Timber
Warm as the house it belongs to
Warm sandstone doors on the same black frame, a thick butcher block top, oak-tone slatwall and a sand flake floor. It reads as an extension of the house rather than a shed with cabinets in it, which is the whole idea.
What the room is made of
For the garage that gets used in the evening: a workbench at one end, a fridge and a couple of stools at the other.
- Floor
- Epoxy flake · warm sand
- Cabinets
- Sandstone, textured finish
- Counter
- Butcher block
- Slatwall
- Sandstone / oak tone
- Walls
- Warm cream
What we install for Timber
Cabinets
Sandstone doors in the textured finish, which hides marks better than smooth and reads warmer under tungsten light. Uppers along the working wall, a run of drawers, and a tall closet to close the end of the L.
Worktop
Butcher block, 40mm, oiled rather than lacquered so it can be sanded back rather than replaced. Stainless is available under the bench end if you want one surface you can be careless on.
Slatwall
Sandstone 6 inch panels in 8 by 4 foot sections. Warm enough to disappear against the cream wall, so what you see is the tools rather than the wall behind them.
Floor
Warm sand epoxy flake, satin clear coat. It carries the wall colour down to the floor and takes the coldness out of a concrete slab in February.
Light
Warm 3000K ceiling fixtures rather than shop white, LED strip under the uppers, and a separate switch for the bar end so the whole garage does not have to be lit to sit in it.
The extras people ask for
A bar fridge in the run, a bottle shelf behind glass, a TV bracket blocked into the framing while the wall is open. All of it is easier before drywall than after.
Timber, drawn to scale
A 24′ × 24′ build, 22′-8″ clear. The run turns the corner at the back into a bar end, which is what makes this one a room rather than a wall of storage. Man door and window keep the rest of the back wall.
A finished garage gets a LiftMaster 98022 wall mount opener, bolted beside the torsion shaft rather than hung over the car. The overhead door still needs its run of ceiling to lift into, marked on the plan; taking the rail and the motor out of the middle of it is what leaves the rest free for a light, for overhead storage, or for nothing at all.
Three views of one room
Every picture below is the room on that plan, from three positions in it. Same cabinets, same floor, same wall: what changes is where you are standing.
Products and colours are confirmed against samples at the design selection.
Two ways to build this look
Cabinets by Hayley
Made to measure in Calgary, run by run, in the finish and the exact width your wall needs. The line to use when the space is awkward or the colour has to match something.
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NewAge Products
Configurable cabinet sets, slatwall, shelving and flooring, laid into your dimensions and installed by us. Faster, and the more affordable way to the same palette.
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Will a wood counter survive a Calgary garage?
In a heated, insulated garage, yes. Butcher block moves with humidity, so it wants a garage that stays above freezing, which is what we build anyway. In an unheated garage we would put you on stainless instead.
Compare it against the rest
Put Timber in your garage
Bring wall dimensions or let us measure. The first layout costs nothing and shows what fits.
- 01A call backA short call about what you want to build, what your lot allows, and what it usually costs to be wrong about.
- 02An hour on siteWe measure, look at access and grade, and tell you what is buildable. No obligation, no charge.
- 03A written quoteItemized line by line, with the spec attached, so you can see what moves the number.
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