Well, we had a busy weekend in Woodinville. When we moved into our house almost 5 years ago, we had no time to work on the garage. It was literally move stuff in as quick as you can and we'll deal with the garage later. Later arrived and we decided this was the weekend that we were going to "deal" with the garage.
We didn't get a picture taken "before" with all of our stuff in the garage...but trust us, it was FULL! First of all, it is only a two car garage (we had a three car garage in Gilbert) and we now have a riding lawnmower that needs to be stored. That being said, organization was needed. And who is better at organization than KRISTINA!
First things first, we emptied out the entire garage on Saturday. Then Jared wiped down all of the walls and ceilings with a damp cloth. The garage had probably never seen a damp cloth in its existence. Next, Jared swept and mopped all of the floors. All of that just so we could "start". So here was the "clean slate".
Note in this picture that the Ikea cabinet in the back didn't make it. It was flimsy to begin with and since it had already been moved a few times, it collapsed when we tried to do it again.
After it was all cleaned up, we painted the walls and the ceilings with two coats of white paint. It wasn't the best paint job in the world, but it is a garage. We were amazed at how much better it looked after two coats of paint. By the time the paint was semi-dry, the day was coming to close. So we opted for moving stuff to the middle of the garage and organizing on Sunday. Just doing what we did on Saturday, we didn't get to bed until 1am Sunday morning. Kristina logged over 28000 steps on her FitBit and we didn't even take Indy for a walk!
As you can see, we have a lot of "STUFF"!
Sunday morning we got up and the first thing that needed to be done was the addition of the pegboards. Jared bought these pegboards months, maybe even years ago and they were just sitting there. Now it was time to put them up.
After the pegboards were installed, we realized we needed more organization stuff...so we made a trip to the Home Depot. As we were checking out with all of our stuff, the clerk asked, "What are you doing...a garage?". We said "yup", and paid our $300 in supplies and headed out. And this is what we ended up with...look at that organization! It will be an ongoing process for a while...for example, the bikes are now on the wall with a rack. But just look at the space for walking...you can actual move now.
From this shot, you can see our clever hanging job on Jared's pontoon boat. We inflated it just enough to hang it up and get it out of the way. The truck will be parked under it, so this turned out to be a perfect solution.
And this is Kristina's wall...she totally organized it. The paint has never been so neat and orderly, and all of the painting supplies (brushes, tape, etc...) stored with the paint. What a plan! And then the double duty rack that holds our tackle boxes, camping stuff etc... on top, and then has a bottom shelf for 2x4's and other lumber. It is excellent!
From here you can see that we have adequately blocked the back service door of the garage too! That was our plan. We never use that door, nor do we want anyone else to use the door. So we figured if we blocked it, that would keep everyone out. :) The wide open space will be where the truck is parked, but for now we had to put the sawhorses back up because we are staining more closet doors!
Our work is never done...
