The Socal To AZ Garage Build - Input Appreciated

Fantastic design; looks stunning!

 

wow

 

Looks amazing. You must be stoked!

I built my dream house two years ago. Designed all from scratch, hired all the contractors and orchestrated the whole project from start to end. What a great journey it was.

Most important thing is to have the designs and plans right. All designs must be finished and cross-checked/referenced with each other before anything is built. This is the main key. Use time to do this right.

Second is to hire the right contractors. Ask around for references. Trust people who know more than you. Listen and learn. The right guys working will save you ton of money and stress.

Third thing is that you have to be on top of everything, all the time. You must know the answers to everything concerning your project. Know who does what, when and how. It's your house and you care the most about it. So you should oversee the building of it.

Good luck along the way! Nothing is more sarisfying than to sit in your castle when all is done! It's priceless. Worth it all.

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I would suggest some base board lighting or something along those lines. Bringing some light closer to the ground would be good as your lights are all 2 stories up. I figure you probably don't want anything hanging down, so hanging lights closer down probably isn't an option.

What you use for the floor will also come in to play. Depending how reflective it is will change how bright the room is as well.

Congrats on the new house though. Looks pretty sweet! I also love the golfing and racing simulator in your office. Do you know which golf sim you're planning on going with?

 

Not sure what brand or specific type of tile, but I've seen dealerships and other shops use a tile that looks to be pretty durable and have decent reflective properties. Appears to be like a standard ceramic tile, but I'd imagine it has a good load rating as well as be fairly impact resistant.

I'd recommend getting a bunch of samples of tiles you like and checking them against a light to see how they reflect it.

 

I bet this is what I’ve seen. I can ask a guy I know with a shop who’s got tile in it. 20+ Bay shop with a lot of traffic, so it would be more than capable of home parking/display.

 

Prefer the top photo

 

Bottom has better lighting. I think you’ll be more pleased with it at night when displaying your cars.

 

The second photo provides a more "definitive" line between the upper and lower portions of the room. Having the white on the upper portion of the wall will also visually lesson the height of the garage. It also brightness the entire structure. The lights under the mezzanine is better as they look less "random" in terms of placement and provides a cleaner look. If you go with the second rendering, I would be tempted to put a picture by the left window to draw your eye upward. The other option for picture #2 is extend the gray wall covering up to the ceiling yet leave the other wall by the steps as is.

 

It's interesting you mention white floors because I was thinking the same thing but didn't mention it. In my opinion, the white floors will make it more "formal" depending on the level of gloss.

 

Someone mounted I believe a Lamborghini Countach on their wall. I've always wanted to mount a car on my wall, as some cars are like art. Anything light color floor wise will help with light. And it will always look very clean (if kept clean, obviously).

 

I like the design that has the wood wall at the end. It adds warmth to a space that can feel cold with all the glass and stone.


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That would be pretty awesome. Might want to check how heavy they are and if you’d need to engineer the wall for it