my wife and i just bought a house about 6 weeks ago. moved in the day after we bought it. we've done a bunch of work since, like removing dog pee stained carpets to find hardwood floors underneath. we also found out that dog pee is a good floor stripper... anyway, with the little post war ranch came a slightly oversized 24x24 2 car detached garage, with a 40x60 shop attached to the back. the left side of the back wall of the original garage was cut through to make a passageway, and a large overhead door put in to the left of that which opens onto the patio (weird, but whatever) since the purchase 6 weeks ago, i have been on the road for about 3 weeks for work. but i have managed to get some stuff moved in, and i have managed to make the 2nd floor of the shop into a functioning art studio. i still have a couple cars and a bunch of parts spread around at other places that i hope to get home soon. and i have a ton of organizing to do. lots of work to make it mine. but i do have my priorities in order. my 1948 kelvinator fridge is ready to go... so, enough words, here are some pics. the small garage the passage from little to big inside the main shop from the stairs to the studio the kelvinator... and a shot from the back, looking at the big door and the pass through to the little garage, and the stairs up to the studio. and on to the studio: the front room, as yet empty, but will be gallery space, general hanging out space, etc. this is probably about 20x16 the middle room, this'll be flat storage for papers, maybe space for screenprinting. this room is about 12x12, and has a full bath and a mini kitchen off to the left. and the main workspace, with my presses and worktable and orange crate shelf storage. this space is about 20x16 that does it for now. lots of work to do to make it mine. but i think i can get used to it...
I notice there are no pictures of the house. Its good to see you have your priorities in order. Nice shop!!!!
Mark, you lucky bastard! You have got it made!! I think we have the same fridge (but mine doesn't work so instead of ice cold beer, it's just full of old ford parts...)
Come on, don't you really mean to say: "anyway, with the 40x60 shop came an attached 24x24 2 car garage, and a little post war ranch out front" Looks great, congrats.
Looks great man! It may be a little warm inside during the summer. I didn't see many windows but I saw several ceiling fans. I really like the passage way from the little to the big.
well, i think it is insulated really well. in august when it was 80* outside, it was about 70* inside. in octobrrrr, when it was 36* outside, it was 55* inside. i have only used the heat for about 3 hours so far.
it had a 2 post lift in it at some point. the studs are still in the floor. i heard the bank repo'ed the lift when they foreclosed on the house. no biggie. i'll grab one at some point. they are all over craigslist. in the meantime, i need to get the rest of my stuff home, and get to work on the 34 3w. get it off that god forsaken TCI ifs chassis...
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