Sometimes I fantasize about new solutions for garage storage. (Adam can attest to my fondness for "storage solutions"). A lot of my half-baked closet organization schemes never work out, but if money were no object I'd tidy up the garage and have cool stuff like this workbench. It would be nice to have drawers, and actual workspace as well as shelving. More and more of the projects we need to do around the house require someplace to work, and Adam has ended up just laying things out on the driveway or in the breezeway, when something a little more ergonomic would have been a good idea. I also really like the idea of a pegboard to hang tools on. My father has that kind of setup in his garage, and you can (almost) always find the tool you need. We have two small toolboxes with a jumble of things, and shelves with random assortments of nails, screws, etc. It's all a pretty makeshift arrangement. The carguygarage website also has some fun stuff like switchplates and glassware with flames. I know the flames thing has gotten so trendy, but I still find it to be a cool graphic element. I don't know that I'm ready for a flamejob mailbox, but still...

Oh, those pics! That's what dreams are made of. I finally started looking to buy a home, but I think I'm going to have to build. It seems that the only acceptable floor plan (four car garage with a one bedroom loft up top) is hard to find in the desirable parts of the 'ville. Some markets just don't seem to have their priorities in line.

So what you really want is to live in a self-storage lot? Where will you use your Swiffer?

What you really need, Bottomfeeder, is an old fire station... there are a few in Portland that have been converted, and they are very cool.