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 ...

Dear Pat: I am planning to convert my garage into abedroom with drywall. I have read many books about how to hangdrywall. What are the most common mistakes with installing drywallin a room? —- Nan D.

Chris Black with Blackline Renovations turned this detached garage in the M Streets into a functional living space. The owner purchased the property for his daughters. One would live in the main house ...

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 ...

Q: We received a notice from our local building department informing us that our garage was converted to a bedroom without a building permit. The conversion was actually done by the previous owners ...

Dear Pat: I am planning to convert my garage into a bedroom with drywall. I have read many books about how to hang drywall. What are the most common mistakes with installing drywall in a room? -- Nan ...

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.

Every time Jonathon Riley had the urge to hunker down in his garage to tinker with one of his beloved motorbikes, he’d have to wheel the others into the back lane to give himself room. And then, ...

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, ...