Meet The Garage

Since we have already told everyone within the sound of our voice that we have redone our garage, we thought we would send it out to all others who may not have heard this exciting news. When we bought our house we decided to paint every room and since finishing that we have had little to do. We had talked about cleaning up our garage for some time and finally one evening John just started to pull things off shelves and toss them. We had inherited several old paint cans and they had mixed with some of our newer paint cans. As we were weeding out the useless paint we discovered that we had 2 whole gallons of paint that we ended up not using in our house. Along with a mixture of several other paint samples my dad had mixed together we made the perfect garage paint. With this discovery we set out to redo everything. We took down the numerous shelves and dust collecting shelving units. We got rid of everything we did not need, and we cleared the walls of debris.

We then primed the walls. This was in itself a huge improvement because it had only been textured and it made the garage look dustier than it really was.

But the real improvement came when we put on the paint. It was beautiful. We didn't get a before picture, but we did get some during and after pictures. Once we finished painting, putting up usuable shelves and organizing what was left, John decided that a work bench would put just the right finish on our garage. So we bought the materials and John built it all himself! Cutting all the boards with a handsaw and everything! So now we have a nice work bench with a peg board, and John is so proud of his garage.

If you happen to come by, ask to take a look because he likes to show it off. Those who did not see it before, could not fully appreciate the beauty that it now is, but even without knowing the before, it is hard not to admit that it is quite nice now.