New Projects Installed!

Recently, one of my best clients, GarageMahals, informed me that two garage designs that I rendered were installed.  To me, this is just as exciting as Christmas morning.  I love to see how close I got to the actual installed product.  So, here they are:

The Chicago Garage:

This garage centered on a Las Vegas theme, and had a few modifications done to it during the construction process.  The most notable differences can be seen along the left side of the garage where the cars are parked.  The original design called for a double-decker car storage system with a mechanic’s bay in the back left corner.  The actual installation consisted of a single row of cars and no mechanic’s bay.

Rendered image - mechanics bay and elevated deck

Rendered image - elevated car deck

Actual photo of finished bay

The vaulted ceiling in the back also had some changes, the biggest being the lack of a trellis graphic (and then later, a faux window with columns) on the large garage door. 

Rendered image - trellis graphic.

Rendered image - window and columns.

Actual photo - note the alcove toward the back right.

The only other major difference was the children's play area, which had to be altered to meet fire codes.

Rendered image - kid's play space.

Actual photo - note the fire door on the angled wall to the right.

The office, which features a Caesar’s Palace style temple front, is spot on to the renderings, as is the large, semi-circular bar. 

Rendered image - "Hard Eight Trading" office front.

Rendered image - semi -circular bar.

Rendered image - Las Vegas sign.

Actual photo - note the Las Vegas sign and temple front.

There are more photos coming hopefully in the near future which will show more of the bar and temple front. I'm sorry that I had to reuse a couple of the photos, but my selection was limited.

All in all, I am very happy with how these images compare to the actual installation.

Steelers Garage:

This installation, by far, is the closest between rendering and actual installation.  There are literally three differences:

1. The diamond deck pattern on the wainscoting is larger than what I showed.
2. The Pittsburgh Steelers graphic was left off the header, and was left as a steely gray front.
3. The "Terrible Towel" graphic was replaced with a diamond pattern graphic.

Other then those difference, everything is spot on.

Rendered image - both bays.

Rendered image - both bays.

Actual photo - note the headers without the graphic and the
diamond pattern stripe down the center.

Rendered image - rolling storage doors.

Actual photo - rolling storage doors.

Rendered image - door graphic and wainscoting. 

Actual photo - door graphic and wainscoting - note
 the larger diamond deck pattern.

Rendered image - window covers and lockers.

Rendered image - window covers.

Actual photo - window cover and lockers
(at the far end by the doors).

Rendered image - display case.

Actual photo - display case. 

Rendered image - garage door graphics.

Actual photo - garage door graphics.

For more images of these and other garage designs, visit Michael Rhodig at the GarageMahals site.

Do you have (or have images of) a unique garage?  If so, add a link in the comments portion of this post!