December 2004:  Oily bare concrete floor, two bare 60 watt incandescent lights, moisture weeping through the block walls, decrepit old belt drive door opener, sagging door, and one power outlet, with both receptacles being used by the washer and dryer.  Pitiful.  At least the floor is solid and there is some ambient light from the side window.

Step one:  degrease, wash, and etch floor.

Then came two coats of U Coat It epoxy.

Ahhh.  Much better.

Next step:  3/4 horsepower Craftsman screw-drive opener with all the bells and whistles -- motion-sensing light, tiny remotes, and remote keypad.

Next step:  Install a drop ceiling.  In addition to damping sound and providing a neat place for light fixtures, the drop ceiling allowed me to hide the low voltage wires from my satellite and surround sound system.

The photo to the right shows the 4-cable trunk from the satellite and the surround sound wiring.

The amp in my living room above feeds sound and video to the garage, controlled by RF remote.  Nothing like Formula One from the hi-def Dish PVR when doing some work on the truck.

Lighting is supplied by four 48" fixtures, each containing four 32 watt, 6500K T-8 fluorescents.  This does an excellent job of lighting my 500 square foot space.  Note that code requires armored power cabling.

Now, where to put all of this junk?

Next step:  Install surface-mount wiring, paint walls, and install cabinets.  I used a mixture of Mills Pride (Home Depot house brand) and Do+Able cabinets.  You can see them going in on the right.

Next step:  Organize all that crap and lay the RaceDeck FreeFlow floor tiles.  These are highly recommended.  I laid the whole floor in about three hours.  Water drains right through.

Last steps:  Cover girly washer and dryer with checkered flag fabric, run new circuit for compressor, repaint front wall, and clean up.  The finished product: