No doubt, most homeowners believe in the functionality
of garages. Garages can be a parking area for vehicles. Garages can
serve as a workshop or a workroom for a particular messy hobby such as
painting, woodworking, or carpentry and as storage for gardening tools
and equipments. Garages can also serve as your kid’s playroom or your
teenage son’s band practice room. Aside from these, garage can be used
as a place of storage for most of the heavy and bulky things at home
which we do not need everyday.
Being multi-purpose, a garage can accumulate a lot of items over a
period of time. It can also depreciate, and deteriorate due to constant
use or wear and tear. And because of the fact that garages are mostly
one house room that guests do not usually go to, most homeowners take
their garages for granted.
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However, a wise homeowner would always think about maintaining his
garage relative to its functionality, its constant use and to the amount
of time being spent inside it. For most garage problems, there are
usually two easy and common solutions left for the homeowner to
consider: extending, remodeling and organizing.
Garage Extension Garage problems can come up because of lack of
space. Some homeowners lack space not because of disorganization
reasons but simply because of a growing family. |
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The more members are added to the
family, the more items may be stored in your garage: baby’s crib, a new
bike, a new car for a son who just graduated, etc., etc. No matter how
many garage sales you may hold, in this case, space becomes a problem
that cannot be addressed by re-organization and garage sales. Garage
additions and extensions may be necessary. Some garage additions or
extensions may be to accommodate a guest apartment or home office
extension.
Garage Remodeling Garage remodeling is excellent for garage owners who
have acquired a new hobby, a home-based business or work that require a
small office area but have a limited home space. Thus, garage can be the
perfect place to install a mini office or workshop. To achieve this,
remodeling may have to be necessary. Remodeling may require a new garage
flooring, garage roofing and garage door. Remodeling may also entail the
necessary addition of accessories that you may need for the purpose
which the remodeling is done: an office desk, a garage heater, storage
cabinets, work table, and other items and accessories or gadgets that
will make the garage more comfortable for the occupant. Some garage
remodeling may be for turning the garage into a home office, a laundry
room, a music room or a kid’s play room, or the addition of new storage
systems.
Garage Organization - Garage storage and organization may be summarized
into three major steps: categorize, segregate, and sell (or throw!) Make
a survey of what you have stored in your garage: sporting equipments,
garden tools and equipments, old albums and photos, old clothes, hobby
tools, etc. How often do you need these items? Weekly? Monthly?
Seasonal? Next place these items into labeled boxes while new storage
systems are installed: shelves, cabinets, hangers, etc. Sell what you
can and throw what can not be sold.
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