5 Ideas for a Complete Garage Makeover
If you’re like most families, your garage is a place of clutter. Old yard decorations, long-forgotten tools, unknown critters lurking in corners – all perfectly normal signs that you’re a regular garage owner. But let’s be real for a moment. Most of us don’t have an icky garage because we want to. We’re just lazy and it’s an easy place to plop our junk.
Fortunately, your garage doesn’t have to be a place of dread. With a little creativity, you can turn your garage space into just about anything.
You Can Add an Extra Bedroom to Your Home
Make it a bedroom. Yep – that’s right. By installing insulation and finishing the walls and floor, your garage is no different than your upstairs bedroom. You could even install a bathroom in the garage if you’d like! It’s like a second master bedroom. This can be improved with installing a brand-new garage door with windows on it. A set of glass panels on your garage door can help let in a lot of natural light so you’re not relying on artificial lighting.
A Garage Can Be a Perfect Home Gym
Is limited space within your home preventing you from buying workout equipment? Then how about turning your garage into a home gym? Asides from the cost of fitness equipment, this is probably one of the most affordable and simple garage conversions you could do. With an insulated garage door, you can even control the temperature of your gym to exactly what you need. No longer will you go to the gym only to find that the temperature is too cold. You can also lay out any flooring you may want for proper support.
A Garage Winery Is Great for Wine Fanatics
For all those wine connoisseurs out there, a garage door winery is a great alternative to a more expensive wine cellar. This may be more expensive because you will want to control the temperature of the environment. Installing insulation in both the garage, the door and making sure your windows are properly sealed is necessary.
Why Go to the Cinema When You Can Go to Your Garage
Transform it into a home theater. Don’t be scared away with how expensive this one sounds. With a few small modifications and a cheap projector, you’ll be on your way to a garage movie theater in no time. You can even paint the back of your garage door to be perfect for projecting onto. A strong white paint or just putting up some fabric won’t hurt your garage door but make for a perfect home theater setup. This is even better if your garage is reasonably soundproofed. Insulation and some new garage door weatherstripping help here. It helps keep your surround sound setup in, and the outside world out.
A Garage Greenhouse Can Save You Money on Plants
Start your very own greenhouse in the garage. A standalone greenhouse is exactly on the cheap side, so why not make your own? Just like the winery, you will want to control the temperature of your garage to support whatever plants you want to grow. A new garage door installation may be in order, but at the same time you can add glass to you garage door panel. You can have both natural light and carefully curated artificial lights in your garage greenhouse.
Of course, you could just leave it as a regular garage. Just be sure to keep it clean!
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