This post has been a long time coming, but the project was a multiple weekend-er and then the garage was messy, so I delayed taking the "after" pictures. :)
Sometime in 2013, I was finally fed up with the 5 (yes 5) different colors on the walls of our garage. And Ryan was sick of the homemade wiring system which consisted of extension cords and power strips running all over the ceiling. So we picked out a new color, a nice light grey, read up on electricity and such and set to work.
(Per usual, I didn't remember to take actual before pictures, but these are from when we moved in. You can see the shades of pink and racing stripe down the right wall.)
Ryan and Jim installed 4 new power outlets (that are grounded!): 1 for the fridge, 2 for general use and 1 on the ceiling for the garage door motor. It wasn't until after they were done that they mentioned they could have been seriously electrocuted while connecting the new line to the fuse box... comforting. (I mean, I know electric work is always risky, but I didn't realize they were working with a live line until after the fact.) Anyway, they all work wonderfully and are so much nicer than trying to find a power strip and hoping you don't blow a fuse when you plug more than one thing in. While they did the electric work, I painted grey over all the nasty weird pink, coral, green, white and beige that covered the walls before. We really love the final result!
Then in July of this year, we cleaned out a lot of things and added some shelves for storage. So I finally got around to taking the after pictures.
And finally, we got a utility sink installed where the washer and dryer connections used to be. We patched up the sheetrock around it and painted it to match. I really never thought I would be so excited about cleaning up and organizing a garage, but we are very happy with the finished product!
