r/garageporn

A bit different I know but we wanted to blend in with the house and take building/design cues from that. Knocked down a small car port and created a double garage.

The color and material matching existing fence and gatehouse just blended it in. The panel garage door, trellis and corbels made it I think.

It was built very specific to our needs. Storage area at the back and home for materials and treadmill (still to arrive). AC for the garage but can also limit to treadmill area with the barn doors. Barn doors also screen the storage area.

Didn’t want anything other than cars, bikes, tools in the main area.

Wanted big windows/ doors so that from the house we look at our stuff and not a big yellow box.

Thought the Mural would work and took the chance. Was fun to hang. Came out even better than expected. Going with haint blue ceiling like the Southern porch tradition really works too.

Sealed the floor with 2 coats TS210 from Concrete Sealers USA.

Lights from PrimeLights with movement sensor. Spotlights by remote for night time. Thought they might be too much but love the daylight they give.

Flooring the loft gave much needed storage space. 1920 built homes can be tight on that.

Reusing old brick pavers just finished it off so neatly and we can walk all the way round the house.

Delighted with the outcome. Just what we envisioned.

Hey folks, here the latest iteration of my garage since painting, lights, floor, bike rack, starting to add some decor to the walls etc.

Starting to hit a bit of a wall, I am ordering a new age cabinet set to go where I’m standing in the photo.

Does anyone have any recommendations/ideas for more decor, car themed goodies, stuff like that? Also ideas on maybe some fake foliage? String lights? Looking for some fresh eyes to see what they could see being a good vibe. Thanks!

The shop if finally coming together. Doors and solar next week. Excited to have the lights finally working.

Did a big post about my Tron-themed garage some time back, so won't repeat anything here. Just a single photo of my electric cafe racer bike in the garage - got some time to spend with bike thanks to long weekend. For me, there is nothing in the world more relaxing than working on your own bike in your own garage!

Happy Independency Day everyone!

Wanting to put my gun safe in this room but I need to clean it up first and add some lighting. This room is under my front porch and looks like it shows some sign of water intrusion from the past (house is 40 years old). What’s the best way to seal off the room to lessen the chance of water before painting? I’ve owned this home for almost a year now and i’ve never seen water in here in that time. I also have a dehumidifier running the basement beside this room basically 24/7. Just don’t want to move a nice safe in here and it start rusting out because I didn’t do preparation beforehand.

I was looking into buying these 2 partial sets to put together:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-4-Piece-Extra-Wide-Heavy-Duty-Welded-Steel-Garage-Storage-System-HTC411020-EX/317133079

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-74-in-W-x-82-in-H-x-24-in-D-19-Gauge-Extra-Wide-Welded-Steel-3-Piece-Heavy-Duty-Garage-Storage-System-in-Black-PHTC310110-EX/336277209

At first
I didn’t realize that there was both heavy duty regular width and these extra wides, which got me diving down a little rabbit hole, because from what’s in the product descriptions the extra wide are as stated, a bit wider per cabinet and possibly about 1 inch taller and do not mix with the regular width set (I was about to purchase a regular and and extra wide set to put together before I noticed this) I have been reading a bunch of reviews and searching around videos, and I can’t seem to find any post or review on the extra wide version which is just making me a little curious if there is anyone on here that maybe could tell me about their experience with these. I have been between husky and NewAge and it seems like both have bad reviews with shipping/returns and fully damaged or dented products but many of these reviews are years old. My father has a new age proline which is a sturdy quality so my other question is this a similar feel to new age quality (husky regularly states 19 or 20gauge steel, not sure why 2 different gauges) My one gripe with the linked sets is I would prefer 2 x 5 drawer tool cabinets but they only sell that 3 piece extra wide with the double doors and I do not have the space to just purchase 2 of the 4 piece sets. On top of that the standalone tool drawer is out of stock.

TLDR; has anyone bought the extra wide sets? Is the quality comparable to newage pro series? If I purchased a regular wide and extra wide set to combine would it not lineup heighth wise? Is there still shipping/returns/damage issues with husky and newage?

Did this a few years ago at the old place. I wish I had some before pictures, but you’ll have to take my word that the floor was definitely beat up. I didn’t think I had the skill to do a skim coat of Quickcrete without making a big mess, so (generic) race deck it was and I was pretty happy with the result!

House is a new build and the garage felt like the only incomplete space. I've been working on it for little over a month. Pretty happy with how it turned out. It was a lot of work. Still need to get some more stuff off the ground and paint the staircase and door.

Wall color - Behr Euro Gray

Ceiling and foundation - Behr Limousine Leather

Vevor tile floor

New home (my first!) Got my dream 3 car garage. It's been painted, new floors! But these garage doors are AWFUL. 20 inch HIGH 46 inch WIDE openings and previous home owner stuck insulation in the spaces. Effective, but ugly. I've searched for kits in black pre made sheets? No luck. Any ideas? I've even some guys with flags multi colors etc. Any help would be appreciated sending me in a good direction! (excuse the mess, still unpacking etc)

Something a little different from usual.

In the past I built one of those popular 27gal storage tote organization walls. That system of categorized storage bins has been extremely useful.

When Home Depot began selling these small 6.5qt bins several months ago, I had the idea to create a smaller version of that organization wall to go in the workshop area of my garage. This is high, against the 9.5ft ceiling. It’s intended to store overflow of consumable items (zip ties, tape, jigsaw blades, screws, etc) and other items that I don’t need frequent access to (casters, camera gear).

I’m considering this an alternate to using cabinets. Instead of filling cabinets I’d never look in, and losing things in the back, this system helps categorize everything and I can find whatever I need at a moment’s notice.

The house my Wife and I bought came with a 600 sq/ft shop on the property, I knew it needed work, however I wasn’t prepared for the disappointment of millions of rat droppings (been corrected) dead batts and endless neglect. Anyways, after chipping away at this for months, here’s the before and after!

Bought a new house with very large detached 3 car garage, built about 10 years ago. All three doors have sizable gaps at the bottom corners and underneath the door where the weather stripping doesn’t make contact all the way across. What is the best fix for this?

Hello reddit world. Long time user. First timer interact'r (so you know this is serious).

I've recently become the tenant of a lovely little space all of my own. Technically it's an office, but I'm going for more of a workshop / garage vibe, with a nice tech command centre, and espresso set up.

It's 4.3m * 4.1m, I'm unsure how to approach it, and looking for suggestions.

The space is mine for at least 10 years, so I'm in no rush to finish everything immediately, and would like to move section by section.

I've done a temporary tool set up so that I have the bits on hand I need to do the job, but there's at least 2 more boxes of tools and accessories still to come up.

My first port of call is to get some kind of peg board set up for the power tools running top to the bottom on the "shelf" wall, and another on the perpendicular wall for hand tools.

The simplest option seems to be this as it can be formatted and added to as desired https://www.amazon.ie/Amazon-Basics-Rectangular-Metal-Pegboard/dp/B08PDX8MLZ

I'll probably repaint the other walls back to white as a base, and let the aesthetic carry the decorating load.

Putting it into a single sentence, it would be "I'm just making my Casey Neistat's carefully curated crazy office" (don't like the guy, do like his office).

Befores are attached, along with some inspo.

What regrets do you have? What would you do if you were doing it all again?

There's not much budget for this so it'll be likely done piecemeal DIY.

Based in Ireland, so some of the things simply sourced in the US may not be available sadly.