It’s no longer an embarrassment to open the garage door.
That’s a big change for me.
For the better part of the last decade, I was too ashamed of the state of my garage to even open the door. Plus, there was so much junk that I really didn’t want to open the door to have it spill out into the driveway. That’s how bad it got. And what’s weird is inside the central air conditioning of our home, it’s so clean and organized. Yet, we were forever just tossing stuff we didn’t use or didn’t want to deal with out into the garage. The odors alone we’re so intense that I had to keep extra weather stripping on the door leading to the garage. Finally, I just couldn’t take it any longer. I gave everyone fair warning to get what they wanted out of the garage or it was going to charity or the dump. And I followed up on my warning with action. It took 3 weekends of near constant effort to finally get the garage clean and organized. But it was well worth the effort. Once I realized that this was a great space, I called the HVAC company. We live in a region where we deal with a lot of heat and humidity. I wanted to be able to go outside in the garage to tinker at my new workbench during the summer. There was no way that was going to happen without some air conditioning. So the HVAC company installed a ductless heat pump to provide the cooling comfort I needed. It’s really nice to be able to open the garage door without embarrassment. Yet, it’s even nicer to keep it closed during the summer to enjoy the air conditioning I get from the ductless heat pump.