Houzz Call: Show Us Your Garage Conversion

After you clear out the '80s snow gear, the bicycles with training wheels and the deflated soccer balls, odds are that your garage has some serious potential. These open spaces can become blank slates, without the details, materials or built-ins that determine the functions of many other rooms in a house. The possibilities are nearly endless with a garage's durable concrete floor, white walls, a giant doorway and high ceilings.

Have you taken advantage of this often-underused space? Is your garage more than a place for your car? If you've renovated your garage, we want to see it. Show us your new space by uploading a photo and telling us about it in the Comments section at the end — it could end up in a featured ideabook.

Schmitt + Company, an architecture firm in Yountville, California, converted a detached garage into a modern office and conference space for the business. It was once a basic three-car concrete block garage; now the aluminum garage door opens into a modern conference room with high ceilings and industrial framing.

Has your garage become your office? An open and industrial garage can become the perfect solution for those who work from home. Whether the garage is detached or attached, having a separate entrance for your home office can help you work more effectively and look more professional to visiting clients, too.


This Frisco, Texas, family turned their garage into a showroom for their vintage furniture store. The concrete floors and all-white walls help the furniture and a swath of fresh wallpaper stand out.

Has your garage become your studio or showroom? Take a picture and show us how you've made those white walls and concrete floors work for your craft.


This homeowner turned her home's three-car garage into a personal training studio where she hosts private clients. Bright walls, a few well-placed fans and racks of colorful gym equipment transformed the room into an energetic and inviting space. The same garage door allows for air circulation and natural light; concrete floors make for easy cleanup.

Do you use your garage as a gym? How did you organize your space? How do you keep it comfortable, clean and motivating?


Like many garages, this family's was full of unused items. Tired of this waste of space, they hired designer Kerrie Kelly to clear everything out, put on new paint and purchase colorful furniture. The result: a playful, comfortable family room.

Detached and attached garages make for great playrooms. How have you turned your garage into a space for your family? And if so, where do you park your cars?


After graduating from college, Debbie Gliksman's daughter wasn't particularly looking forward to crashing at her childhood home again. So Gliksman converted her garage into a cozy studio, filled with furniture and decor found on Craigslist to help cut down on cost.

Has your garage become a guest room or studio? Maybe you've updated it to rent it out to guests? Upload a photo to the Comments section below and tell us about your space too.

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