Add value and functional living space to your home with a garage conversion. Need some ideas for your big project? Read this guide!
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Garages… 80% of homes have them, but how many people are using them to their full potential. Not everyone needs a place to put a car, and even if they do a lot of the space of a garage ends up unused.
It’s time to start treating garages as a prime piece of real estate you already own with a garage conversion. Turn your garage into a space that really does something for you instead of just taking up space with one of these great garage conversion ideas.
Chic Farmhouse Apartment
Lean into the rugged appeal of a garage conversion into an apartment by embracing the chic farmhouse look. Whitewashed natural textured walls create a bright yet understated space. Keep the beams exposed to create leveled interest for the eye and offer storage space.
You can use your new apartment for a relative’s living space, a private room for guests, or make a little extra income by listing in on a home-share site.
Light Flooded Library
So many of us have dreamed of having a private library to retreat to at the end of a long day or during the weekend, but few of us have the space in our homes to devote entirely to books and comfy chairs.
Give your garage new life by converting it to a library. The wide-open wall space is perfect for built-in floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.
Practical Off House Kitchen
Have you found yourself constantly going between the house and the yard while trying to grill a meal? You do all the prep in the kitchen, but the actual cooking happens outside where there are few places to place things while you wait.
Take out the treks, and put a little kitchenette in your garage. Here, you can do all the prep work and plating for those summer night meals without having to worry about running all over the place.
Relaxing Sauna and Bath House
Find your hygge when you convert your garage to a whole sauna and bathhouse. You can include a sauna room, a small shower, perhaps a plunge pool, and some cushioned wooden benches to relax on between sessions.
You’ll discover the amazing health benefits of a sauna and enjoy a spa experience right in your own backyard. It’s a versatile space because you can use it nightly for your own relaxation or invite a small group over for a sauna party.
Separate Playroom
Children’s toys crowd the house and make cleanup feel impossible. But if you give them a separate space for the children’s playroom, cleanup is just about their toys in that spot, and you don’t have to worry about the mess extending to the rest of your home.
This is an especially good option if you work from home and have a nanny. The nanny will have a space where they can focus on the children without worrying about the two of your interfering with each other. And you can pop on over to the playroom any time you start missing your kids.
Craft and Hobby Workshop
Is there just no good place in your home to pursue your hobby? Especially if your hobby involves some kind of woodshop or mess, you may want to separate it from your home. Keep all your tools on organized hooks and create a space that is both practical and inspiring for you.
Dreamy Art Studio
Speaking of hobbies, one of the best places for a personal art studio is in a converted garage. You’ll be closer to nature simply by being in a less developed building, and if you keep the functioning garage door you can have a whole wall open to your beautiful yard. You won’t believe the wonders that natural lighting can do for your art.
Keep things minimalist in the furniture and allow the space to be filled with your unique artwork.
Cool Rec Room
Sometimes it’s better to keep your social life out of your home. That way when you come back at night you know that your home is all about winding down. Plus, if your party guests want to keep the party going and you want to go to bed… you can make that happen.
Make sure you understand any community noise rules when you go in to get your garage conversion permit. Because with just a bar, a pool table, a tv, and a sound system, you’ll have the best parties in your friend group.
Secluded Home Office
Similar to having a separate space for partying, an office separate from your home can do wonders for your mental health. Leave the work at work when you step out of your garage turned home office. There’s no downside because you may be able to treat part of the cost of garage conversion as a home-office tax write-off.
You can make sure that your private office reflects the style that you prefer and work best in. Keep things minimal to avoid distraction or go the eccentric maximalist route to keep yourself feeling like you throughout the workday.
Eco-Friendly Gardening Room and Greenhouse
Gardening doesn’t take place in the garden. You need a place to pot plants, bring delicate plants in the cold, harvest and clean vegetables, and more! Why not make the spot where you do all that gardening work as close to the garden as possible by turning your garage into a greenhouse?
Plus, it’ll have the cutest cottagecore vibes if you want to treat it as a social spot too.
A Garage Conversion That’s Really Worth It
By getting started on a garage conversion, you ensure that you’re using all the space that you own to its ultimate purpose. You can use one of the ideas listed here or consider an area of your life that’s lacking a space. Artrooms, offices, playspaces, spots to entertain, gyms… the possibilities are only limited by your imagination.
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