Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

A garage conversion is a cost-effective and time-efficient way of gaining valuable living space. As older garages are often not suited to modern vehicles, they often become dumping grounds for bits ...

Look hard at your garage: If it's old, it could be drafty, crooked, downright ugly. If it's new, it could be underused or overstuffed. Now look hard at your garage again: Could it become your second ...

A garage renovation that transforms it into an additional room gives homeowners more space when they have limited options for expansion outside or their house doesn’t have a basement. Most often ...

If space in your home is limited, you might consider converting your garage, but many DIY homeowners have regrets about this ...

Estate agent details often include a garage in the floor plans of a property to make the living space look bigger. Yet more than half of households with a garage rarely or never use it, according to ...

If you had an extra room in your home, what would you do with it? If you currently have an unused garage, this is more than just a hypothetical question. In fact, a garage conversion is the simplest ...

Are you considering converting your garage into a second home? Some Portland residents who have done so look back now and say the project was tricky to get city approval, pricy to bring the garage up ...

AT FIRST GLANCE, Lisa le Duc’s oasis-like garage doesn’t appear to accommodate actual automobiles, but it does. “I wanted a space that was an extension of a mudroom and kitchen and just nicer to be in ...

If you had an extra room in your home, what would you do with it? If you currently have an unused garage, this is more than just a hypothetical question. In fact, a garage conversion is the simplest ...