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You park your car in the driveway and you still have to work on your projects in the back yard. If you don’t use your garage for its designed purpose, why not turn it into a tidy workshop?

Here are five steps to turn your garage in a perfect small home workshop :

1)  Create your own workbench from an old door,s ome sawhorses or scrap wood.

2)  Mount a pegboard on the wall to store your tools. It would be a great idea to mount it above your workbench. Strategically place pegs according to the type of tools you will be placing on the board.  After hanging your tools, trace around them with a marker so you will know where each one goes.

3)  Use old jars for holding nails, nuts, bolts and screws.

4)  Make a storage box  for the rags because they tend to accumulate in the working area.

5)  Use a small tackle box for transporting items such as screws and nails as you move around the shop.

Does our older child need a little more liberty? Your work from home or  maybe you just feel that you need another room for a special project  that you want to start? Then the solution is to construct a new addition to your garage.

By making an addition to your garage you can add to the living space in your house, no matter what type of garage you own: detached or attached to the house. The space above the garage can be converted into a private living space for your older child, guests or a live-in parent.

You can convert your garage into your home office. You could very well find here the peace and quiet needed  for your work. Also, the new addition can be converted into a music studio if you put some simple sound proofing measures into place.

In order to start planning for your garage addition, first prepare a budget and then hire a professional because this is a complex project. Also, you may need to hire an architect to help you with the construction plans.