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Our #garagemakeover project was designed out of necessity. When we were in the planning stages of the garage makeover, I said I wanted a way to store the grandkid's toy car. I needed it out of the way, but accessible. Toy cars are notoriously difficult to store efficiently!
The car storage started out as a simple box with a little open storage on top. I had envisioned it sitting next to our large shelving unit right beside the door. Well, as things do, the project evolved into something totally different and way more functional! 
The shell of the structure is made with plywood and 2x4s.
To keep the math simple, we put the car on the board and estimated the space needed for it to fit. Easy!
With the Makita track saw, we cut out four identically sized pieces of plywood. We are after all making a simple box!
The box was connected using L brackets. It was at this point, that if we had known the changes that we were going to be made to this project, we would have used screws and wood glue. We are comfortable with the support of the build even without wood glue.
Now this is where the project really veered in a new direction. We decided to create a space for the storage of large bulky items. Mainly we wanted it for the insulation foam we use as a cutting surface. We decided to add a dry erase board to one side and a pretty panel on the other for photo shoots. To do this, we built a frame from 2x4s. Here we are cutting the boards to size on the Ridgid Miter Saw.
The pieces were assembled then attached to the top of the mini car storage box.
For the "garage" door, we cut panels of white board and glued them to plywood. We cut strap hinges in half and screwed them into place for decoration.
We trimmed a piano hinge to size and attached it to the box so it would open like a ramp. This makes it easy to load and unload the mini Cooper from the mini storage garage.
A magnetic cabinet catch keeps the door in place.
Nephew/grandson, Tyler, was over and wanted to help. Aunt Stephie helped him make pilot holes for the handle. Andrew, in the background, was taking the mini Cooper for a drive while Tyler worked!
Oma (me) and Andrew had a little fun drawing on the side of the mini garage before covering it with the pallet panel!
One of the last steps was to attach the "pallet" panel to one side and the dry erase board to the other.
The "garage" is a perfect fit. The toy car is stored efficiently and is out of the way.
5-in-1 Garage Storage Unit
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