Custom Vintage Porsche Garage in Beaufort, SC
Allen Patterson Builders, a NAHB Certified Master Builder and Southern Living Custom Builder Network member based in Beaufort, SC, designed and built this custom garage to house and showcase a client’s vintage Porsche collection. The space combines working mechanic’s bay and driving simulator lounge into a single detached structure, finished with the same craftsmanship APB brings to every custom home.
A Garage Designed Around the Cars
The garage centers on a two-car, four-post automotive lift that stacks one vintage Porsche 911 above another, doubling the storage capacity of the footprint without doubling the square footage. Diamond-plate catch trays, safety-striped edges, and a dedicated lift motor housing keep the mechanical hardware clean and unobtrusive against the garage’s board-and-batten walls.
Below the lift, a rolling blue tool chest and a matched mechanic’s cart keep hand tools, fluids, and diagnostics within arm’s reach of the cars. A full workbench along the back wall, built from a butcher-block top and a blue steel base, gives the owner a dedicated space for maintenance work, with pegboard and drawer storage for organizing parts and tools.
Sage Green Walls, White Trim, and Gallery-Style Display
Rather than treating the garage as purely functional space, APB detailed it like an extension of the home. Sage-green shiplap wainscoting runs the length of the room, capped with white board-and-batten trim and topped by white walls that carry a running gallery of framed motorsport photography and vintage racing posters, arranged salon-style from floor to ceiling.
A black-and-white checkerboard runner leads down a narrow gallery walkway lined with additional framed prints, connecting the main bay to an adjoining workspace. An arched, multi-pane exterior door and paned windows on both walls bring in natural light and echo the architectural details found throughout APB’s custom coastal homes.
A Dedicated Racing Simulator Setup
Adjacent to the lift bay, APB designed a dedicated space for the owner’s racing simulator setup: a full bucket racing seat, pedal set, direct-drive wheel, and triple-monitor mount sit on a custom rig, with a bookshelf beneath holding racing manuals and reference materials. A yellow-and-black storage cabinet, additional seating, and a Porsche-crest area rug anchor the space as a lounge for the owner and guests between garage sessions.
Storage, Safety, and Finish Details
Every functional element of the garage was finished to match the aesthetic of the display space:
- A fire extinguisher and safety signage are mounted near the entry door, code-compliant but unobtrusive
- Speckled epoxy flooring throughout resists oil, tire marks, and daily wear while brightening the room
- Exposed structural beams overhead were milled from a tree cut down on the property, tying the garage’s ceiling detail directly back to the homesite it was built on
Built by Allen Patterson Builders
This vintage Porsche garage reflects the same approach Allen Patterson Builders brings to every custom home and outbuilding: purpose-built function, paired with the architectural detailing expected of a Southern Living Custom Builder Network member. Whether the project is a full custom home, a renovation, or a specialty structure like this collector’s garage, APB designs every space to be used exactly as its owner intends — and to look the part while doing it.
Interested in a custom garage, workshop, or outbuilding for your property? Contact Allen Patterson Builders to start the conversation.