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Is your idea of the perfect garage one that’s filled to the brim with cars and stuff, or one that celebrates the design—and space—for just a single cherished example? We’re lucky enough to have been invited to tour many impressive spaces, and it’s impossible to get tired of it.
Each garage is as unique as the items inside (and the person who put them there), and we’ve seen just about everything, from stark and Batman-like to cluttered and bursting with vintage everything. Some collectors like to arrange everything—cars, collectibles, etc.—in neat little rows, others just pile things up, where they sit until someone visits and makes an offer.
Me? Something small, minimal, and definitely not dingy—my most cherished possessions should be shown in the right light, you know?
Our films have featured all types, and here’s a small selection of our favorites. So, what’s your ideal garage like?
Photography by: Afshin Behnia, Amy Shore, Jack Olsen
I love them all, but you have to commit to whatever you do. Weather that be a classic old school cluttered shop, a Showroom like garage, or a laboratory for building cars, it all looks great to me. What looks horrible is when its just a not thought through mess, half way between them all.. Thats kinda what my garage looks like now, but ill be getting my own house in the next few years, and then I’ll make the garage really mine!
It’s big – at least 100 square meters of floor space and a stud height sufficient for a proper hoist. Two hoists is probably a good idea actually.
It’s not very tidy, because almost all of the cars in it are work in progress. There are tools and parts littered about everywhere. I like chaos. Order is death.
There might be one car that is in really nice condition and lives under a dust cover at one end, but the two or three cars I actually use are likely to be parked outside.
Dream: Separate from the house, 2 car wide, 2 car deep. I’d love to keep 2 cars in there at all times and enough space for a proper workshop in addition. I do appreciate the lavish garages but i’m drawn to a space which has been in the works as time goes on.
Reality: I’m currently in a 1 car garage (20ft x 10ft). creating storage space and walking space is the most important part of keeping everything sane.
It is an old weaving mill, built in 1912. It belongs to a very small farm and there is a barn next to it, which is the parking garage. At that time quite some of the farmers around set up small weaving mills and worked as sub contractors for the textile industry in the region.
The Mill has three cellar rooms, where the compressor, the sand blasting cabinet, heating and toilet are located. Some special spares and tools are stored there, too.
Due to the original purpose, there are large windows all around. A lift had been installed and all the necessary tools for panel beating are stored in some cabinets. There is an English Wheel, a planishing hammer, shrinker/stretcher, beading machine and all that stuff.
A full set of tools for technical works completes the equipment. A
Additionally it has a fridge for the local beer and soft drinks and a stereo that allows to listen to the old noisy stuff I am not allowed to listen to at home. If necessary the amp has enough pressure to listen with earmuffs on.
This could be long let me see my ideal garage is :
– Made of red brick
– Has a green wooden garage doors
– Enough space for 2 cars
– Has a fridge
– A lift for the cars
– And all the tools needed for basics and medium work on a car.
And just enough space for me to work on my car without stepping on things.
Also my friends are there to help me and I help them on their car.
That is my ideal garage.