Welcome back to week 2 & 3 of our garage makeover with the One Room Challenge. This is our second challenge we’ll be participating in. If you didn’t already catch it last fall, we did the one room challenge for the very first time and we showcased our master bedroom.
Week 1- I showcased the space in its current unsightly state. These weeks I’m talking about the plan. Yes, I did have to combine weeks 2 & 3 because, well, I went to Mexico last week for a Bachelorette party weekend. Ain’t nobody got time to blog, vlog, and renovate a room during a bachelorette weekend! So I skipped a week. Now that I’ve recuperated from the festivities it’s back to work!
What is the One Room Challenge?
One Room challenge™ is a bi-annual event and currently in its eighteenth season. Many different design influencers participate in order to makeover one room over the course of 6 weeks (they’ve extended to 8 weeks this time) and share their process. You can check out the event and other participants here.
Our Garage
Here is our garage in its current state.
The Plan
The main focus for the garage is to get all of our boxes of storage and fun outdoor items off of the floor and up into actual storage spaces. We really want to be able to utilize this garage as much as possible. We store a lot of items in here clearly, but we also want to be able to do things like projects and gardening, working out- putting our equipment down here will be lovely and maybe one day park our cars in here!
But our garage is tiny…it’s one of the smallest layouts for a 2-car garage. It is 20 ft deep by 19.5 ft wide and the ceiling is only 8.25 ft tall. There is also a cement lip at the base of the wall that protrudes out 3”. That’s not a lot to work with!
Here is the layout of the garage and the breakdown of what we are planning on doing with the space.
Shelves
I was originally thinking of building my own storage shelves and have them attached to the ceiling and wall. However, it looks like our ceiling is a popcorn ceiling and the previous owners covered it with an extra layer of drywall. I don’t know if I want to remove the drywall and try to fix the popcorn ceiling. Actually, I know I do NOT want to do that. That is a lot of work and possibly toxic (no to asbestos), our home was built in 1971. So, for now I will leave it how it is and just spruce up the walls and ceiling with paint. Let me know if you would remove everything or leave it, I would love to know!
For the shelves I’ve decided to go with a brand called Fleximounts. You can find them on Amazon. I decided to purchase 1 set of FLEXIMOUNTS 2-Pack 2x4ft Bike Storage Rack Garage Wall Shelves, 24-inch-by-48-inch, White and 1 set of FLEXIMOUNTS 2-Pack 2x6ft 24-inch-by-72-inch Wall Shelf Garage Storage Rack Floating Shelves, White. The shelves are mainly going to hold our storage boxes and coolers. Fingers crossed these will fit perfectly!
I got the idea from Jenna Sue Designs. If you don’t already follow her, definitely check her out, she’s amazing at transforming spaces and budget friendly DIY. She rocks!
Tool Storage & Work Bench
We have a lot of tools, thanks to my dad and a friend of ours but no storage for them. I would like to hang the essentials and commonly used and then have the rest in easy to find AND PUT BACK locations. That’s the number 1 problem when you’re done with an exhausting day of yard work you don’t want to then hunt to figure out where to put back the tools you’ve used.
Also, we want to configure a proper work bench. We have a miter saw and would like to have that up off the ground and in a good place to quickly use. This one looks like a dream 😍
You can find the plans for this over at Bitterroot DIY from Tylynn. Looks amazing and not sure if I will be able to pull this off but here’s to hoping!
Storage for Surfboards
These will be one of the few things we store on the ceiling most likely using this bracket StoreYourBoard SUP and Surfboard Ceiling Storage Rack, Hi Port Overhead Mount, Home & Garage Organizer Hooks.
Temporary Storage for Gardening Items
Now we also have a lot of garden items and tools. For now, they must be stored in the garage but in the hopefully near future they will be moved to the greenhouse we build. Stay tuned for that!
Workout Area
We would like to bring our cycle bike and weights down to the garage as well as purchase a retractable bench for lifting. The bench will most likely be a future purchase but for now we can get the space ready.
Stay tuned for the next few videos, blog posts, and Instagram posts and stories. We’re going to transform this space. I’ll get to painting, organizing, and mounting storage solutions.
So, stick with me, take a minute, and SUBSCRIBE over on our YouTube channel, because over the next 6-8 weeks I’m going to be posting a video of the progress of this whole space and its complete transformation. Thank you so much for watching and/or reading. We’ll see you next time.
Cheers!
Chloe & Michael
Who are the Curious Lees?
For those of you who don’t know us Curious Lees- my husband and myself, we created this space online to showcase a few different things of our life. We film cooking experiences where we showcase a place that we’ve traveled to before and we recreate a meal that inspires us from that place and showcasing the whole trip. It’s a great way to capture our past memories but then also travel while we’re stuck at home. We also showcase all of the renovating we’ve been doing to our half-acre home in San Diego, California. It’s a 70’s build it’s got a lot of work needed. It was partially renovated from the previous owner, but the outside has not been touched.
