broox: Garage: before
broox: Garage: Before
broox: The cabinets along the side made the garage feel pretty tight.
broox: The old garage cabinets offered a lot of storage, but we really didn't need most of it after we added the garden shed.
broox: Some of the doors also hit the garage track when opened, which was kind of annoying.
broox: Cabinets dismantled.
broox: I didn't know what to do with all the plywood from the cabinets, so I turned them into storage crates
broox: There was also this little bin next to the door that just wound up collecting junk. So I decided to kill that too.
broox: The front wall seemed like a good place to have a low profile workbench.
broox: My mom's husband hooked me up with some extra bowling lane that he had laying around.
broox: A nice maple butcher block workbench
broox: The floor drain was bone-dry and not draining at all when we moved in
broox: Hired a plumber to get the garage floor drain working again
broox: Jeff helps me wire up the garage with a 50-amp service to accommodate an electric vehicle
broox: 50-amp plug in the garage
broox: After I removed the cabinets, I learned that the walls weren't insulated.... so, since the cabinet wall was all torn up anyway, I decided to insulate and redo it
broox: Torn up drywall: removed.
broox: New insulation and vapor barrier: hung
broox: Drywall: hung
broox: New wall: mudded
broox: There were lots of annoying holes to fill in the garage... lazy asses
broox: Picking out a new floor for the garage
broox: Taped up and ready for a fresh coat of bright white paint on the ceiling
broox: Taped up and ready for a fresh coat of bright white paint on the ceiling
broox: Painting ceilings with a roller is messy
broox: Makin it white
broox: The gnarly old garage floor. Chipped up epoxy, with plenty of cracks, dimples, and divots
broox: Some poor labeling on the new set of steps that I decided to build
broox: Built some new steps for the garage
broox: Old garage floor ready for new life