Lots of garage-related stuff happened last week -- all on the same day! On Friday, everyone converged to put the finishing touches on the garage. Rob and John were there to finish the roof tile.
The concrete guys showed up to build the forms to extend our runners along the driveway to the garage.
The electrician installed the exterior and interior light fixtures.
And the painters painted the doors and trim.
I was working from home, and also had a dentist appointment and a haircut scheduled that day, so it was insanely busy. I was called outside several times to consult on the driveway. It was a bit complicated, because if we extended the existing runners, they would have run right into the window well for the basement window. So we decided to fill in the space between the existing runners to make a solid pad, and start new runners that go straight up the driveway to a pad in front of the garage. That should make it a little easier to get in and out of the garage, although we may have to take down some of the little trees along the driveway. Bummer.
Last weekend, Josh and I went to
Community Forklift in search of a work table, shelving, and/or a tool cabinet for the garage. We struck gold in the work table department -- a 8' x 4' solid wood table for just $75. The only hitch -- there was no way we could get it home in our
Prius, and they don't deliver. They said they'd hold on to it for 2 weeks, so this morning we enlisted the generous help of Rob and his big pickup truck and our friend Patrick to help get the table home. We also donated some closet doors, window blinds, and the leftover roof tile.
Now that Josh has a nice big work surface, electricity, and light in the garage, I'll probably never see him again. In fact, he's been out there all afternoon, with the exception of two trips to the hardware store. It's no longer a garage. It's a man cave.
The concrete guys showed up to build the forms to extend our runners along the driveway to the garage.
The electrician installed the exterior and interior light fixtures.
And the painters painted the doors and trim.
I was working from home, and also had a dentist appointment and a haircut scheduled that day, so it was insanely busy. I was called outside several times to consult on the driveway. It was a bit complicated, because if we extended the existing runners, they would have run right into the window well for the basement window. So we decided to fill in the space between the existing runners to make a solid pad, and start new runners that go straight up the driveway to a pad in front of the garage. That should make it a little easier to get in and out of the garage, although we may have to take down some of the little trees along the driveway. Bummer.
Last weekend, Josh and I went to Community Forklift in search of a work table, shelving, and/or a tool cabinet for the garage. We struck gold in the work table department -- a 8' x 4' solid wood table for just $75. The only hitch -- there was no way we could get it home in our Prius, and they don't deliver. They said they'd hold on to it for 2 weeks, so this morning we enlisted the generous help of Rob and his big pickup truck and our friend Patrick to help get the table home. We also donated some closet doors, window blinds, and the leftover roof tile.
Now that Josh has a nice big work surface, electricity, and light in the garage, I'll probably never see him again. In fact, he's been out there all afternoon, with the exception of two trips to the hardware store. It's no longer a garage. It's a man cave.
