If you are looking for more livable space, a garage conversion could be your best option. The garage often ends up being a place to store endless piles of old junk. It’s a fairly big space in your house but the majority of the time, it’s completely wasted. If you actually took the time to go through the stuff that you’ve got in there, you’re likely to find that you don’t want or need most of it. Once you get rid of anything that’s useless, you’ll be left with a good amount of space that can be used for something more practical. There are plenty of different options for a garage conversion, here are a few of the best ones.
Bedroom
If the garage is spacious enough, why not turn it into another bedroom. It will massively increase the value of your house and give you a space for guests. If your family is growing, then this could be an alternative solution to moving house. This is quite a big undertaking as you’ll need to make sure that you install proper heating and electricity if it’s going to be somebody’s bedroom. However, if you have the time and money, and space it’s definitely worth it. You could also add a bathroom, making it it’s own self-contained area great for guests.
Bar
A garage typically is considered the man’s domain, most of the time. When it comes to converting it, people often end up creating a space to keep him out of the way. But a home bar is great for everybody, especially if you are entertaining in the summer. You can open up the front of the garage and put a bbq outside. There are plenty of custom bars available for order online, so you can get one that makes the best use of the space that you have. A refrigerator, some minimal decoration and you are all set. People won’t be staying in the room so you don’t need to worry about decoration as much.
Home Gym
If you’re serious about your workouts, you might not want to wait until you can next make it to the gym. Turning the garage into a home gym is probably the easiest conversion that you could do. The only change that you might need to make is adding a bit of ventilation so it doesn’t get too sweaty in there. Apart from that, it’s just a case of buying some equipment and putting it there.
Home Office
Anybody that works from home will tell you that avoiding distractions can be difficult. It can be easy to slip into bad habits if you are at home with all of your normal comforts around you. The best way to combat this is to have a separate space for working and treat it the same as you would any other office. If you have limited space in the house then it can be a struggle to carve out this particular area. Converting the garage into an office will help. Because it will be completely cut off from the rest of the house. Just like a bedroom conversion, heating and electricity are the most important things. If your working area is uncomfortable then you aren’t going to be very productive at all.
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