Design - Garage

There’s plenty of things that people do with their garages to transform the space into something more useful than a place where you put your car, yard tools and old buckets of paint from the 80s. Some turn the garage into a home theatre zone while others decide to create a garage rock jam space. If you or your family happens to be into dance, there’s no reason why you can’t set up a dance studio in your garage if you have enough space to do so.
Is it time to expand your living space? Have you been torn between moving to a new home or remodeling your existing home? If this is the case, one option is to renovate your garage. If your garage isn’t getting much use, converting it can open up many possibilities for your home. A converted garage can become a guest studio, an entertainment space, a “man cave”, a home gym, a recording studio, an office and so on.
Christmas often brings out the interior designer within us all as we prepare to enjoy spending time with family and friends over the holiday season. Your garage door provides you with a great opportunity to decorate the exterior of your home in a display of Christmas spirit. Here are a variety of ways in which you can infuse your garage with a little bit of Christmas magic.
There are a number of reasons you may want to install upgraded flooring for your garage. You may want to protect the concrete surface from chemicals, or wear and tear. You may want more comfortable or aesthetically pleasing floor covering. You may want to increase the value of your home. Once you start looking, you will see that there are many options for flooring. What you choose will depend on budget, preference and what your garage is being used for.
To some of us however, the garage can be a special place where true creativity and creation can thrive. For those that find happiness in getting our hands dirty, whether from woodworking, machining, or working on our cars we’ve all had dreams of building the ultimate garage workshop. Fortunately, transforming a garage into the ultimate workshop isn’t as hard as you might think. With careful planning, a clear vision, and a bit of money set aside, your garage can go from just being a place to store your lawnmower to a handyman or gearhead’s paradise. Here are some tips on how to make your garage an ultimate workshop.
One of our employees had the genius idea of converting her garage into the perfect playroom for her kids. With a 2 year-old son and a little girl on the way, this room has showed to be very practical for her and her husband and also very amusing to her son who could spend hours playing in there. We’ve ask her a few questions about her idea and found out how she managed to do it all. These answers could help you create a garage playroom area of your own. See how you can do everything in just a few days
Whether you need more storage space or just a place to keep your wheels protected from the elements, adding or expanding a garage may be just the answer you’re looking for. But, if you live in Toronto, remember to follow the city’s guidelines before breaking ground on your new renovation. Here’s what you need to know!
Your garage is filled with so much junk that you don’t even park your car in it. Or you do park your car in the garage, but it could just as easily stay out in the driveway. You’d like to do something cool with your garage—make it a place where you’d actually like to spend some time. Well, how about turning it into your very own customized sports zone? Doing so would be a fun project for you—or you and your kid—and leave you with an awesome hangout and a place to keep all your sports stuff.
Spring is here! And with the end of the long, cold winter comes the excitement to finally reclaim the areas of your home that have simply been left alone in exchange for a warm spot near the fireplace. With spring comes the annual ritual of spring cleaning. When it’s time to start this activity, you are going to want to make sure that you are not ignoring your garage. In fact, since the garage is generally the place that gets the most cluttered, it might just be the perfect place to start! This way, you will get the hardest part out of the way and you will be motivated to move on to cleaning up the rest of your home and yard.
Your garage is not just a space to keep only your car. For many of us, we use it to store most of our unused stuff with little concern over clutter building up. The problem with that is you’re limiting the large open space in your garage from being wisely used. If you’re a homeowner, you’re missing out if your garage isn’t organized for saving space. Here are a few tips to make sure that will never happen to you!