Well, I’ve had a busy couple weeks! Between a grad school midterm and some work travel, I haven’t had much time to blog at all. I’m pretty confident that we’ll be doing three posts this week though so stay tuned!
This past week we started two projects: the garage and the front door. Both are still in progress. We’ll have a separate post on the front door later this week.
The garage has been a source of some minor aggravation due to it’s current unfinished and generally disorganized state. In the grand scheme of things, I guess it’s kind of low on the totem pole of our complete home plans. Especially considering that all but one of our rooms in the house is still unpainted (the nursery is the only real “finished” room).
We decided to tackle the garage now for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, it’s our primary entry to our home. While our guests routinely enter the front door when they visit, Lisa and I almost always enter the house through the garage. So, it’s always in our faces. Second, October is the perfect time to do a garage project. Not too hot, not too cold, rain doesn’t matter… perfect time.
Here are some shots of the garage in it’s current state:
So, here are our plans
1. Have the garage spackled. The builder only put one coat of spackle or joint compound on the drywall seams. We could’ve opted to have another couple coats applied during construction, but we nixed that idea. Getting the seams finished will give the garage a cleaner look. This isn’t necessary, but I’d like to get it done.
2. Paint. Probably a basic flat white interior paint. We were kicking around the idea of maybe adding a wide, dark horizontal stripe throughout the space, but we think a plain white is probably the best idea.
3. Re-apply epoxy floor paint. One of the first things I did last year when we moved in was to epoxy the garage floor. It looks decent, but it could’ve used a second coat last year. The concrete absorbed a lot of the paint in certain areas resulting in some rough spots that attract dirt and car drippings. I’m optimistic that a second coat will solve some of these issues.
4. Hang and organize our gear. We have some ladders and some other junk that needs to get lifted in order to save space. We’ll also need to do something about our trash situation. Ditto our shoes. Some of this we’ll figure out when we get there.
Not the most glamorous project, but nonetheless a project necessary for our continued sanity.
Anyone have any good garage organizational tips?
