Stone Soup for Five: February 2011

The great Garage Makeover--DAY THREE (or is it four?)

Time is flying and things are slowing down.  I don't think I did anything on the garage yesterday and only spent about an hour in there today, but we SCORED some FUN stuff today at the GWO (Goodwill Outlet).

We ran to Lowe's real quick to grab some dropcloths for curtains and since the GWO is on the way home, we stopped in there to see what they had.  And they had a RUG, great shape for $30 and a 4 in 1 game table...upside down, in the bins!  They price checked it at $10 for us!

So here are the results after today:

The recycling station. See the brown lid on the black recycling can?  That is how the whole gross thing used to look.  Trying to decide if I want to spring for a can of red spray paint to match theme, or just use black to cover the top.....

The shelves!  They have plywood shelves on the metal frame, so I took the plywood out, stretched the drop cloth over the frame, and replaced the wood.  I'll be painting the wood soon, but couldn't wait to see how it looked.  LOVE it!

Boy's corner.  We'll move the love seat in the current man cave out here, and rearrange a little, but it's coming together.  You can just see the rug there under the chairs.  Score for $30!

Mr. Measure's work bench.  Almost done.  Still have to do black around the frame, but I think the drawer and cupboard fronts are finally painted with enough layers of red!


Remember the BEFORE??

And the boys enjoying their new table.


This summer we'll paint the floor and garage door, but so far so good!!

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The great Garage Makeover--DAY TWO

Making progress!  My niece, Kayla, did an amazing job on the stripes in the boy's hang out area! You ROCK Kayla!



This is the recycling area right outside the door. FINISHED!!

And this is Mr. Measure's gross workbench.  Stay tuned for the transformation here!



The great Garage Makeover--DAY ONE

My niece and sis in law came over today and we worked for quite a few hours and made some progress!


By the entrance door BEFORE:

Entrance door DURING:
Boy's Cave BEFORE:
(you totally can't even tell there's a door back behind the shelves!)

Boy's Cave DURING:
(see the water heater pipes in both pics? 
We're blocking it with shelves that are easy to move in case we need to)

Boy's Cave DURING 

YA!  They are going to LOVE it!!! BOLD and stripes!!!