Before & not yet After #51 : Dad's Garage

Sunday, 20 February 2022

Dad's garage never ever contained a car. It couldn't have actually due to the foot high step up to it.  All through my childhood it was a place of industry for dad as he produced various and many immaculately made items of furniture for our house, and then later on it was things like bunk beds, amazing castles, toys and useful things for our new family homes and grandchildren.  Many of the things he made were originally other things - our current outside table and bench seats are made from old architraves, and there's a family rumour that our childhood table tennis table was turned into kitchen cupboards.  For dad the saving of old things was instinctual, which was fine, as long as his output remained steady.

Unfortunately his output in the last decade or so hasn't been so much that he's been able to keep ahead of all the bits and pieces he's continued to acquire - so the garage has become quite a mess. It's impossible to find anything under all the other things that are now stored on top.

And these photos don't show the half of it! The floor and ceiling are also completely stacked with things.

Hopefully by the end of next weekend there will be a discernible difference and we can return the garage to a space that can be used again.