Garage

I always had wanted a detached garage and believe it or not this house had one.  We bought this place as the bay is a great place to kayak, sail and windsurf.  So immediately windsurfers and kayaks took over the middle part of the garage.  Yard equipment, barbeque grills and bicycles took over the left bay. A workbench, table-saw, lumber, boat parts and repair items took over the right bay.  There is also bonus room with sink that is attached to the garage. In 2005, we converted this into a guest room (no bathroom however) as there are only 2 bedrooms in the house.

Left Bay with garden items.  See sails and boards in middle!

Right garage bay with work bench and wood and kayak and other stuff.

This is the room attached to garage.  Right now it is a storage room and a place where I paint the utility room doors.









Goals for Garage:

• Get garden/yard tools and equipment out so we can get a car into it.
• Build a garden shed so there is a place to put the tools and equipment.
• Get the shop/woodworking area organized
• Add bathroom onto guest room (Carl calls it "The Love Shack")
•  Replace the garage doors.
• Repair door jamb around garage doors
• Repair or replace rotted exterior facia.
• Caulk and paint exterior siding of garage

Accomplishments: 

• A garden shed.  The saga about that is on a future posting

• Garden/yard items moved out and the car moved in
• Garage doors were replaced

In July the springs to the overhead doors broke and Carl had to nail a board to the door before we left on a 2 week trip.  He  also used Bondo to patch the lower door panels about 6 years ago. It wasn't pretty but it put off the door replacement for a few years.