I'm excited. For years all I had was a parking lot at an apartment.
I have a couple more weekends of "stuff" to get done, then I'll be focusing on the shop. My dad just came down to visit this past weekend and went home with a CLEAN 87 Silverado.
28x48 sounds big... until you put a 67 C10, 68 firebird, 2015 silverado, and 2011 Mustang in it with tools and parts (that's why the upstairs storage area is so important, that area will be huge. I might even partition a section of it off someday and heat/cool it for a game room? One of the biggests pushes to help get my wife on board with the size (and expense) was that our vehicles have been damaged by hail 3 different times since we moved into this house. If me building a garage means it never hails at my house again, so be it, I'll be happy either way
The blue ceiling is a lousianna/southern coastal city thing. You see them all over Charleston/Savannah, etc. It was to keep the "boo hag" (spirits) away. I don't believe in any of that folklore, but it is a really cool look. The color is "Haint" blue, but it's not an actual color I found out... it's a range of colors... home depot and lowes looked at me like I was crazy when I asked for it so I found one I think looked the best within that range.