Need help with my garage transformation!!!!!!!!

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Need help with my garage transformation!!!!!!!!

Reply #15 – October 14, 2010, 12:09:48 AM

Quote from: ivygreen;339425

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Yeah, except most peoples' garages today at 400 square feet, 576 if you're lucky, have a 8-9 foot height, and they have more hardware than they can store in them nicely. A garage dedicated to just car work would be nice but it rarely happens. I do like The Garage Journal though - lots of good information and ideas but sadly, a large chunk of info on there is not from budgets that a lot of people can pull from. This isn't to say I know the op's situation but in general and my own experiences, people don't have the luxury (or care) of spending much on their (small in comparison) garages and ideas on how to clean up a garage WITHOUT spending money I assume is the goal. It'd be my goal at least, short of having something that's like 36'x36' in size with section dedicated to a 4 post car lift and a 10-12' ceiling.

Need help with my garage transformation!!!!!!!!

Reply #16 – October 14, 2010, 07:28:01 AM

what is that where they shoot hot rod tv???? holy shiznit that is one big garage, I think with all the tools I have that would accommodate me well.

Need help with my garage transformation!!!!!!!!

Reply #17 – October 14, 2010, 11:19:00 AM

Get Cheap Shelves, More cabinets, Someone said Compressor room outside of Garage: I agree, Put the Quads AND parts and specific tools in new shed.

Love the hooters thing. LMAO.

Need help with my garage transformation!!!!!!!!

Reply #18 – October 14, 2010, 01:34:55 PM

I tried for years myself, but never found a way to re-organize what I already had. I have 1440 sq feet now, and I'm just cutting it in organizing stuff. I think I need a separate storage building for building supplies now..

Need help with my garage transformation!!!!!!!!

Reply #19 – October 14, 2010, 02:25:20 PM

I could put you guys to shame. I will take some pictures of my garage when I get home. You will all be scratching your head saying "how the hell does he do anything in there".

I was looking at 347thunders pictures saying "wow, thats not bad". That should give you a clue. PS, I live in TX, where we don't have basp00gets, and I have lofted ceilings, so I don't have an attic either.

Need help with my garage transformation!!!!!!!!

Reply #20 – October 14, 2010, 06:47:24 PM

Quote from: sarjxxx;339393

my idea = garage sale

Dude, he wants to straighten out the garage, not sell it

Need help with my garage transformation!!!!!!!!

Reply #21 – October 15, 2010, 02:04:01 PM

Quote from: Seek;339428

Yeah, except most peoples' garages today at 400 square feet, 576 if you're lucky, have a 8-9 foot height, and they have more hardware than they can store in them nicely. A garage dedicated to just car work would be nice but it rarely happens.

In my new house, my garage is 400 square feet with an 8 foot ceiling, just like you said. When I bought the house, the garage was an absolute mess. I just finished gutting it, running a 100 amp subpanel, wiring it and insulating. I'm actually hoping to hang the drywall this weekend. Even at 400 square feet, though, I'm planning it to be just as clean and organized as the last garage. Regardless of the size of your shop, you can still tidy up and put your shiznit away. A clean, well lit, organized garage space actually makes you want to go out there and work on your project. There's no tripping over junk, searching for tools or laying in dirt and grease. It's just a better experience all around. I realize that it's a different experience than working in my last garage (1,000 sqft). What I was trying to convey was not the size of the garage, but how I stored and organized things. The OP asked for ideas on transforming his garage and how to go about decluttering.

You really want to see how to organize small spaces? check this guy out...

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55006&highlight=gauge+garage

Need help with my garage transformation!!!!!!!!

Reply #22 – October 15, 2010, 09:41:30 PM

Quote from: ivygreen;339639

You really want to see how to organize small spaces? check this guy out...

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55006&highlight=gauge+garage

It's alright but still roomy. The last garage I was in was "20x20" (actually like 19' wide and shallow wall to wall and with some 18" shelves in the back, I had to bring the Tbird in diagonal to work on it), with stairs going up 3 feet to the house, taking up more room. I considered it a 1.5 car garage. There was no room to do anything. The car in the above thread is much smaller than our foxes so he's got plenty of room to wrench of things.

The simple extra 2 feet on either side really do make a huge difference - that's gaining 2 feet of storage along a wall for cabinets and whatnot - a TON of storage.

He really should give us a shot of the entire garage - it'd tell more. I still think that the useless clutter such as the stickers are making it seem worse than it is though. The worst offenders are the ones with a 6' layer of that gets thrown into a garage over years, making it impossible to enter the room. My dad's one of those as he wants to save everything, including things I think he'll never use again. I refuse to ever go over there to work on any vehicle ever again as climbing over/through it (after "cleaning" up a narrow path) to find some tool in cabinets that aren't organized is a huge waste of time and you get injured easily :p