Since buying the Tundra, the garage layout doesn't work. Anytime I need to get something simple out of my work bench, I need to back the truck out of the garage. So, it's reorganization time. That's the focus for today. I'll post some more pictures as I get going. Current plans are a new tool box to fit where the wood shelves are, a folding table along the "truck" wall, and who knows what else.

Current status:





Clearance for truck:

I've always admired the cleanliness in which you keep your garage. Good idea for a thread! I'll refrain from making a Steelers comment.

Once the warm weather hits, I really would entertain the idea of an epoxy floor; as we've previously discussed. I scratch your back, you scratch mine, type-of-deal?

Funny enough, right now I think it looks rather messy. I'm up for epoxy in the spring...

I'm sure you already know, but clean the crap outta the floor before doing the epoxy. And don't be afraid to put two or three coats down. I did my floor back in 2010 when I bought this house and I've had a few spots flake off already. And I put on 1.5 gallons for a 2 car garage. I think it's supposed to be about a gallon for each side but we only got to 1.5. But as with painting a car, prep work is where it's at. And let it dry for 2-3 days before parking a car on it.

As for clearance, just take your bumper off before parking in the garage. LOL Maybe some quick release clamps like the drifting guys have lol.

My folding table. Yes, the hinges are overkill. Stupid non-standard stud spacing.

Side view of table please. Nice work.

Junkie is right about the epoxy. I used 2 gallons on mine and it is flaking badly now. Since it was new construction, I suspect mine still had some moisture. Redo this summer for me.

I'll snap some tomorrow of the side view. It's very strong, sturdy. Doubled up 3/4" maple top. That corner of the garage is now empty. Where the wood shelves used to be, they've been replaced by (gulp) cheapo Craftsman rollaways. I wanted to swap the drawers in one box to make it a 5 drawer, with the better quality drawers/slides from my workbench. I went back and forth on rollaway quality...in the end,I decided to go cheap. I"m not hard on my boxes so they should last.

Now, I need a couple of wall shelves abover the boxes. I'm also adding a work surface to the top of the two boxes. I just need to figure out how to organize the wall storage.

Cool Project. I need to start on my garage.

RX-7 Chris wrote:Cool Project. I need to start on my garage.

What he said.

Cabinet I put together yesterday. It's 40"x36", made from one sheet of 3/4" maple. Underneath are the two craftsman chests I picked up last weekend. I'm adding a wood top to those after all. I'll also be making a smaller cabinet to put on the truck side of the garage. The one below will be mainly for household items/toys.

Nice. I need to make some cabinets like that for my garage. Would really clear up a lot of the stacks of crap I have on the floor. How did you attach it to the wall?

Huzer wrote:Funny enough, right now I think it looks rather messy. I'm up for epoxy in the spring...

Spend money on the epoxy. The stuff at Home Depot, Lowes, etc is crap. Sherwin Williams makes a really good epoxy paint that is used in commercial installations. It was going to be about $600 to do my 2 1/2 car, but it's really stout.

Nice work on the cabinet, miT. More details, pics?

erod550 wrote:Nice. I need to make some cabinets like that for my garage. Would really clear up a lot of the stacks of crap I have on the floor. How did you attach it to the wall?

I made a cleat, cut at 45 degrees, mounted one cleat to the wall and the other attached to the cabinet. I'll snap some 'open' pics of it tomorrow. Pretty simple to attach that way, though. I used some self closing cabinet hinges as well. There's one shelf At 17" height inside, basically dividing the cabinet in two. Total for the cabinet was $43 for the wood, $6 for the hinges, and I had a couple of handles left from when I installed them on our kitchen cabinets.

It's been a busy weekend. After garage time yesterday, I painted our bedroom today.

Justin wrote:Spend money on the epoxy. The stuff at Home Depot, Lowes, etc is crap. Sherwin Williams makes a really good epoxy paint that is used in commercial installations. It was going to be about $600 to do my 2 1/2 car, but it's really stout.

There are a few decent ones out there. I'd use the cheapie stuff IF the garage wasn't getting a lot of traffic (sounds stupid to say that, but my pa-in-law had a shop that didn't get vehicle traffic that he used the rust oleum stuff on and it held up great.) I'll go EpoxyCoat or something similar.