Street5927
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After much thought, I put together a plan for my garage; taking into account cost, practicality, aesthetics, and personal preference. After getting some input from you guys, here is what I came up with. I am almost done, just have to hang two more cabinets, and put in some floor molding, hang three more lights and I will be all done.
I decided to go with Black and Decker Cabinets from Lowes. The color was what I was looking for and all in all, the construction of them is very nice for the price. The only recommendation that I have is if you are going to get these, I re-inforced the wall cabinets on the sides where the mounting board (particle board) goes. They only have it wooden doweled in, so I added some 1-1/2" deck screws to hold the mounting board in better. Other than that, everything went together like a breeze.
As for the flooring, I decided to go with the Swisstrax. Their customer service was awesome! The tiles are even more awesome. They are easy to keep clean with a mop (as you will see in the pics, the edges are a little darker because I just finished cleaning them and they were not totally dry). Easy to sweep, easy to clean (I even use our Hoover Floormate on them), non-skid (even when wet). It took a total of about 3 hours (with cutting around the edges, step, etc) to totally complete the floor. As the temps rose, the tile expanded and had to be trimmed again along the edges (which Swisstrax said is necessary). Now that everything is trimmed, there is no buckling. I have two floor drains in the garage, so I took the drain covers off, used them as a template and drilled the same number of holes in the tile that covers the drains. The holes were then countersunk a little so the watter will run into them easier.
The rails that you see on the side walls are the Gladiator geartrack system. It is a very nice system, and love it so much, I actually bought more to hang in my shed for garden tools. Things can get moved around with ease and without putting a ton of homes in your walls.
I painted the top white and took the two colore tiles to lowes and they put it in a machine to match the paint. The grey was dead on, but the silver was off a little, but there was nothing more that they could have done to match the silver better because it is more of a shiny type of surface. I tried the silver for the stripe, matching the height of the backsplashes of the base cabinets so it looks like one continuous line and then the bottom got dark grey to hide any scuffs and keep it looking cleaner longer.
Here is a before pic:
Here are some after pics (again about 98% done:
I decided to go with Black and Decker Cabinets from Lowes. The color was what I was looking for and all in all, the construction of them is very nice for the price. The only recommendation that I have is if you are going to get these, I re-inforced the wall cabinets on the sides where the mounting board (particle board) goes. They only have it wooden doweled in, so I added some 1-1/2" deck screws to hold the mounting board in better. Other than that, everything went together like a breeze.
As for the flooring, I decided to go with the Swisstrax. Their customer service was awesome! The tiles are even more awesome. They are easy to keep clean with a mop (as you will see in the pics, the edges are a little darker because I just finished cleaning them and they were not totally dry). Easy to sweep, easy to clean (I even use our Hoover Floormate on them), non-skid (even when wet). It took a total of about 3 hours (with cutting around the edges, step, etc) to totally complete the floor. As the temps rose, the tile expanded and had to be trimmed again along the edges (which Swisstrax said is necessary). Now that everything is trimmed, there is no buckling. I have two floor drains in the garage, so I took the drain covers off, used them as a template and drilled the same number of holes in the tile that covers the drains. The holes were then countersunk a little so the watter will run into them easier.
The rails that you see on the side walls are the Gladiator geartrack system. It is a very nice system, and love it so much, I actually bought more to hang in my shed for garden tools. Things can get moved around with ease and without putting a ton of homes in your walls.
I painted the top white and took the two colore tiles to lowes and they put it in a machine to match the paint. The grey was dead on, but the silver was off a little, but there was nothing more that they could have done to match the silver better because it is more of a shiny type of surface. I tried the silver for the stripe, matching the height of the backsplashes of the base cabinets so it looks like one continuous line and then the bottom got dark grey to hide any scuffs and keep it looking cleaner longer.
Here is a before pic:
Here are some after pics (again about 98% done:
:grinno: I guess it's my learning style (as my wife would put it), but I never even turn on the sound system. I'm like.. Mr. Studious Concentration or something, can't deal with any distractions and most anything *does* seem to distract me :think: