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The Plan
The Plan
I Didn't Get Many Before Photos, But The "Original" Objective Was To Remove The Lower 3 Shelves To Store The Cat Cage.
Novel Idea
Novel Idea
Once We Had The Shelves Cleaned Off It Seemed Like a Good Idea To Paint Them.
Teamwork
Teamwork
This Was a Combined Effort of Both Anita & Myself.
Food Storage
Food Storage
Here's Where The Bird/Squirrel Food is Stored.
Goodwill?
Goodwill?
We'll Have a BUNCH of Stuff to Give Away!
Closer Look
Closer Look
Anita Even Painted UNDER The Shelves!
2 Coats
2 Coats
2 Coats Were Required on EVERYTHING!
Crying Shame
Crying Shame
It's Almost a Shame to Store Stuff Back on Them!
GREAT Job!
GREAT Job!
It All Looks GREAT.
Shades Required
Shades Required
Anita Will Need Sun Glasses When Pulling in Her Car.
Wirey
Wirey
This Wirey MESS Was My Project.
Garage_12.jpg
Garage_12.jpg
Better Way?
Better Way?
There Had to be A Better Way!
Sure Enough
Sure Enough
Just Takes a Little Patience & The Right Stuff.
Good Idea?
Good Idea?
Then We Got The Idea of Painting the Floor!
Floored
Floored
While I Painted the Floor...
Organizer
Organizer
... Anita Organized The Nails in Our New Storage Bins on the Wall.
Good Idea?
Good Idea?
We Were Only Going to Do Under The Shelves, But...
Wipe Them
Wipe Them
... Then Decided to Paint in Front of the Door.
Come In
Come In
It's An Inviting Entrance.
Organization
Organization
We Found New Places to Store What We're Keeping.
It Fits!
It Fits!
The Cat Cage Fits Nicely
Empty One
Empty One
Look Ma' We Even Have an Empty Shelf - For Now!
Tidied Up
Tidied Up
The Animal Area Looks Tidy.
Next?
Next?
It All Looks So Good, Except....
Cornered
Cornered
... The Corner!
Brusher
Brusher
Anita Did The Brushwork While I Touched Up Some Other Areas.
Roller Ready
Roller Ready
We're Ready For The Roller.
Piles
Piles
More Stuff Piled on My Side.
No Time
No Time
When Are We Going to Give My Side It's Much Needed Face Life?
Even More Scope Creep
Even More Scope Creep
Hey - Why Not Paint the Rest of the Floor? See What I Mean? Exponential Growth of Scope!
Clean As
Clean As
We Scrubbed Down the Floor in Preparation For...
New Color
New Color
... A Different Color!! It Looks Good.
More Organization
More Organization
While I Painted the Floor, Anita Organized Screws in Our 2nd New Set of Storage Bins.
Half Way
Half Way
Anita's Floor is Done! Unfortunately...
Patience
Patience
... It Has to Dry for 7 Days Before She Can Park Her Car On It!
Good Looking
Good Looking
We'll Have the Best Looking Garage in Town When It's Done.
Fully Stocked
Fully Stocked
Here's What It Looks Like Before We Pulled The Cars Back In.
Full House
Full House
We Got Rid of Some Stuff.
Full House
Full House
There Doesn't Appear to be Room For Much Else.
Bright
Bright
It's Nice & Bright.
Next....
Next....
Here's What We Can Look Forward To On My Side.
Lots of Stuff
Lots of Stuff
Quite a Bit of STUFF To Sort Through.
Spring Time
Spring Time
I Think We'll Leave It For Spring Cleaning.
BIG Difference
BIG Difference
BIG Difference in the Floor - I Can't Wait!!