Renovating my ugly garage for under $500

Hey what's going on my friends, thank  you guys so much for being here.   My name is Danny and what you see behind  me is the current state of my garage.   Right now it's a total mess;  it's dark, it's outdated.   I'm just going to jump into the before and after  but if you stick around I'll show you how I did it So about a year ago I started to renovate  this garage. It was just a total mess,   even more than it is now. I took off  all the popcorn ceilings as you can see,   I removed the drywall tape and then I just  kind of stopped. It wasn't very much fun   and I got to the point where I had to do one  of my least favorite things which was sand   ceilings and I moved on to other projects and  kind of just forgot about it. But here I am,   a year later making some videos and I want a nice  backdrop, so that's my motivation. Let's do it. With hopes to keep dust to a minimum I tried  using the drywall attachment on my shop vac.   It works great on walls but sadly with ceilings  the suction makes it difficult to get good   leverage and it was slow and required way more  effort. I quickly switched to a pole sander   using 120 grit sanding screen. If you  want a really smooth finish I'd recommend   following it up with 220 or higher and  filling any voids between sandings.   Since it's just the garage I can  get away with some imperfections. The cleanup didn't take as long as I had actually  expected. Between using a dust collection   attachment and then later following it up with  the leaf blower it made for pretty quick work.   Once I started doing all the touch up I found my  garage needed way more help than I first realized.   There were leftover voids in the ceilings dozens  of holes and scratches throughout; chipped paint,   popped drywall nails and almost all the corners  needed new drywall tape. I wanted to make sure   I corrected as much as I could before I  started on any finishings like the trim.   And I found a couple spiders  who were not paying rent. when i mentioned taking off popcorn ceilings last  year i also removed the trim during the same time   these windows were actually what kicked off the  entire renovation and it went something like this   if i wanted to replace the trim  i might as well paint the walls   if i was painting the walls i might as well remove  the popcorn ceilings and if i'm doing all that i   might as well just do a full renovation i had  some leftover mdf trim from a prior project and   based on my measurements i had the exact  amount needed as long as i didn't mess up and i messed up twice i ran to the store to pick  up some more but found that the style of trim   was not in stock so i pulled it off and started  over instead i opted for two and a quarter inch   pine trim i prefer working with pine anyway  and i was really happy with how it turned out   i ran a bead of paintable latex caulking around  all of the seams of the windows and doors   and with all that done i was  finally ready to start painting i put off buying a paint sprayer for years but  i finally decided to give it a go and boy am   i happy i did i used this thing to prime  the windows and door frames the pegboard   the whole ceilings and eventually the  workbench i used kils 3 on everything but   for the ceilings i used kill's pva because it was  just cheaper and it's intended for bare drywall because my ceilings are low i really  wanted lights with a low profile   these fixtures are super light and made from  plastic which is great for when i'm working   on a project and i will inevitably  slam a board right into the ceiling   i had a friend come over and help me snap chalk  lines across the ceiling where i wanted these   mounted and then roughly drilled holes for  the mounting brackets along these lines the   instructions didn't include drywall anchors but  i wanted to use them to ensure a good hold once   the metal fittings were attached all i had to do  is snap the lights and wire them up to the power and as a side note the ground light  that i'm using is on a separate breaker if you do decide to clean out  your entire garage i wouldn't   recommend putting everything into one giant box this workbench was in pretty rough  shape but i really wanted to get   the most out of it that i could  what i wanted to do here is break   it down to the basic structure so i  could rebuild it from the ground up after a quick wash with some water  and some soap it was ready for primer these extra boards on the base help to seal all  the gaps in the particle board and i think it   just makes the whole bench look a lot better i  don't think anything on this entire bench was   square but i think i can beat it until it's  good enough to work with what i had planned i used two by twos to extend the frame out  so it's flush for the future face frame i used this template to make sure my shelves  were tall enough for some storage bins but   also leave clearance for the face frame  which you'll see here in just a minute this is extra quarter on trim i had so i used  it to cover some of the bigger gaps in the back now all it needs is one more coat of primer  and then we're on to the final coat of paint for this final coat i used bear city rain  in an eggshell finish you'll typically want   to use a higher gloss paint for cabinets due  to its durability but i wanted a less shiny   appearance so i was willing to take that risk  you'll see my design allows for minimal contact   with painted surfaces anyway so it wasn't  that big of a deal because seriously nothing   was square i had to make all custom angled  cuts in order to get these shelves to fit so then i take the piece of wood and  then clamp the wood and then i saw it my wife may need to do my voiceovers from  here out but i used my circular saw with   an edge guide for the straight cuts  and then a jigsaw for my angled cuts i built supports for the front and the back of the   shelves and then used pine  trim to cover up the face here i drilled two pocket holes on each end  of all the vertical boards for the face frame after drilling my pocket holes i was able to lay   everything out on the ground and  start assembling my face frame   using a large face clamp where the boards meet  ensures the joints remain flush to each other i used a couple scrap pieces of wood to  bring that face frame up off the ground   and i think it's really going to help  to keep sawdust out of those corners i cut some thin strips to make the bottom  flush to hold up the 2x2 front trim these two by twos will act  as runners to protect the   trim face as well as the paint  when removing the storage bins now all i have to do is nail it together throw  in my runners and this thing will finally be done these runners are my solution to keeping the  paint intact by using unpainted particle board   for the top shelves and then these runners below  i should have very little wear on the paint itself i really like these edging tools and i found  that it speeds up the process quite a bit   here i am using bear swiss  coffee and an eggshell finish   i chose a very light color to make  the space feel bright and more open this tool did take some practice and  patience to get a consistent finish   it's really easy to load it up with  too much paint and get drips everywhere when i started rolling on paint i realized  i forgot to take the outlet cover off   it was already cracked so i tried pulling it  off but that didn't work i was being lazy and   i didn't want to set my roller down so  i used the closest tool i had on hand painting technique can be pretty complicated  but in general just paint in one direction to   the other and long overlapping lines making sure  to feather your leading edge and you'll be okay we are in a pretty good spot i have all of the  big projects knocked out i still don't know what   i'm gonna do with this workbench there's these two  big empty spots um it's beyond the scope of this   video i want to do maybe like shelves or drawers  or something but if you have any ideas let me know   other than that we've got a couple other little  touch-ups to do and then this thing will be done i was trying to think of a way to pad  these beams while still maintaining a   clean look and i came up with a neat idea  i thought what if i wrapped the whole thing   in paracord so i bought a couple of  50 foot sections and started wrapping i hot glued the cord vertically  so when wrapped it would lock   itself in and hopefully i won't have to  worry about it unraveling in the future after i install the lights that i showed  earlier i went back and added an additional row   the connecting cords were way too long so i  looped the cord to get a general idea where to cut then i trimmed them at this location using  the most ridiculous tool i could have used because i still couldn't find my wire cutters  i carefully cut the wires with a razor blade   i fumbled my way through some soldering and  use shrink tubing to clean everything up all right back to the beam it turns  out 100 feet wasn't near enough   this whole project used about 400 feet of cord   electrical work may seem intimidating but as long  as you turn the power off and take time to learn   in my opinion replacing outlets and switches can  be a simple diy that can have a really big impact i think changing blinds and doorknobs were  some of the first home diy projects when i   still lived with my parents you got to  start somewhere here i swapped out some   broken blinds and a 40 year old doorknob and  with that this garage had a brand new lease on life hmm i hope you enjoyed the video and i also  hope that you are interested in watching future   videos if so please consider subscribing if you  don't want to i get it i'm not mad i understand oh oh my

Channel: ModernRemade

Views: 563,855

Keywords: renovation, diy, before and after, do it yourself, garage, workshop, fixer upper, popcorn, lighting, paint, workbench, tools, organization, clean, bright, drywall, trim, dirty, outdated, remodel, upcycle, renew, reuse, Thrifty, frugal, Time-lapse, time lapse, Redo, rebuild, removation, garage renovation, DIY garage reno, home renovation, how to renovate a garage, how to renovate a workshop, diy workshop, under $500, renovation on a budget, workbench build, shop lighting, led lights, makeover, transformation

Id: 3uyIJEsnU-Q

Length: 14min 58sec (898 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 07 2020