Garage

November 2010: When we moved into our new home just about everything went into our garage. We had to park out side. We needed to get the boxes emptied and cleared out so we could get the cars in the garage. After looking at all of our lawnmowers, tillers, wheelbarrows, and such, we decided that 1/2 the garage would need to remain storage until we get a chance to build a shed. Lori likes the clean look of sheet rock and white paint. It does make it look clean and finished. The only wall that was finished was the wall between the garage and house. I was a little slow in taking pictures on this project so the first part was completed before I took them. Here are a couple of pictures that show one side that we had not sheet rocked. It has the insulation in part of it. The rest of the garage would have to be finished on the second round after we clear some of our boxes out of the way. There is just limited space to manuver around in the garage. The picture on the right was after we started to dry wall. I was suppose to hurry on this one so Lori could park in the garage during the winter. We didn't quite make it.

We got the drywall up and the weather turn cold. It was so cold that we just didn't go out to the garage to finish up. Well hopefully by next winter Lori will get to park inside. In February 2011 it finally started to warm up a little out side and I went and purchased a small heater so we could get back in to work. I would turn the heater on and when it got to the mid 30's I would go out and put up some sheet rock. I finally started the mudding process. I am either really anal or just slow. It took quite awhile to get the mud up and sanded. Once that was done the painting needed to be completed. I asked a couple of the Young Women in the ward to see if they wanted to earn some money and help me out. I figured I could get the help and then I could finish up faster. A couple of them came to assist me in painting the primer. They were a great help! Thanks Carley and Yuneri!

The painting took a lot longer than I anticipated. We were then able to unpack some of our boxes and found a lot of our tools like rakes, hoes, and shovels. Lori went to Home Depot and purchaed a tool bar to hang them all. We also had painted some shelves that the previous owner had left and mounted them back up. Lori is the expert organizer and garage was whipped together in a day or so. It would never look as good as it does without her stepping up and taking over that part of the project.

This garage is much smaller than the one we had in Utah. The truck will just barely fit if I can pull it clear up to the front wall. The door into the house is just a little off set so Lori will have to park on that side of the garage. The car is short enough that it will allow me to put my tool box on the wall in front of it. I also built some shelves around it for storage.

We sorted through the garage and cleared the last walls that needed to be finished. It is just February and Lori is still parking out in the snow. The temperature has been really cold and and we have had to run the small space heater in the garage to warm it up enough to go out and hang the insulation. On President's day weekend we decided to make a big push and effort to finish the garage. A friend of ours, from the ward, does drywalling for a living and came to assist. Curt can do this in about 1/2 the time it takes me. I had to hurry to get the insulation up so we could finish putting up the sheet rock.

Curt came back a couple of times to sand and mud. It took a few days between times in putting up a new coat of mud because of the cold, rain and humidity. We had to run the space heater day and night so the mud would dry.

Finished the mudding and sanding. Cleaned up a little and now it is time to paint. It did take me a couple of days to put on a primer and finish coat. The picture below is me rolling on the final coat. Now just a final cleaning of the garage and we will be able to finish organizing.

April 4th, 2011: The final picture is of a peg board I put up and notice the car in the garage. Lori did get to park in the garage during a couple of storms. On to a new project now.