Garage Makeover (W/Pics)

[AUdakota]

My wife and I just bought our first house in October and I decided since graduating from 5 years of college apartment parking lots I would spiff up the garage. I knew that I wanted to build a workbench and also get some storage.

Work I have done so far.

Tapped into the water main to get both a hot and a cold hose connection, this makes washing in cold weather pretty enjoyable.

My dad and I built a pretty stout workbench roughly 5'X2'X36" this gave me enough storage for my tools and provide ample workspace for small projects.

Organized all my tools from the boxes into the cabinets and into toolboxes, and later into the pegboard.

Also couldnt resist getting a new vac n blo shop vac for $69 when we were shopping for some lumber

Here are some pics.....

Before
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB210059.jpg

The supplies!
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB220061.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB220060.jpg

Two layers of 3/4" MDF glued, clamped, and screwed together. Dont worry all those screws are on the bottom.....
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB220064.jpg

Getting to work on the legs.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB220067.jpg

The legs and the two lower shelves in place
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB220071.jpg

Putting the top on
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB220072.jpg

Putting the stud boards into the wall, wanted plenty of support for the pegboard and shelf.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB220077.jpg

Almost Done
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB220080.jpg

Finished
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB280089.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/AUdakota/PB280090.jpg


All I have left to do is arrange the four toolboxes worth of tools onto the pegboard and fill the slideout drawers that are under the bottom shelf and I will be done. I think overall it turned out pretty well....

[Meghan]

Frank very nice, I love to see an organized garage, I try over and over to keep mine that way but I am not winning the battle.

[lethalxls1]

I need the exact same work table you just built- good design- simple and effective. Double 2x4 legs makes that table bomb proof! I am guessing you didn't need to run a 2x4 longways under the shelf because the shelves are fairly short and won't have much weight on them. Good job!

[AUdakota]

I did run 2x4's along the back of each shelf and there are two small legs on the middle of the bottom shelf to keep the roll out shelves seperate. But with the following on the top shelf you can see its not really bending at all:
Circular Saw, Two Cordless drills with 4 batts, Sawzall, Dremel, 2 large socket sets, and two large drill bit kits.

I can probably draw up my plans pretty easily if you are really interested in em.