Garage Project

Sherwin - Williams Extra White SW 7006

 

My only remaining project at CCC was a little garage sprucing up and reorganizing. Yesterday I had the garage painted in Sherwin - Williams Extra White in semi - gloss.

Organizing the Garage

Apartment Therapy

This sounds like the perfect project for the new year - organizing my garage. I am fortunate that my sellers had the garage walls, ceiling and floor entirely repainted before putting it on the market. It even has a huge window and plantation shutters. Here is some great inspiration - I love the pails with mulch, topsoil and fertilizer - I am definitely borrowing this. Since most of us enter the house through the garage and not our front door, it makes sense to have it aesthetic. I especially need a nice home for all my gardening things. Any garage organizing ideas you have used that you love?

 

My Garage Makeover - Week Two

I made excellent progress this past week on my garage:

1. Cleaned out junk
2. Cleaned the garage
3. Had my electrician install four of these lighting fixtures on the ceiling - they look great.
4. Having my walls painted Benjamin Moore Coventry Gray today.

Benjamin Moore Coventry Gray

On my do to list for this week is storage and exploring the idea of using a couple Chinoiserie pieces - next week I'll show you what I've decided on.

My Garage Makeover - Week One

Benjamin Moore Coventry Gray

With my painter arriving next Monday to paint the garage and the intervening 4th of July holiday, yesterday I decided I needed to focus on my to do list for the garage.

The garage has great bones, believe it or not. The ceiling is wood and stained a dark walnut. There is a French door leading to the terrace. Some of the walls are antique brick. There are four windows. The space is large - two cars plus, so there is room for storage as well as the two cars.

First up is deciding on a wall color. I went to Benjamin Moore yesterday for paint chips. I have decided I want gray. The last two rooms I painted in my house were Stonington Gray in the powder room and Gray Owl in the man cave.

I am leaning toward Coventry Gray. It is a medium gray and I think it would look great with the dark wood ceiling, antique brick, and our gray and black cars. The french door and windows will be painted a crisp white.

Benjamin Moore Coventry Gray

I also need to decide on new lighting and shelving. Today I'm off to Lowe's and Home Depot to see if I see any lighting that will work. I would love to add a Chinoiserie element or two as well. I have a couple of ideas, but I'll see what I think once the room is painted.

Have any of you redone your garage? If you have any great ideas for me, I would love to hear from you.