Garage Makeover

Original Cabinets

Our "until-retirement home" (URH) has a two-car garage that we were both excited for Mr. DIY to use half as his wood shop.  The original homeowner must have also been a hobbyist as the garage has walls of mismatched cabinets, counter tops, and even a plumbed sink!  The storage and usability of the space is a blessing but all the mismatched cabinets are jarring to the senses.

Mr. DIY recommended paint to tie all the different pieces together and I jumped on a design idea that I'd been pondering for a little while.

After Paint

Our garage would have a Redskins theme in honor of Mr. DIY's fandom.
Glidden, at Home Depot, sells paint in all the team colors (NFL, NBA, MLB, etc.).  The only problem is Glidden's coverage sucks - to put it lightly.  So we learned that unless you want to put down 4 coats, start with a white primer. Yes, yes, Glidden claims to be a paint + primer in one. Well that's total bull.  So spare yourself the time and either always buy Behr or start with the primer.

After learning this lesson the rest of the painting went pretty easily.  You'll see we've completed coverage for one of our 3 walls of cabinets and we even decided to paint the brown cork board walls Redskin White.

Mr. DIY is continuing to upgrade his shop with LED lighting, a home-made, built-in, fine dust particle collection system to compliment his floor dust collection system, and many other projects to transform his wood working shop into the shop of his dreams (or as close as our pocketbook will allow).

Hail to the Redskins

After painting our ENTIRE previous home different shades of grey, I found painting with bold colors to be inspiring and an absolute thrill.  Don't get me wrong, you won't find these colors inside our home but out in the shop, it amps up the energy that a creative space should have.

Thanks for stopping by our neck of the DIY neighborhood. And as our favorite neighbor Mr. Rogers used to say, "You always make each day a special day for me, by just being you. There's only 1 person in this WHOLE world like you; that's you yourself, and people can like you exactly the way you are.  I'll be back next time. Bye-bye!"

Bye-bye neighbor!