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Build and Design Garage Effectively (6)

16 October 2011

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The surveys found that the same generic storage systems used in other areas of the house, other than tool systems, were being used in the garage. So more manufacturers have gotten into the garage game.

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Build and Design Garage Effectively (5)

12 October 2011

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A garage that is separate from the house that is turned into living space will need to be tied into the systems of the main house or have separate heating and cooling as well as plumbing, electricity, and telephone. If you are transforming the garage into an all-inclusive “mother-in-law” suite, renovations will be complex and [...]

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Build and Design Garage Effectively (4)

8 October 2011

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It depends on the alternatives. I’d never owned a garage before, but I’ve converted the one I now own into the workshop about which I’ve dreamed for 25 years. The car stays in the driveway, toward the end closest to the street. After having had to work in relatively dark, cramped basements for all those [...]

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Build and Design Garage Effectively (3)

4 October 2011

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Although our garage was not ideally suited for expansion, any extra space your garage provides should not be overlooked in your renovation plans. Unfortunately, most garages have become collection areas for everything we can’t fit anywhere else in the house, and before you can even begin to appropriate the space, you’ll need to come up [...]

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Build and Design Garage Effectively (2)

30 September 2011

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With an idea in his head but absolutely no plan, my father got started on the bedroom. He reasoned that I’d be a lot more comfortable if he was able to divide the garage in two with a wall between where he parked the car and where I’d be sleeping. So one Saturday morning he [...]

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Build and Design Garage Effectively

26 September 2011

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A garage offers room for expansion, for storage, and even for the car. My late father, Alfred R. Heavens, was a great guy with wonderful ideas, but he wasn’t always successful on the follow-through. I vividly recall the time, 40 years ago, that he decided to build me a bedroom in our garage, which was [...]

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