I have a basement/garage that I am in the process of making some changes to. The garage started out as a 2 car garage, but I have moved some things around, so it now is capable of holding 4 cars (a little tight, but it works). I added a room that surrounds my furnace...this is for safety reasons, but doubles as storage for tools, parts, etc... My next plan is to paint the walls, floor and add better lighting. I'm trying to decide on a good color scheme. Although I like the checkerboard style floors, it seems like everyone has them. I know the walls will be a lighter color in order to brighten things up...but it seems like I need a stripe, or another color to break things up a bit. I was thinking about going with something similiar to the scheme on "Horsepower TV". They have a checkerboard floor with gray halfway up on the walls, a thin red horizontal stripe, then white the rest of the way up. I'm not looking to "copy" off anyone, I am just looking for some ideas. I have looked around on the Internet and have not found much. I thought the Corvette Message Boards might have something, but I didn't see much there either. I have the usual array of posters that will likely go on the walls, as well as some TTA advertisements (framed) and tin signs. The important thing is that the garage stays functional as an area to work on cars...not just admire them! I just want something different than everyone else on the street...so I am open to any ideas that you might have!