The house a couple doors down had a For Sale sign on it yesterday. According to the little info sheet the listing price is considerably more than what it was probably purchased for last year. Like 50% more. If it ends up getting sold for even remotely close to the asking price, then I suppose that will be a good thing for us when it’s time to sell. Prices around here aren’t just climbing…they’re leaping.
Garage storage project
For the past couple of weeks, the garage storage project has been stuck in this state, due to a combination of us being out of town and the hot weather.
Today I finally managed to get the rest of the rails installed on the wall. I have two rails left that could possibly go up at the very top, but I’m debating on how useful and practical having them up there will be.
All that’s left right now is to finish driving in the 16d nails that anchor everything to the wall. Right now they’re just attached with glue and smaller nails (enough to keep them from falling off the wall while the glue dries). Then it will be time to think about putting a few coats of polyurethane on everything. After that, I can start building shelves and baskets to hold all our crap.
Continuing the home improvement cascade
Today we got started on our garage storage project, a nifty flexible little system based on some wall mounted rails and movable hooks and shelves. And like any other home improvement project, the cascade continued with more acquisitions (and a hefty contribution to the economy).
We started with the blank newly painted wall.
We headed off to Lowe’s to pick up all the supplies and some additional tools we’d be needing to finish the project.
Since there was going to be a lot of nailing involved with this project, we decided to invest in a pneumatic nailer to help aid the process. I’m not exactly the most skilled with a hammer, and usually end up with about as many bent nails as there are hammered in. To help deal with cutting the large pieces of plywood involved, I needed a good stable work surface, so we had to pick up a couple of work stands too. There’s also going to be some drilling into aluminum, so I needed to get some proper drill bits. See what I mean about every new project requiring just one more new tool?
With a little bit of glue and that handy pneumatic nailer, we had the plywood panels up on the wall and trimmed out.
Tomorrow or Tuesday I’ll start cutting plywood to make the mounting rails. Then we have to figure out what kinds of shelves and hooks we’ll need to make.
All this stuff will come in handy for the next project we decide to take up. I wonder what other tool I’ll need to get for that project.
The next garage project
We figured while the garage was clear and uncluttered (certainly can’t say the same for the house) now would be the time to start working on a storage solution for the garage. Found this cool rail storage system in one of those project magazines you find at Lowe’s that’s within my skill level, so yesterday we spent an hour or so browsing through Lowe’s pricing out supplies. The lion’s share of the budget are the 1/4″ and 3/4″ plywood panels we’ll need. Anybody around here know a good place to get some good looking birch plywood for a decent price?
Another garage project done
Yesterday we finally tackled the garage floor and put down one of those garage floor epoxy sealers. We picked a tan colour to do it in to match the walls and give it kind of a beachy sandy feel. Looks pretty good, although the anti-skid additive we put in kind of highlights the roller marks. Maybe they’ll fade over time with use. Anyway, now to contemplate a storage solution.
