Building the loft

After unloading 2 trailers full of stuff into the new garage, we quickly learned that there was not enough room!  So, BJ and I decided to build a loft in the back part of the garage.  We spent Friday and Saturday afternoon working on it and with the help of our neighbor, we finished it today.

The girls spent their time nailing all of the scrap pieces of wood together.  They made their dad a key holder for his garage out of some of the scrap lumber.

One of the beams that BJ built to support the loft was 24 feet long and weighed about 350 pounds.  I didn't think they were going to get it lifted into place, but they managed!

Alex thought that the loft was finished at this point and informed us that we did a terrible job building a floor!

Being the over-protected mother that I am, I forbid the kids to get in the loft, so the second that I walked in the house to get something, Sam climbed into the loft to help her dad.

THE FINISHED PRODUCT!!!

We got the plywood lifted into the loft, which wasn't easy, and got it all nailed down.  Even after getting all of the stuff that we needed to store into the loft we still have plenty of room left, I'm sure BJ will collect more junk to fill it soon!