If you want to expand your living space, but don'tknow how to do this, take a look at the garage. A clever reconstruction of its walls, windows and doors will provide you with additional living space. You can be inspired to implement this idea by our buildings, which were intended for parking cars. Architects Fabre/de Marien transformed a former garage box into an original modern home. Inside it is spacious, light, there is an open space.
Everything is well thought out. There are plenty of comfortable places here, necessary for a bedroom, dining room, living room.
Check out the rest of this apartment. Ahmann Architects transformed a Washington, D.C., family's narrow garage into a modern kitchen.
This is what a modern interior design of a former outbuilding looks like. Wooden ceiling beams unite the space into a single whole.
While lounging in a soft chair, you can admire the green courtyard.
Take a look at other rooms in the house.Thanks to architects Margaret Menter, the car's home has been transformed into a creative space that can be transformed as the owners' needs change.
While the children are small, the hall is used for games and sports. In the future, it can be converted for other purposes.
There is a corner with a sink and a bathroom.
This is what the whole house looks like. It's hard to believe, but the part of the building with the chimney and windows on both sides is a reconstruction of the garage.
Incredibly, the cozy living room used to be a utility room where the lawn mower was kept.
Here the owners went further. They converted the garage box into a new apartment and furnished it with antique furniture and accessories bought at the antique market.
Take a look at other parts of this residential building. This is what the car's home looked like before a major renovation by Smith & Vansant Architects.
And this is the decor of the room after reconstruction. Here, household members and guests, entering the house, leave their outerwear, wet boots, and also warm themselves by the wood stove.
On the other side of the hallway there is a cozy place to relax.
We suggest you take a look at the entire house. Designer Michelle dela Vegа claims that rebuilding a garage box is impossible without inviting an artist, architect, and other specialists.
There is a mini-kitchen, a sleeping tier, a room with a bathroom. All this has transformed the utility room, where the car used to be.
This is what the steel sculptures look like to the left of the wood stove.
Material kindly provided by Becky Harris.
Garage design: do it yourself and turn the garage into a cozy room
