If you're having space issues at your house, there might be a simple solution with is currently stacked full of boxes and junk! Most houses have a garage, but many of them are being underutilized. Often they're piled high with clutter you've accumulated through the years, not even enough space to fit a motorbike, let alone a car, right?
Well what if a simple, stylish garage conversion could give you the extra space you need? Perhaps a teenager's retreat? Or a home gym? Or a home office? Heck, you garage could even be converted into a self-contained studio apartment for a family member, friend or paying guest!
French architects Fabre de Marien have converted a double garage into a spacious feeling modern studio apartment. They've been clever with space to maximize the potential of the small space. The newly converted garage has everything you need for a nice, simple life: bathroom, washing machine, dressing room, an office space, plenty of storage, a mezzanine sleeping space and even a sofa that can be used as a bed when friends stay over. It's practical, clever and stylish.
Take a look…
"This project consists of the transformation of a garage into a single level, one roomed residential dwelling of 41 m2.
Since the practice creation 5 years ago, inscribed within our methodology lies a belief that one should ‘build the city within the city’, by doing so, transforming the building fabric of existing commercial properties, storage depots, factories and residential buildings.
The buildings face the length of a private route meaning each property owner possesses half of this space. The garage’s only elevation onto this passage was one of 6m in length yet the other faces were either blind or shared party walls." -- Fabre de Marien
What a brilliant project!
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