Little Garage

 I was creating our family scrapbook and realized that I never posted these pictures about the little garage remodel! Back in January when we were talking about what needed to get done before the graduation party I asked if it was possible to redo the old garage. It's been on the list for years, but has never been a priority. T kindly postponed his work on the shop to get it done. 

The first job was pulling off the multicolored roof. The roof had leaked badly (because parts of it had blown away in the wind before we bought the place) so we had just thrown up some extra tin that was lying around to keep the water out, knowing we would eventually tackle the whole thing. Boo helped T pull it off one weekend. 

 

 

Here's a better picture of the different colors. :) 

 

 

Then a couple weekends were spent pulling the deck off, then the wooden supports, and then it was finally time to pull the trusses. It would have been nice to keep them, but lots were rotted out due to years of water damage.  

 

 

Then it was time to start rebuilding. He added a couple feet to the walls so the ceiling in there wouldn't be so short. 

 

 

 

Grandpa came over and helped us set the trusses. These ones were SO much easier to work with then the shop trusses. It was a piece of cake compared to those! 

 

 

Then we had to build the overhang. 

 

 

And install a nice big header beam across the whole thing because we had taken out the middle concrete support. 

 

 

Peanut was up on the house roof and took a picture of T and I while were roofing. 

 

 

She also took this one. 

 

 

 

The little ones wanted to go up on the roof when it was all finished. :) T was installing the last little bit. 

 

 

Then we had to add wood strips to the concrete walls so we would have something to nail the siding to. 

 

 

And then it was finally siding time! 

 

 

Ta da! It turned out beautifully and was finished in time for the graduation party! The only thing missing is a garage door. We will try to get one of those in before winter hits, but for now it is a great parking spot for Bug and Boo's cars.

 

 

I am so thankful for a handy husband who likes building things!