Time to get into another garage post. This garage caught my eye over a year ago when I was browsing The Garage Journal looking for big and expensive garages to feature. Instead, I found this gem, a garage that I would love to call my own and can realistically aspire to. Sure, it’s great to fantasize about the multi-million dollar dwellings that we’ve all seen online and imagine ourselves filling them with many exotica, but unfortunately for most of us, it is just that, a fantasy. The other characteristic I dislike about the ‘mega garages’ is that they appear clinical, sterile, and they lack a real ‘working’ vibe.
From the moment I first saw Jack’s garage it just resonated with me and the images were instantly burnt into my memory. The nostalgic look and feel, the unusual yet perfect choice of colours, the heavy cabinets, thick bench tops, even the vines growing over the outside wall above the door, it just ‘works’ and creates a wonderful garage atmosphere that can’t be achieved from simply ticking boxes in a catalogue. The other great thing about it is that the build was done on a budget, with many second-hand parts being used, combined with a lot of hard work by the owner.
When I get my own place and start looking for inspiration for my own garage, you can bet that the first place I’ll be visiting is Jack’s thread. Keep your eyes peeled for a future feature on the car that calls this garage it’s home. See below for more pictures + a link of the ’12 Guage Garage’ as it is dearly known.
Edit: The 12 Gauge Garage has it’s very own website, which you can visit here.
CLICK HERE for the full build thread.
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Simple and functional. Love it. Wish I had my own manspace to do this to.
I’d totally live in there!^^
I am in love with this garage. Normally I don’t care for anyone’s “garage builds” but this is just gorgeous.
I’m so proud of my well organized son. I thought it was just the sisters that had that gene. Good going Jack.
Love,
Mom
Thanks for blogging about this subject I found you on bing and I will return back for more updates. Keep up the great work.
There is a video about that garage/porsche on petrolicious. Pretty good.
http://petrolicious.com/one-car-to-do-it-all-jack-olsen-s-911