You think your garage is nice??? Think again...

There are garages in these stories, where renovations cost $20,000 - $1,000,000.00

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Photo source: Garage Envy...

 

theyre sure not in north dallas, otherwise theyd get a hell of a ticket wetting their driveway like that

 

I'm already planning the "dream garage" I will build when I retire. It will have a lift in it for the easy maintenance of my vehicles, an air conditioned "loft style" room for my home office, and will be bigger than my retirement home!

I think HGTV had a special on a few years back where they featured impressive garages from around the country. It's absolutely staggering the amount of money some of these guys had to play with....

 

Fancy. If our garage looked like that I'd never see my husband again. . .hmmm, on the other hand!!

 

awwwwww I 'm tellin Karen....

 

Shhh, he'll never figure out my plan, I'll just slowly add things to the garage...a bed...a toilet...a stove. He'll think moving in was his idea!!

 

I'm not even going to check out the link... Its just too depressing seeing all that knowing I'll never be able to afford half of what they have... I'm doing fine with my 2 car rental. We're still talking about building, and plan on building an oversized 2 car garage with plans for a 40x40 shop out back in the not to distant future, but I'm sure neither will look anything like that pic you posted...

 

Ahhh the continuation of the "Female Compassion" thread.

 

I always said if I get my hands on the money, I will definitely have a workshop in my home. I was a very good wood-worker in high school, winning numerous awards for my cabinets. Do not confuse that with a "carpenter". My skill is limited to cabinets, shelves and entertainment centers. Not that I think full-scale carpentry is that much more difficult, but- I don't want to find out...

Three of the cabinets I built, plus the mini cabinets are still fully loaded, and nary a sag or dip in nearly 20 years. If anything, I "over-build" my stuff. The phrase "They don't build them like they used to" doesn't apply to my designs.

From high school to present day, I designed my own cabinets and entertainment centers. I found a guy here in Dallas that built a few of them for me. I have a couple more to have him build, but generally, every piece he builds for me is $500 - $1,500 bucks, so I have to pace myself.

If I had the time, space, and tools- I could do a lot of this stuff myself...

 

I dont suppose my 1 car garage that my truck won't fit in doesn't count?

 

I had the ultimate garage when I lived in Abilene. It started out as a hobby. I decided I wanted to buy an old car or truck to redo. It would keep me at home as the kids were growing up, so it would be a better hobby than golf. I bought a 1954 Ford pickup, went to work on it. About a year later, I was entering it in car shows. I needed a better place to work than my garage. There was an alley behind the house, so I built a 24 x 30 shop/garage in the back with entrance off the alley. Worked out nice. I restored 3 Mustangs, one for my son, one for my daughter, one for me. I was running out of room, so I then bought a small wrecking yard. That became a hangout for me and my buddies and gave me room for all my other projects and buys and sells. Had lots of fun with it. Then came the economic slow down in Abilene and I lost my job. After a couple of years living off investments, etc, I decided it was time to move to Fort Worth where i had a great opportunity. Of course, the move necessitated selling the wrecking yard to a fellow Ford buddy. It was a lot of fun while it lasted. Turned the 54 pickup into a drag truck, took it around texas to some strips. There was a local street racing local 2 blocks behind the wrecking yard. Spent many Friday and Saturday nights out there, whipping up on the Chevys.

 

If I weren't married, I swear to God I would buy an old gas station and refurbish it into a home for myself. I'd pick a brand of station (probably Skelly or Phillip's 66, since those are the "old time" gas stations I remember from back home) and decorate it with old pumps and an island out front, some lighted signs and vintage collectibles for my interior decorating theme, etc.

And I'd park my "babies" right there in the living room with me! How cool would that be -- sitting on your living room couch watching TV and being able to glance over your shoulder at an old vintage Mustang or F-100 truck sitting right there with you?

 

I could do that! That would be great! There are so many of those old stations that would be ideal for that.

 

Yeah -- it would probably have to be out in a small town somewhere, though. I'm sure in the more developed areas there are probably all kinds of health and/or building codes that would prevent you from doing something like that.

 

There are a couple out in the country near where I live that would work. When we go to Sugar land down highway 6, I remember a couple in Hearne that would be great. they are out there for sure.just remembered one in Hemphill and a couple in Brookshire.