A garage is far more than just a place to park your car. Think outside the box … or outside the parking space.
Use drywall to cover bare wooden walls
Add pegboard to create tool hangers or other hanging storage for bikes, skateboards, and other goodies (don’t forget the gear track hooks)
Add workbenches and other areas for handymen to feel right at home
Add a walkway between a freestanding garage and the home
Redo the lighting – inexpensive and sophisticated track lighting can brighten a garage with a minimal amount of effort
Instead of going with the traditional handyman look, consider going a different yet still functional direction, with lockers, bins, rolling workbenches and a bright, playful paint scheme
Think in “zones” of use, especially with a two- or three-car garage. Transform part or all of the garage into a home office space, with a desk, chair and cork or bamboo flooring. Transform part or all of the garage into a center for yard and garden work. Add a sports center. Let the paint and design scheme reflect the different areas.
Add tall cabinets and hanging baskets for extra storage
Install simple benches (with built-in storage space) for the garage or mudroom
Only 15% of American homeowners use their garages for parking their cars. Most of the rest use the garage as a massive, untidy (and sometimes unsanitary) area for tossing junk. Wrangle your client’s garage into a beautiful, usable space that will add thousands to the resale value and help move that home off the market and into a new buyer’s possession.
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