Started garage overhaul!

scott_one · Sep 1, 2010

After perusing this forum for some time now, and gleaning some awesome ideas, I was inspired to redo my garage. After seeing what XcYZ and regguy1 did with the soffit idea, I thought this was great for some over the bench lighting and I had to copy that!

Im doing this sort of like one wall at a time

This is 20 feet long, and there will only be 10 inch opening by 2 feet deep, but leaves me room for cabinets over a workbench if I want them.

Old wall, wavy paneling...

...and the old shelving.

They only had insulation between 4 studs :headscrat

New drywall (with insulation behind the walls!!)

Finishing the drywall...

Primer on the walls...

Soffit built

Lifted into place (with 2 X 4 temporary ledge)

Drywall and lights in

Main lights on..

Just soffit lighting

Still have do close up the fronts (sliding doors is what I'm thinking (Thanks XcYZ and regguy1) :beer:

aqr81 · Sep 1, 2010

Scott, that is really coming along and changing the look 100%. Good work on the soffit, it look nice. Great work. Keep the pics coming. :thumbup:

e-tek · Sep 1, 2010

Looks great - but why do away with the storage? Too late now I guess, but could have used threaded rod - or wires - to support, then you'd have room for storage up there....

rwhite692 · Sep 1, 2010

Looking good! Keep the updates coming!

scott_one · Sep 1, 2010

e-tek said:
Looks great - but why do away with the storage? Too late now I guess, but could have used threaded rod - or wires - to support, then you'd have room for storage up there....

There is still room for storage up there, just not as much. The old ones were 6' 8" off the ground. I'm only 5' 7", so I would need to get the ladder out anytime I put something up or got something down. I have plans to put some cabinets under the soffit which will still give me the storage I want, but I'll be able to reach them now.

I did place the lights 18" away from the wall just for this reason.

bazzateer · Sep 1, 2010

Good work!

jake26 · Sep 3, 2010

How deep did you make those soffits?

TONE · Sep 3, 2010

Looking great. Please keep the thread going with all your updates.

regguy1 · Sep 3, 2010

I'm glad you got inspiration from the threads, keep photos coming as you progress...lookin' good so far :thumbup:

Here's XcYZ thread:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45022&highlight=XcYZ

Here's regguy1 thread:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65557

scott_one · Sep 3, 2010

Thanks for the compliments all!

jake26 said:
How deep did you make those soffits?

They are 16" tall by 2 feet deep.

Painted the stripe on the wall. Went with a 5" dark blue with 1" light grey on each side. Will be doing the lower section a darker grey.

But first, I need to cover up these holes in the cinder block... had to fish too many things I've dropped down there!

Using 1 X 4 glued with liquid nails.

scott_one · Sep 3, 2010

Well, apparently I couldn't tell the difference between a dark gray and a dark brown. :headscrat

Didn't realize this till it started drying.... GRRRRR

rwhite692 · Sep 4, 2010

Color combo looks great, I like it!

Motown 454 · Sep 4, 2010

X2 It looks great. I hope the mistakes I make look this good.

cowboy73 · Sep 5, 2010

Looks great. I like it alot.

nate379 · Sep 5, 2010

Nice. I would have filled the blocks with concrete as they should have been right from the get go!

4StarCstms · Sep 5, 2010

I think it looks great and would be happy to have mine come out that nice

Jack90210 · Sep 5, 2010

Nice soffit/buildout! I like the lights, too. Going to put doors on the front face?

scott_one · Sep 5, 2010

Thanks everybody! I'm getting used to the color, the more I look at, the less it bothers me.

Jack90210 said:
Nice soffit/buildout! I like the lights, too. Going to put doors on the front face?

Yes, going to put sliding doors on the fronts at some point, after I get my bench built and some cabinets up.

aqr81 · Sep 6, 2010

Nice choice on the colors - I like it a lot.

scott_one · Sep 11, 2010

OK, got my workbench built and some shelving put up!

scott_one · Sep 19, 2010

Starting on the south wall. Tore out the old paneling and OSB, I found some rotted studs that will need to be replaced, also the outside sheathing. This is gonna be a bigger project than expected. I knew there was going to be some issues because of the deteriorated wood on the outside.

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