garage part deux

warning: this post is mostly for my mom.  the rest of you will glaze over with boredom.

yesterday's garage floor staining project has spilled over into today, as i imagined it would.  all went pretty well yesterday, although things didn't go exactly as expected.  the floor is soaking up more stain than anticipated and looking much more mottled than i thought it would.  it's not bad, just not what i thought it would be.  i've also decided to spray and then spread with a roller to give it a little bit more uniformity.  otherwise, it's pretty speckled looking.

the color is looking pretty nice.  on the color card (behr semi-transparent concrete stain), it looks like a nice brown, but the color name was "loden" which threw me off a bit.  when i think of "loden" i think green.  we definitely didn't want any hint of green.  going on, it looks a little ashy, but it warms up when it dries.  we needed some warmth since the walls are a cold gun metal grey (westchester grey on my favorite sw suburban modern color palette).  overall, it's going to be a pretty dark room.  but that was the aesthetic adam wanted.  so i'm going with it.

anyway, here are pics during construction on the walls.  it's much more than your standard 2x4 and sheet rock construction.  it has about three layers alternating insulation, sheet rock and "resilient channel" to really lock in (and out) the sound.  it's essentially, a room within a room.

and this is what the front half (my part, which is actually much less than half) of the garage looks like now.  the garage door still opens completely and there's just enough room for storage.  it's more like a glorified closet with a big door.  i got some shelving and a wall hanging rack system to store, hang and organize.  it's shaping up nicely.  i'll post pics once i take them.

gotta go check to see if my first layer of stain of the day is dry yet.  more later!!