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| Kayce |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 07:32:46 AM
 Rumor has it that a high % of garages dont actually have a vehicle in it. Maybe I am just trying to make myself feel better that even though I might clean out mine and park my van in it for a short time it eventually gets filled back up with STUFF. I might even be brave enough to post a pic of mine (when I figure posting pics out)
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| kpaints |
Posted - Dec 10 2009 : 7:03:33 PM
Yes, you are right Kayce, I keep things for many many years and as soon as I get rid of them, I need them.. What is it with that....it always happens, and it is only a week later. lol I have a double garage old size. I can barely fit my car and truck in there on a good day, however, I have not had a good day for sometime. I do keep the car in there but right now I have most of the interior guts to my 1959 vintage trailer on the other side. Seats, cabinets, bed forms, saw horses, painting tools (from my business) ladders, plumbing, electrical, tools, tarps, garden supplies, tile materials, yard equipment and my BRAND NEW JOHN DEERE RIDING LAWNMOWER!!!! Yes, that is in the truck's place, much more important you know! I even got a cover for it for next year. I have a tool bench at the end and it is somewhat organized with all my remodeling tools.
But get this gentlemen, (if you are reading this) I don't have to share with anyone!! It's all mine. I really want a farmgirl cave with heat, then I can work on my trailer or whatever year round. Someday!
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| Kayce |
Posted - Dec 09 2009 : 7:50:56 PM
WAHOOO!!!!!! Thanks Audrey and Heather for speaking up Claudia you too. Geesh, I thought I was going to have to get rid of my pack rat hoarders dream garage. My fiance was kinda trackin this topic cause he's been teasing me. He said "looks like your gonna need to clean out the garage" (again) You are my kinda gals because your absolutley right, You never know when your gonna need that thinga magig again. You know when you get rid of it a month later that is the exact thing you will need and be looking for
Learning to appreciate having a glass..not half full or empty..just thankful for a glass :) |
| laurzgot |
Posted - Dec 09 2009 : 5:44:52 PM
In our 2-car garage is my truck and my hubbys to motorcycles, hubbys tools washer and dryer all my gardening stuff and a few other stuff and can still walk around in there.
Laurie
suburban countrygirl at heart |
| Claude09647 |
Posted - Dec 09 2009 : 3:40:25 PM
hmmm.... funny i run across this post... I just parked my car in the garage for the first time YESTERDAY!!! We have lived at that house for about 4 months now and i have NEVER been able to park in it yet. When we moved all the packing boxes and junk from the house that we didnt want went in the garage. And the garage is tiny!! Its at least 50 years old. There is just enough room to park a car in there and not too much else. But there is still junk in there from his family that we just dont know what to do with. There are vintage bikes hanging on the one side, siding in the raftors, about 3 motorcycles if you would put all the pieces that are in there together. Its all junk were not allowed to get rid of, but we will NEVER use any of that. But with the snow, the BF cleaned out enough of it so that i can fit my car in it from now on. OHHHH i forgot this part. His 4-wheeler was parked in it before i got my car into it. IF you came to our house, the car was sitting outside the garage and you could see the BF's 4-wheeler was sitting safe and sound in the garage. The quads new home is on the front porch. ;)
http://claude09647.blogspot.com/ |
| acairnsmom |
Posted - Dec 09 2009 : 2:08:46 PM
Well, it's good to know I'm not the only one who uses their garages for things other than autos! Mine does have a car in it but it's my old '78 Mustang. DH refuses to get rid of it so it stays in one side with golf clubs stored in it. The other side of the 2 car garage is fill 1/2 with my free cycle finds waiting to be refinished and the other 1/2 is DH tools. This sounds like it's quite organized, let me tell you, it's NOT! It's a hoarders dream come true. Packed on each side with stuff with barely a pathway through the middle, LOL!
Audrey
Toto, we're not in Kansas any more! |
| Heather B |
Posted - Dec 09 2009 : 12:56:07 PM
We have a two car garage that has seen 1 car parked in it (2 Days) in the last eleven years! Let's see.....the short list,misc tools, three engine blocks, boxes of my husbands father's old hot rod magazines, a freezer, refrigertor, hockey stuff, old quilt frame, player piano awaiting refurbishing and my 1903 wood/coal cook stove that I hope to move out back this summer for an out door kitchen! We even built a huge shed/barn for some of this stuff to go in but hubby put his wood working tools in there instead.
Guess thats what you get when you marry a pack rat and your one two! You never know when you'll need something, right? ( I keep sayin that to make myself feel better.)
Heather
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"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty"
Farm Girl Sister #662 |
| tea_lady_tammy |
Posted - Dec 09 2009 : 10:01:55 AM
mine holds a van, seven cats...no mice that way, shelves with much to much stuff and an empty side for hubby's truck when he so wants to park it there
blessings
Tammy
Tea is like being in the stars with God.
http://breathsoffaith.blogspot.com |
| LakeOntarioFarmgirl |
Posted - Dec 09 2009 : 04:10:37 AM
Our 2 car garage actually has our 2 cars in it!!!
I will say though that the only reason it does, is because for now we are renting and our landlord is our next door neighbor, so it matters to me what it looks like out there, and that we don't have cars outside the garage when they should be inside!
When we were in our house that we sold 2 years ago(we lived there for 12 years), the 2 car garage never had cars in it! Well very rarely. It was used for everything else but storing the cars, lol!
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
If you rest, you rust. Helen Hayes
http://theviewfromhere-brenda.blogspot.com/ |
| Kayce |
Posted - Dec 09 2009 : 04:07:23 AM
Roxy7
I would much rather have a garage than a pool. I have both and even though my garage needs a constant cleaning out from organizing all the new hand-me-downs from my mom redecorating or making room for my soon to be new family, it is cheaper. My kids use the pool daily but when something goes out on it again or develope leaks I wont be able to afford to repair it. |
| Kayce |
Posted - Dec 09 2009 : 04:01:20 AM
Wow CityChick it is so nice to have a handy man for a husband. Sounds like he planned for a potential Man Cave Lol, my father was the only man in the house with my mom, my three sisters and female house pets. My poor dad. |
| City Chick |
Posted - Dec 09 2009 : 03:43:04 AM
We had a 1 car garage that came with our house. When we moved in we discovered that the previous owners never cleaned it out. It was packed full!
About 3 years ago my carpenter husband demolished it and put up a 3 car. We park our 2 trucks in it and still have room for a work table and all our other things. It also has an attic for more storage. He was really thinking when he built it.
Hubby is pretty picky about the garage. It's his domain. He even ran out lines for cable when he built it! It has heat too. With 3 women in the house he needs someplace to hide!
Farm Girl #790
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| CherryPie |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 9:54:13 PM
In my garage at this moment are two chickens - it is way too cold in their coop for them to make it tonight! :-)
Kimberly Ann
Farmgirl Sister #225
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| cheneygal |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 9:01:43 PM
Katmom, you are soooooo bad!!! Well, the garage has my car, Durango, and my late hubby's 66 Plymouth Fury. Chest freezer, extra fridge, ton and a half of pellets, and then there's the "shop side". It is neat and clean, thanks to my brother the organizer!!
live, laugh, love |
| Roxy7 |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 8:55:03 PM
We dont have a garage. The previous owners took it out to put an in ground swimming pool in. We dont have the pool either because that developed leaks. |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 6:44:18 PM
Thanks, Bonnie. I love my furry children. If I had it my way, they would all be in the house. LOL
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| Karrieann |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 6:21:49 PM
..garage? What is that? A new fanagle thingy?
...heeheeheee, actually, we do not have one but we once had a carport that I insisted that it become a closed in screened porch. What a beauty it is! Great for enjoying lemon aid and bug free environment!
:o)
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766
(29 Sept 2009) |
| Kayce |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 6:16:24 PM
well hmm. I think the statistic for farmgirls may be alittle off. Sounds like most do have pretty orgainized garages.
Mine is once again used as a storage shed. I have 2 dinning tables waiting to be painted. shelves of flea market finds to be repurposed or upcycled. Cabinet full of old clothes for project, pass-me-downs. xtra fridge, full size non-working freezer, half size working freezer not plugged in. Sports equip, coolers, camping gear and chairs, scuba gear, 2 quads and more and more. So far I am not brave enough to post a pic of my messy pack rat storage place aka garage Thanks to all that responded I enjoyed reading all the posts. |
| knitnpickinatune |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 5:57:08 PM
Too much! Dads stuff-a lot of stuff-u name it & it's probably there...
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| Beemoosie |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 4:51:58 PM
Aw, Bear thats so sweet!!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 4:32:46 PM
Kayce:
My garage is an open one. My car is NOT in the garage only because my outside cats need the space more than my car does. I have make shift tents built for the cats to get out of the rain, cold, etc... I think it is a most beautiful sight! LOL
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 4:21:32 PM
We have the antique John Deere tractor inherited from my dad, lots of bikes, coolers & those portable folding chairs; his gun cabinet (no guns) tool boxes....it's pretty narrow though, I think I would be afraid to try to pull in & out!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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| Diane B Carter |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 2:50:25 PM
My truck, My DH motorcycle, my friends Jet Ski, my DH's 66 car that he loves( I think it's a 66 Caprice) all my tools, snowblower,tables, grabage cans, little stove I will never use but I love it. 3 bikes, gas cans, all my pictures I love but don't want in the house so I hung them in the garage. My neighbors drapes, she was tossing them out and I thought they looked nice so they are also hanging around the window. When I built it my mom said just get a 1 car garage or it will be filled with junk. I built a 2&1/2 car size and I still love it.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 2:37:34 PM
Everything but my truck, my late husbands 3 Harleys, crates full of my adult kids toys that I kept, my grandsons toys they have out grown (keeping for next grandkids) garden equipment, dog and cat crates for emergency trips to the vets, My late husbands snap-on tool rollaway cabinets, my emergency supplies foe earthquakes or whatever, a dead chest freezer that locks that I keep some paint and varnish etc in away from my grandkids, my tubs full of someday repair/projects and lots of other junk.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
| katmom |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 1:57:45 PM
hahaha! what's in ours besides 2 set mouse traps.... a vintage sewing table & machine that I need to clean off before bringing into the house and a mini vintage 1950's chrome & green Dinette table w/drop leaf sides & 1 matching chair....in green vinyl...but it's all kpaints fault! if she had gone & bought it I would not have...oh. I gots some esplainin' to do....& hubby hasn't even spotted it yet! lol!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 08 2009 : 1:18:52 PM
WE actually have 2 garages (one small attached one...where we store wood and the dogs can get in there to get inside during the day if they are outside) and a big one not attached to the house that doesn't ever have a vehicle in it either..right now, besides tools and our big upright freezer it has all the roofing for our house (roofing to be done in spring but we bought the supplies when we had the $) and several projects worth of stuff too. Never a car..haha
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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