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Empty Garage Area to Pantry/Laundry Room/Wine Bar/Powder Room
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Mary M Fabian
(IC: homeowner)
Since my hubby and I are a upper middle age couple, we decided to move the laundry area upstairs. Plus we needed more storage, plus we needed a powder room, and of course, I needed my wine bar. We sectioned off an 11'x24' portion of the garage and custom designed and constructed ourselves a Pantry/Laundry room/Wine Bar/Powder room. More Photo's and description on:
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Published November 12th, 2013 4:04 PM
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Mary M Fabian on Nov 13, 2013Thank you, it took us about 3 years from beginning to end, all paid in cash savings, a little at a time as we could afford it. The first year, we purchased the boxes for the cabinets and stored them in the garage, along with the lumber. The next year, we purchased the cabinet fronts, along with hardware, the sink, and a few other incidentals. Then we built the following year, purchasing the new fridge (clearance scratch & dent at Lowe's) the matching freezer ($500 at Lowe's), along with the powder room sink, toilet, accessories, dual zone wine fridge, racks, and other assorted accessories.
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Mary M Fabian on Apr 17, 2014The trick for DIY'ers is to plan ahead. We had purchased much of the material 5 years ahead of time, one piece at a time, little by little. That way, it's not a huge hit to your wallet, and you're not taking out a home equity loan. All of this was done, out of pocket, no loan companies involved. We shop for deals. Scratch & dent, clearance sales, etc. I saved up for 2 years to purchase the cabinets from Ikea. I paid cash. Again, shop smart, and plan ahead. Be flexible, because unexpected set backs can occur. We were 2 cabinets short. By the time we were ready to build, the Ikea red cabinets were no longer available. So, we got the black glass fronts for the wine bar area, which worked out better, so that I can show off my glassware, and it's not a huge overwhelming expanse of red. Since my washer & dryer are red also, I purchased a stainless steel cabinet front at Ikea to break in between the red laundry cabinets and the red washer & dryer. No clash of 2 different shades of red. I'll have to take the more recent photo's, since we now have all of the shelving up in both laundry and wine bar & food prep areas. I love the extra countertop area that this addition gives us, since we do entertain quite a bit, and that extra food prep area is great for crockpots, etc.
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