griot's Garage
Also note wall-mounted Shop-Vac, tool storage, and cheap radio picking up Sirius from the indoor device, so plenty of music

Water, cold and hot pumping through anchored reel unit. Ridiculously over-engineered ball-bearing stainless German quick connects on hoses too!

Also note heater. We have season in Ohio, but it's always 80 in here.

Any enthusiast garage has to have some checkered flag action

Art

R-content


Cheers!

[topnotch]

That is awesome. That is a hot garage. Now you just need a tv lol

[Joshua312]

Absolutely amazing! I second the TV idea It makes detailing that much more enjoyable

[audicoupej]

Looks great! I love the R with the RC's. I have them on my GTI.

Can you explain what you're using for the wheels on the wall.

[SamIam]

I love the Audi Poster. I have a 4 of them in my basement, but not that one. I may need to go find one of those. Where did you get it?

Great garage.

Sam

[Sergei]

I have been keeping mental notes about how to transform my garage - w/ special emphasis on neatness, but low cost. I think I found my solution - Coleman at Lowes. Thanks JMan5000!

[KevinA]

VERY NICE! I hope I can get somewhere close after I move into my new house in the spring.

[Jman5000]

Thanks for the comments all.

audicoupej, the wheel storage posts are from Griot's, hence:

Wheel storage posts from Griot's Garage

I'm contemplating some new furniture, which means putting a LCD TV in the bedroom. Which means the tube TV would get wall mounted in the corner.

As for the Audi Poster, I picked it up last fall from the source...the Audi museum in Ingolstadt, the place where the trip computer was able to read 600 miles covered in 6 hours.

[Danase]

Very nicely done and organized!

[audicoupej]

Originally Posted by Jman5000

Thanks for the comments all.

audicoupej, the wheel storage posts are from Griot's

When I read this fast: "Wheel storage (ahh, blessed floorspace returned!) posts from Griot's Garage" I thought you meant you posted about it, lol. When you typed: "Wheel storage posts from Griot's Garage." I understood how dumb I was. Thanks for pointing that out.

[davekt]

Awesome garage i would kill to have a garage that clean and organised.
Well done.

Dave

[Sergei]

The only thing I would add is install a new Fire Hose Spray Nozzle and a cigar humidor. :-)