What a great weekend! beautiful, sunny, warm, just what Summer should be. I even got a little sunburn on my shoulders while I was working my butt off. For the last two weekends I have been working on a Garage makeover.
A couple months ago my husband tore down an ugly "shed" that was built onto the front of the detached garage. It provided great storage but wasn't pretty to look at.
ugly shed with corrugated plastic windows, very fancy.
Going, going,
Gone!
Hubby tore out the concrete too, it was in rough shape. See that black line across the front. It's tar from where the old shed roof met the Garage. Removing that was the hardest part of the whole thing. I had to use a heat gun and a scraper to get it off. Uggh! It's hard to tell in the pictures but the original paint color is actually smokey blue.
I painted the Garage Bonded Asphalt Gray in Satin finish from Walmart's Glidden line. The trim is Oyster Shell also by Glidden. I haven't painted the door yet. I am going to paint it blue to tie in with the blue roof on the house. I would really rather paint it dark charcoal but until we get a new roof on the house blue it is.
To make the Garage more interesting I built a Trellis. I found a few inspiration photos from google images. I didn't find any plans though so I had to wing it, but that's okay cause winging it's my favorite!
The brackets are made up of a 2x4 for the back, the top is a 2x8 and the support piece was cut from a 2x6. The overall measurements are 25" x 25"
The joists (or whatever they are called) are 2X6X12's
2x2x28" pieces finish it off.
The paint alone makes a huge difference but the Trellis makes me smile, I Love it!
We still need to replace one more fascia board but I couldn't wait to post so hopefully Hubby will replace that next weekend. Then we need some gravel, some large rocks to build a rockery, then I wanna make a patio, then plant some perennials.......so much more to do. The projects never end do they? But that's the whole point right?!?
Have a great week!
Sunday Showcase Party - Under the Table Dreaming
Before and After Party- Thrifty Decor Chick
WOW us Wednesdays-Savvy Southern Style
Transformation Thursday - The Shabby Chic Cottage
Show and tell Friday - My Romantic Home
Remodelaholics Anonymous
Catch-as-catch-can - My Repurposed Life
Funky Junk Interiors
Before and After Party- Thrifty Decor Chick
WOW us Wednesdays-Savvy Southern Style
Transformation Thursday - The Shabby Chic Cottage
Show and tell Friday - My Romantic Home
Remodelaholics Anonymous
Catch-as-catch-can - My Repurposed Life
Funky Junk Interiors
HOLY MOLY! That is FABULOUS..I mean totally fabulous. Your garage looks straight out of Country Living now. Way to go with figuring it out yourself and give that hubby some sugar for all the hard work! JenT
ReplyDeleteYOU DID WHAT!!!!!!! Girl you are amazing. Your trellis looks amazing. Your idea is amazing. It's just Amazing and I love it.
ReplyDeleteThis is so going in the to-do file! Now I want one.
Makes a HUGE difference. What are you planning to grow on it? I love it.
ReplyDeleteWow!! That's gorgeous! Makes me wish I had a garage. Maybe I could do this on my shed though.
ReplyDeleteWow what a difference that made looks great
ReplyDeleteI have always loved these over garage doors. Yours really gave personality back to this garage.
ReplyDeleteWow.... What an improvement! It looks awesome....and the "bling" is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteWarm blessings,
Spencer
I love your trellis! It makes a huge difference! Thanks for sharing at The Shabby Chic Cottage! I hope I can make one someday for my storage shed.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing!! It looks so good!!! It would put a smile on my face to drive up to that every day!
ReplyDeleteThat really does make a huge difference. I always wanted to build an arbor, but that would require digging holes and setting posts. This looks like something I could do. Love the garage color!
ReplyDeleteLUV this, Mimi! Now I want one for my garage! lol! Great job with the transformation of that space, too! :)
ReplyDeletexoxo laurie
Nice! My husband is definitely going to see this post):-
ReplyDeleteOkay, listen, I will send you the tickets and you just need to come up here for a wee visit and I have a multitude of projects for you!!! You are amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteWow Mimi - your garage looks fantastic. I love the white work against the siding. This is very cool. Thanks so much for linking to the Sunday Showcase Party. I am a little behind commenting - but I have featured this last week. Hope you are having a wonderful week ~ Stephanie Lynn
ReplyDeleteMimi! I can't believe the difference this trellis makes! awesome job!
ReplyDeletegail
catching you!
CUTE amazing what a little trellis and paint can do! :-)
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Wow!!! That looks fabulous, I have a trellis almost exactly like this pinned on Pinterest that I want to copy! Fab work! I wish my 'winging it' worked out that well.
ReplyDeletewonderful! love this, too:)
ReplyDeleteOh pretty! Just exactly what I want to do over my back patio door. The back of my house just seems really flat and uninteresting. I'm pinning for inspiration - thank you!
ReplyDeleteLOVE it, totally hoping to copy it this summer for our garage....will send you a pic if we can get it done! Thanks for the awesome inspiration!
ReplyDeleteHey Mimi!!! It's Deirdre from Houselogic. I sent you another email about this project -- it included our photo permissions document. Can you respond when you get the chance? Thank you!!!
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