Every garage has a purpose. Whether its to store everything that doesn’t fit your house or to find a home for a classic car this space can give a home owner either a heartache or a place of solitude.

My garage is mixed with kids toys, bikes, tools ,ladders and even comes with its own cupboard space. The cabinets in this garage are sort of an eyesore. Only because they were at one time what the kitchen had in them. They are a direct product of the seventies and early eighties. so if you can imagine for a second brown laminated somewhat decorative kitchen cabinets that are used and abused, hinges broke and even some doors are nailed shut. Mind you although this description seems ugly, if the living space is organized it doesn’t look bad at all. A little sanding and some paint and I should have them looking like almost new.  Of course buying new garage shelving and cabinets may be easier.
When spring arrives there will be alot of garage clean up,washing the floor and cleaning and organizing so I can feel like I am organized inside. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

At this time spending alot of money on any garage cabinetry is not in my budget- yet. I do have plenty of stand alone shelving that I bought from Home Depot.

My garage floor is what you call a work in progress. Before the fall Quikrete concrete leveler was applied in a very thin manner as so as to get the cracks and pitting covered for an even surface. The thought being to go ahead and paint over the floor with a good quality floor paint- maybe an industrial garage floor paint. Well time got the better of me and I found that the temperature started to drop,  so the only answer was to go ahead and wait. I have only a few more spots to cover. which probably will entail two more purchases of leveler compound. Then waiting for about thirty days to get the proper adhesion and settling of the material. Ninety days later, knock on wood it has held up great, even through the salt, dirt and abuse.

When the temperature is proper for painting then I will begin the arduous job of cleaning and painting. It sure beats sitting inside after a long winter.