Garage Upgrades: Installing Hand-me-down Cabinets

This post is LONG overdue. We started working on the garage upgrades around June of last year. Our garage was a disaster when we moved. So bad that we didn't even think to take pictures of it. It had the original garage door opener, an old ratty fan and a slop sink I wouldn't use for anything, ALL of which had to be replaced. We did this fairly quickly after moving in but the garage still left a lot to be desired.

When my parent's decided to take the plunge and redo their kitchen, I was quick to ask for their 1980's style cabinets for added storage in the garage. We had been pricing used cabinets on Craigslist and at the local Restore but the prices were always high and they never had exactly what we were looking for. My parent's have a fairly large kitchen which left us plenty of choices as far as cabinets go. Luckily, my dad use to own his own cabinet business so was able to help us with the actual install.

Along the right side of our garage, we installed 5 base cabinets( two doubles with a single in between) and six smaller upper cabinets so they were approximately the same length.

 Since we had so many cabinets remaining, we decided to install some above the washer and dryer for added storage as well.

Pardon the walls, we get to them in another phase of our garage updates! 

 Since my parent's were able to reuse most of their granite counters in their new kitchen, the only real cost we had for this project was to purchase a new counter for our free base cabinets.

We went with a stock laminate counter from Lowe's. Since our new cabinets runs a span of 8.5 feet, we had to buy the 10 foot counter. It is actually this one . We also picked up some matching edging for the ends so I think we spent a total of $150.

After my dad's cabinet install, Tim got the idea to remove some random unused pegboard behind our water heater and reuse it. We trimmed out the area with wood (again salvaged from behind the old pegboard) and cut it to size.

 We  then cut the pegboard down to size and it attached it as two separate panels.

Tim quickly got into "organizing mode" and had the new work station looking this in no time!

Yes, we have a TV in our garage. And sadly, it gets used just about every weekend while we are doing yard work or various other DIY projects. What can I say? We love TV.
 My dad got Tim a bunch of new organizers for Christmas so this is what the work bench looks like today.

Next up... how we tackled the floors!