Converting a garage into usable living space boosts a home’s value while giving a family more room to grow. Some garages require quite an overhaul to reach their full potential, but others are only a ...

Adding to your family either with a new baby or with elderly parents moving in means you need more living space. Renovating a garage into a new bedroom or recreation room makes sense because you ...

If your home’s garage is little more than a dark, chilly space that’s used to stash away DIY tools, garden furniture and old shoes and wellies, it’s likely that you’ve already entertained the idea of ...

Architect Jon Stoumen is ready. Now that the Palo Alto City Council has decided to legalize turning garages into granny units, his newly designed office can easily be switched to a living unit. But, ...

A recent survey commissioned by a home-improvement product manufacturer revealed that nearly 45 percent of Americans have turned to the last possible "room" in the house to renovate - the garage.

My son and I plan to convert our garage into a fourth bedroom. It will need to be insulated, heated and totally finished with paneling. Please give me some tips on making it efficient. The type and ...

A recent survey commissioned by a home-improvement product manufacturer revealed that nearly 45 percent of Americans have turned to the last possible “room” in the house to renovate — the garage.

Question: We have a fairly large garage that we don’t use, so we’d like to convert it into a “rec room” with a television, pool table and a small refrigerator. Would we have to get a building permit ...

Our experts are on hand to explain just what's involved in a garage conversion ...